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2/y, ifliallconfiderthegrandComtniflloti of our Lord,
Mat. 28. 1 8, 19, 20. And Ji^m camSy and fpal^e unto them,
faying^ All Power is given to me in Heaven and in Earth. Go
ye therejore and teach all Nations^ bafti^ng them in the Name oj
the. Father^ and oj the Son, and of the Holy Ghofl : Teaching
them to obferve all things whatfoever 1 have commanded you :
And loy I am with ym alrvay^ even unto the End ofttit World,
Amen.
.'That the Gofpel of Matthew was written in Hebrew,
fas I have touched above } I find it to be the Opinion of
divers Men, eminently Learned : And among others, Hle-
Yom^ in the Life of this Evangelift, faith, Mitthans qui
C^ Levi ex publicano Apofiolos, primws in Jud&a propter eos qui
ex Circumcifone credidernt Evangelim Chrifii, Hebraick Uteris
verhifqM compofuit. And further notes. In quo animadvertendum,
quod ubicumque Evangelifta five ex perfona jua, five ex
perfona Domini Salvatoris, veteris Scriptur^e tefiimoniis utitur^
non jequtur Septuaginta tranflatorum autoyitatetn, fed HihraU
cum. Here you fee he tells us, That the Gofpel of Chrifl
by Matthew^ for the fake of th')fe of the Circumcifion
that believed, was written in Hebrew Words, and Hebrew
Letters. And that he everywhere, in his Quotations out
of the Old Teftament, followed the Hebrew, and not the
Septuagint Tranflacion.
In Mr. William Robertfons Hebrew New Teftament, I
findthefe words between the iSffcand ipffeVcrfes, which
I do not find in any Greek Copy.
And as my Father hath fent me, even fo alfo J fend you. Go
ye therefore, &c.
I pray obferve in what a folemn manner our Saviour begins
this Commiflian.
1, By declaring his own Authority j All Power in Heaven
and Earth is given to me.
2. The Fulncfs of that Authority he gave to his Apofiles
y As the Father hath fent me^ even fo alfo I fend yon.
He then comes to give forth the Commiflion it felf, as ia
the I gth and 2 of I? Yerfes.
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