The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

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Title: The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.
Author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
Publication: London :: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell,; 1684.
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VERS. I.

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Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?

IT cannot be passed over without observation, that the ambitious dispute of the Dis∣ciples, concerning Primacy, for the most part, followed the mention of the death of Christ and his Resurrection. See this Story in Mark IX. 31, 32, 33. And Luke IX. 44, 45, 46. He said to his Disciples, Lay up these discourses in your ears: for the time is coming that the Son of man is delivered into the hands of Men. But they knew not that say∣ing, &c. and there arose a contest between them, who among them should be greatest. Also Matth. XX. 18, 19, 20. He said to them, Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the Chief Priests, &c. Then came to him the Mother of Zebedees chil∣dren, with her sons, saying, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, &c. And, Luke XXII. 22, 23, 24. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is determined, &c. and there arose a Contention among them, who of them should seem to be the greater.

The dream of the earthly Kingdom of the Messias did so possess their minds, (for they had suck'd in this Doctrine with their first milk) that the mention of the most vile death of the Messias, repeated over and over again, did not at all drive it thence. The image of earthly pomp was fixed at the bottom of their hearts, and there it stuck, nor by any words of Christ could it as yet be rooted out; no not, when they saw the death of Christ, when together with that they saw his Resurrection: for then they also asked, Wilt thou, at this time, restore the Kingdom to Israel? Acts I. 6.

However, after Christ had oftentimes foretold his death and resurrection, it always follows, in the Evangelists, that they understood not what was spoken; yet, the opinion formed in their minds, by their Doctors, That the Resurrection should go before the Kingdom of the Messias, supplied them with such an interpretation of this matter, that they lost not an ace of the opinion of a future Earthly Kingdom.

See more at Chap. XXIV. 3.