Annotations upon all the New Testament philologicall and theologicall wherein the emphasis and elegancie of the Greeke is observed, some imperfections in our translation are discovered, divers Jewish rites and customes tending to illustrate the text are mentioned, many antilogies and seeming contradictions reconciled, severall darke and obscure places opened, sundry passages vindicated from the false glosses of papists and hereticks / by Edward Leigh ...

CHAP. IV.

Verse 9. HEE that hath eares to heare, let him heare] A forme of speech to stirre up attention, as v. 23. Matth. 11.15. and 13.9. and 43. Mark. 7.16. Luke 8.8. and 14.35.

Vers. 11. Vnto them that are without, all these things are done in parables] By which hee not onely understands those, who through their whole life are altogether strangers from the kingdome of God, as the wild barbarous Gentiles,* 1.1 who were from their child-hood given to idolatry, but also all those, who for a time were the children of the kingdome, but by their owne impiety deserved to be divorced and cast out of the kingdome.

Vers. 22. There is nothing bid] viz. In our hearts though never so closely, which shall not be manifested] viz. by the power of the word most plainely.

Vers. 24. With what measure you mete,* 1.2 it shall be measured to you] With what measure you mete to God in duty, God will mete to you in grace. Cant. 1.3.

Vers. 25. For he that hath, to him shall be given] That is, He that heares as he ought to heare, every time that hee heares, he growes something more rich, he gaines some more saving knowledge.

Vers. 26. So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground] Although this similitude tends to the same purpose that the two former,* 1.3 yet Christ seemes pur∣posely to direct his speech to the Ministers of the word, lest they should more negligent∣ly follow their calling, because the fruit of their labour doth not presently appeare, therefore he propounds the Husbandmen to them to imitate, who cast their seed into the ground with a hope of mowing, neither are anxiously disquieted, but go to bed and rise, that is after their manner, are intent upon their daily labour, and refresh them∣selves with rest in the night, till at the length the Corne grow ripe. Calvin.

Vers. 38. Master, carest thou not that we perish] The Disciples were too much fixed on their Masters carnall presence; here they do not simply pray but expostulate with Christ; Luke notes their confused trembling, Master, Master, we perish.

Vers. 39. And said unto the Sea, peace, be still] The Greek is more emphaticall, he put a bridle on the mouth of the Sea, or haltered it, that it might rage no more; it is used, 1 Cor. 9.9.* 1.4

Vers. 40. How is it that ye have no faith] That they entreated him to help them it was rather a testimony of their faith, if relying on the confidence of his divine power, they had quietly and without so great feare hoped for that help which they begd.* 1.5

Notes

• * 1.1

  Chemnit.
• * 1.2

  Prout homi∣nes prima & maximè neces∣saria pietatis monita grato & fideli animo accipiunt, ita se in eos magis magisque effundìt divina largitus. Grotius.
• * 1.3

  Sator non est hic quivis prae∣co veritatis, sed ipse primus e∣jus sator Christus, Mat. 13.37. Nam & hic qui se∣vit dicitur missurus in agrum messores, infra 29. Is autem haud dubie est Christus. Matth. 13.39, 40, 41. Grotius.
• * 1.4

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, fraenum. Addidum augmentum verbo (ut alij notavere) celerem obedientiam significat atque perfectam; quasi diceret: Statim penitùsque obmutesce. Brugensis, Novarinus in loc.
• * 1.5

  Calvin.