An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

1. It's a spiritual salvation; and therefore carnal and natural men, who feel ¹not themselves spiritually undone, they will never run after him. The godly soul that complaineth of the guilt of sin, of the power of sin, of the remainders of corruption, he it is, that crieth out, Oh let this Saviour come and save me! And he can the more affectionately do it, because he himself was saved and delivered by God, from the cries and agonies he conflicted with. The Apostle aggravateth this for our comfort, Heb. 5. 7. He made supplications with tears unto him, that was able to save him from death. And Heb. 4. 15. because he was tempted like us, sin only excepted; we are therefore exhorted, to come boldly to the throne of grace. And hence some consider that of Zechary Chap. 9. 9. where the daughter of Zion is exhorted in rejoice greatly, because her King cometh having salvation. (The word being in Niphal) they render it Salvatus, being first saved himself, and then saving us; howsoever this experience of our infirmities makes him the readier to save us: but to whose heart is this truth welcome save to the spiritual Christian?

1. It's a spiritual salvation; and therefore carnal and natural men, who feel ¹not themselves spiritually undone, they will never runne after him. The godly soul that complaineth of the guilt of sinne, of the power of sinne, of the remainders of corruption, he it is, that crieth out, Oh let this Saviour come and save me! And he can the more affectionately do it, because he himself was saved and delivered by God, from the cries and agonies he conflicted with. The Apostle aggravateth this for our comfort, Heb. 5. 7. He made supplications with tears unto him, that was able to save him from drath. And Heb. 4. 15. because he was tempted like us, sinne onely excepted; we are therefore exhorted, to come boldly to the throne of grace. And hence some consider that of Zechary Chap. 9. 9. where the daughter of Zion is exhorted in rejoyce greatly, because her King cometh having salvation. (The word being in Niphal) they render it Salvatus, being first saved himself, and then saving us; howsoever this experience of our infirmities makes him the readier to save us: but to whose heart is this truth welcome save to the spiritual Christian?