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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
Sermon 2: The Case I am to discourse of this Morning, is this: Quest. Wherein, and wherefore, the…
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MATTH. XI. 24. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the Land of Sodom in the day of Judgment, than for thee.
WE read in the foregoing Chapter, our Saviour giving Commission to his Twelve Disciples, whom he called Apostles. Where we have their Commission asserted, Instructions about it, and Encouragements to the Discharge of it.
But by his Commission given to them, he did not thereby excuse himself. By his sending them forth to preach and work Miracles, he did not forbear and indulge himself: Others labours did not excuse his own. For we read in the first Verse of this Chapter, When he had made an end of commanding his Disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their Cities. And some of the Cities are these mentioned in this Chapter; Corazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, three Cities in Galilee. And he begins his speech to them in a way of Exprobration. Then began he to upbraid the Cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, v. 20. Whence we may note, That this was not his first time of his coming to these Cities; he had been with them before both teaching and working Miracles, else how could he now upbraid them. And also, that these were not the only Cities where he had thus been present, but here the Text saith were wrought [Greek or Hebrew], most of his mighty works.
But by his Commission given to them, he did not thereby excuse himself. By his sending them forth to preach and work Miracles, he did not forbear and indulge himself: Others labours did not excuse his own. For we read in the first Verse of this Chapter, When he had made an end of commanding his Disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their Cities. And some of the Cities are these mentioned in this Chapter; Corazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, three Cities in Galilee. And he begins his speech to them in a way of Exprobration. Then began he to upbraid the Cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, v. 20. Whence we may note, That this was not his first time of his coming to these Cities; he had been with them before both teaching and working Miracles, else how could he now upbraid them. And also, that these were not the only Cities where he had thus been present, but here the Text saith were wrought , most of his mighty works.