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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. There is a service that a Nation may be obliged in by Conquest, so all the Jews were Servants to the Romans. And in that case, though the children be free, yet Jesus Christ did voluntarily submit to pay the Tribute which they demanded, Math. 17.26, 27. and in this respect also Jesus Christ took the form of a Servant.
3. There is a s•rvice that a Nation may be obliged in by Conquest, so all the Jews were Servants to the Romans. And in that case, though the children be free, yet Jesus Christ did voluntaril• submit to pay the Tribute which they demanded, Math. 17.26, 27. and in this respect also Jesus Christ took the form of a Servant.
4. There is a form of a Servant that children are under in their non-Age and youth, while they are under Tutors and governors, Gal. 4.1. the heir so long as he is a Child differeth nothing from a Servant, though he be Lord of all. Apprentices are such Servants, who are bound to their Masters to serve them for a set time to learn a Trade, Prov. 22.6. Train up a Child in the way he should go, &c. such a form of a Servant Jesus took not, only he was subject to his Parents. Who was able or fit to teach Jesus any thing? he was able to teach the Doctors when he was a child. Jesus Christ was a Tutor, a Master to teach and train up his Disciples, Joh. 13.13. Ye call me Master and Lord, ye say well, for so I am.
4. There is a form of a Servant that children are under in their non-Age and youth, while they are under Tutors and overnours,