SECTION XXXVI.
MATTH. Chap. XII. from Ver. 46, to the end.
MARK Chap. III. from Ver. 31. to the end.
LUKE Chap. VIII. Ver. 19, 20, 21.
CHRISTS Mother and Brethren seek him, &c.
THe Order is cleered by the transition of Matthew, While he yet talked, &c. Luke hath set the coming of Christs mother and brethren, after the Parable of the Sower [whereas the other two Evangelists have set it before and that in its proper place] thereby intimating the end and prosecution of the errand they came upon, which was to take him up from preaching: with which intention and importunity they follow him from place to place. Here is an evidence of the Virgin Maries sinfulness, as well as other womens, if going about to stop Christs Ministry were a sin, as certainly it was, pro∣ceed that intention from what pretence soever. Mark 3. 21. His friends went to lay hold on him, for they said 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: signifie that word what it will, whether he is beside himself, or he is faint, or he is in a rapture, &c. their errand and intention was to take him off from the course he was in: which he knew well enough, and therefore he gives so smart an an∣swer, Who is my mother, &c? Compare Deut. 33. 9.