Matthew 17

And indeed the Scripture seems to hint so much to us. For, if Peter in the Transfiguration knew Moses and Elias, whom he never saw before (Matthew 17:4), then surely in Heaven, the Saints shall know one another, and be infinitely delighted in each other's company. 3. The third t…

In Heaven there shall be perfect love among the saints; they shall as the olive and myrtle sweetly embrace each other. The saints shall know one another, (as Luther speaks,) if in the Transfiguration Peter knew Moses and Elias, which he never saw before (Matthew 17:3), then much…

A pair of turtledoves, which was the usual offering of the poor (Leviticus 12:8). Christ was so poor, that when he wanted money, he was fain to work a miracle for it (Matthew 17:27). He when he died, made no will.

Quest. What are the benefits which accrue to God's children? Ans. They have great immunities: kings' children have great privileges and freedoms; they do not pay custom (Matthew 17:6). God's children are privileged persons; they are privileged from the hurt of everything (Luke 1…

[reconstructed: in Greek], That they may behold my glory. When Christ was transfigured upon earth, it is said, That his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light (Matthew 17:2). If the glory of his Transfiguration was so great, what will the glory of his…

So a covetous man's speech betrays him. He is like the fish in the Gospel, which had a piece of money in the mouth (Matthew 17:27). Verba sunt Speculum mentis. Bern. The words are the looking-glass of the heart, they show what is within.

3. When Christians grow more in love with the World, it argues the decrease of spiritual love. They were once of a sublime Heavenly temper, they did speak the language of Canaan; but now they are like the fish in the Gospel, which had money in its mouth, Matthew 17 last verse th…

Now for the practicing of this peace, there are three duties especially to be learned and performed: 1. rather than peace should be broken, a man must yield of his own right. When tax collectors came to our Savior Christ for tribute, he had a lawful excuse: for however he lived…

Overcome armies (Exodus 17:11). Cast out devils (Matthew 17:21). Opened prisons (Acts 12:9).

Yet this was nothing to the afflicted people; verse 14: But Zion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. When the Lord's Disciples, (Matthew 17) are in the sweetest life that ever they were in, at the transfiguration of Christ, when they saw his glory, and…

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST. Matthew 17:1. And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James and John his brother, and brings them into a high mountain apart. With Luke 9:28. It came to pass about eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John, and James, and went up into a…

Matthew 17:2. And he was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. With Luke 9:29. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistening. In both these texts compared toget…

The devil tempts us sometimes to pamper the flesh, sometimes to neglect it in such a way as is destructive to our service. Thus the devil hurries us from one extreme to another, as the possessed man fell oftentimes into the fire, and oft into the water (Matthew 17:15). Those tha…

Matthew 17:3. And behold there appeared to him Moses and Elias talking with him. With Luke 9:30, 31. And behold there talked with him two men, Moses and Elias, who appeared in glory, and spoke of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Having spoken of Christ's Tran…

Matthew 17:4. Then answered Peter and said to Jesus, Lord it is good for us to be here; if you will let us make three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. With Luke 9:32-33. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they we…

Matthew 17:5. While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed him: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear you him. In this branch of the story two things are remarkable, and there is a Behold prefixed bef…

Matthew 17:5 This is my beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased, Hear you him. 1. The design and intent of this Scripture is to set forth the Lord Jesus, as the great mediator, as appears.

Matthew 17:6-8. And when the Disciples heard it they fell on their faces, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, arise be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man save Jesus only. In this part of the history are three things.

In the scope and sense of the words, many points of doctrine are contained. The first, that Christ is the great Prophet and Doctor of the Church (Matthew 17:6). Hear him, and (Matthew 23:8): One is your Doctor, namely Christ.

She has her desire in the birth of Ishmael, but yet he is born according to the flesh, in bondage, and he is not the promised seed. In the birth of Isaac we see the virtue of the promise of God, when it is mixed with our faith: for then it makes things possible, that are otherwi…

The second is, in that he affirms James before whom our Lord Christ was transfigured in mount Tabor, to be the author of this epistle. For, that James before whom Christ was transfigured in the mount, was James the son of Zebedee, and brother of John (Matthew 17:1): After six da…

From hence we observe that fasts were celebrated when solemn prayers were made, and that all the Church was assembled together. For fasting is but the handmaid of prayer, as we have shown before; and we also see that Christ adds it to prayer (Matthew 17:21). It is not instituted…

There is a still wider import in this statement, which God next makes by the prophet, that the delight of his soul dwells in Christ; for though the calling of each of us proceeds from the free favor of God as its only source, yet in Christ there is this remarkable peculiarity, t…

Matthew 17:1-8 1. And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and leadeth them to a high mountain apart;

Matthew 17:14-18 14. And when they were come to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling before him, 15. And saying, Lord, have compassion on my son, for he is lunatic, and is grievously distressed; for frequently he falls into the fire, and frequently into the water.

Matthew 17:19-21 19. Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said, Why could not we cast it out?

Matthew 17:22-23 22. And while they remained in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men:

27. But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, throw a hook, and take that fish which comes first up; and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater: take that, and give it for me and for you. Matthew 17:24. And when they came to Capernaum. We must attend, first…

Matthew 17:9-13 9. And as they were going down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man is risen from the dead.

Christ therefore does not attach importance to the title bestowed on those who discharge the office of teaching, but restrains them within proper limits, that they may not rule over the faith of brethren. We must always attend to the distinction, that Christ alone ought to be ob…

The blessed God has settled this connection between our faith and his own exerted power. As the extraordinary works of the Spirit were not done, but upon the exercise of the extraordinary faith, which by the divine constitution was requisite for it: so that the unbelief which st…

The first expression looks to the house of wine where she was, which supposes no want, and may be rendered, Stay me in flagons, as seeking support in this holy fill of the Spirit, whereby she was staggering. The second looks to the Apple-tree, vers. 3. and she would ever roll he…

Verse 4. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. The beginning of this verse, contains the last step of t…

For as all Diseases are contrary to health, yet some contrary to each other, so are Lusts. Hence poor Creatures are hurried on to different kinds of servitude, according to the Nature of that imperious Lust that is in the Throne; and like the Lunatick, Mat. 17. are sometimes cas…

Whiteness (if I may so say) is the complexion of glory; in that appearance of the most high, the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:9), it is said, his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool. And of Christ in his transfiguration, when he had on him a mighty lust…

2. Let the same judgment, and that deservedly, pass on all those different places, which are altogether inconsiderable, consisting in accents or the change of a letter, not in the least intrenching on the sense of the place, or giving the least intimation of any other sense to b…

Though I am to love all the brotherhood, and carry a respect to all in relation to me; yet I am to single out for my advantage some of the most eminent, or the most suitable (for great regard is to be had to that.) Christ made a distinction in his little flock, in his family, sh…

There is in love a desire of union and fellowship with those whom we love (1 Samuel 18:1): Jonathan's soul was knit to the soul of David, and he loved him as his own soul: and the Apostle bids all Christians to be knit together in brotherly love (Colossians 2:2): without this th…

It were the greatest misery if God should carve out our condition according to our own fancy and desires. Peter said (Matthew 17:4), "Master it is good for us to be here"; he was well pleased to be upon Mount Tabor, but little thought what service God had to do for him elsewhere…

Paul had his raptures; then a messenger of Satan to [reconstructed: buffet] him. The same disciples that were witness to Christ's transfiguration — Peter, James, and John (Matthew 17) — the same disciples are chosen also to be witness to his agonies (Matthew 26:37). He took with…

It was before men and drunkards, now men and brothers, the world you see is well amended but strangely altered. It was said of John Baptist the forerunner of our Savior, and the scope of [illegible] doctrine was mainly to prepare the way for the Lord, it is said of him that Elij…

Therefore it is said in the beginning of the verse, He shall come in the Spirit and power of Elias, that is, He shall have that large measure of gracious and ministerial gifts, that special presence and assistance of the Spirit of the Lord accompanying him, as sometimes Elias ha…

If God is so beautiful here in his ordinances — Word, prayer, sacraments — if there is such excellence in him when we see him by the eye of faith through the glass of a promise, what will it be when we shall see him face to face? When Christ was transfigured on the mount, he was…

This is nothing to the unparalleled barbarism and cruelty of Satan; his name is Apollyon, the Devourer. He rent and tore the man in whom he was, and threw him into the fire (Matthew 17:15). If he was so fierce when he was chained, what will he do when he has full power?

But there is a time coming when it shall be otherwise; the bodies of the saints shall be agile and lively, they shall be made fully subject to the soul, and so no way impede or hinder the soul in its motion. 2. The bodies of the saints shall be transparent, full of clarity and b…

If Jesus Christ be so beautiful here in his ordinances, namely Word, Prayer, Sacraments, (they are the beauties of holiness) if there be so much excellency in Christ, when we see him by the eye of faith, through the perspective glass of the promise: O what will it be, when we sh…

(John 8:29) I do always these things that please him. He faithfully expounded the Law (Matthew 5), refuted heresies (Matthew 22), glorified God with his miracles, was subject to his parents (Luke 2:51), paid tribute to the prince himself (Matthew 17:27), and taught others to obe…

(Exodus 21:24, 23): You shall give life for life. Give that piece of money for you and me (Matthew 17). (Isaiah 43:4): I will give men for you, and people for your life.

It may as well be meant that the Priest should confess to the people, as the people to the Priest. Auricular confession is one of the Popes Golden Doctrines: Like the Fish in the Gospel, it has money in its mouth, (Matthew 17:27). When you have opened his mouth, you shalt find a…

Without this we cannot see him as he is. When he was transfigured on the mount and had upon his human nature some reflections of his divine glory, his disciples who were with him were rather overwhelmed than refreshed by it (Matthew 17:4). They saw his glory, but spoke thereupon…