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26 ThedM.eritoriomTriei of our Parr I.
buc he doch not complain againH Gods dealing,
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dealing ofihc wicked Scribes and Pharifces, bccaufc they compafle
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himabi;uc with innumerable talle accufations and imputations of
fin J
To tha: he was no: able to look up, he was not able to juftifie
himleU before PiUte^ becaufe lie was a corrupt Judge, and favoured
his.fal(c acculers ; and this interpretation needs not fecm ftrangc
to any that do but fericufly compare with confiderati'Mi, verfe 1 1.
iViAzerfe 14. with this 12 verfe ^ and that do but compare together
the manifold tumultuous accufations and imputations of Sin
that the generality of the Jews did lay againft our Saviour, both before
Pilate^ and fcJefore the multitude, at (lindry times.
The like inOance \vc hare in PfaL 55. 5. where Dm^ doth
complain againft his malignant adverfaries, becaufe they brought
iniquity upon him, and did furioufly hate him :
The CenevA note
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upon ths word Iniquity, is this, Thej have defamed met as a kicked
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ferfen j namely> by devifing falfc and finful imputations againft me*
tht^y took them for tru3 reports, and thereupon, they grew inrar
gcd, and did furioufly hate him j and thus David bare fin j by
bearing patiently their falfc accufations and imputations oiCin.
There is yet another Scripture that doth evidently prove that
Chrift bare our fins, by bearing the falfe imputations of C\n , from
the m ilignant Jews, in Pfal. 6^. ^. Godthon k^owefi mjfoolijb'
feffey and my guilt ineffes are not hidfrom thee. In thefe words our
Saviour docn no: complain to his Father ot his hard dealing with
him, by imputing all our fins to him ; but he complains to God a-
gainlt the malignant Jews, becaufe they did lay many falfe and finiul
imputations to his charge ; for by fooliflmelTe, and guiltinefrcs>
in the plural number, is meant fin and wickednefTe in abundance
when one accufation could not prevail, they multiplyed their accufations
one after another.
Ths common dodrine of imputation makes this Query : How
did Ctirift complain to God of his foolifhnclTe , and guiltinelTes
feeing he was in himfelf free fiom all fin f They anfwer it thus,
Thar Chrift doth here complain to (jod, of the heavy load of fin,
tkat he had put upon him, by imputing the fins of all the ElccS unto
him; and thus they make Chrift to grudge againft his Father,
which if it were true, would liave (poiled the efficacy of his Mediatorial
obediCQcc ; Therefore I tejcd this incerprctau«n; as not
confo-