A. That this is the language of all mere professors: they say, we have Christ for our Saviour; but if they were Christ’s disciples they would do the works of Christ; for in vain we call him “Lord, Lord,” if we do not the things that he says.
48.Q. What learn you from hence?
A. That if Christ who was innocence itself was called a devil, much more will the members of his houshold.
56.Q. What learn you hence?
A. That if Abraham rejoiced at a distance to see Christ’s day, much more ought we to rejoice and give thanks, who enjoy it as present.
57.Q. Does it appear from hence that Christ was fifty years old?
A. No, for it is plain he was not above thirty-four when he was crucified; but we must consider that people in such cases generally speak within compass; and besides, our Lord being a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, he might look older by far than he really was.
58.Q. What learn you from hence?
A. That Jesus Christ is God, since he takes that title to himself, which God himself made use of when He sent Moses to Pharaoh, Exodus iii.
CHAPTER IX.