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18.There are not found that returnedto give
gloryto God, savethisstranger.
19.And He saiduntohim,Arise,go thyway : thy
faithhathmade theewhole.
AMBROSE.Afterspeakingthe foregoingparable,ourLord
censurestheungrateful.TIT.BOST.Saying,And itcame to
pass,shewingthattheSamaritanswere indeedwelldisposed
towardsthe merciesabovementioned,but theJews not so.
Fortherewas enmitybetweentheJews and the Samaritans,
andHe to allaythis,passedintothe midstof bothnations,
thatHe mightcementbothintoone new man.
CYRIL.The SaviournextmanifestsHis gloryby drawing
overIsraeltothefaith.As itfollows,And asHe enteredinto
acertainvillage,theremet Him tenmen thatwerelepers,men
whowerebanishedfrom the towns and cities,and counted
unclean,accordingtotheritesoftheMosaiclaw.
TIT.BOST.They associatedtogetherfrom the sympathy
theyfeltas partakersof the same calamity,and werewait
ingtillJesuspassed,anxiouslylookingout to seeHim ap
proach.As itissaid,Which stoodafaroff,forthe Jewish
lawesteemsleprosyunclean,whereasthe lawofthe Gospel
callsuncleannottheoutward,but theinwardleprosy.
THEOPHYL.They thereforestandafaroffasifashamed of
theuncleannesswhich was imputedto them,thinkingthat
Christwould loathethem as othersdid. Thus theystood
afaroff,but were made nigh unto Him by theirprayers.Ps.145,18.
fortheLord isnighuntoallthem thatcallupon Him in
truth.Thereforeitfollows,And theyliftedup theirvoices,
findsaid,Jesus,Master,have mercy upon us. TIT.BOST.
Theypronouncethe name ofJesus,and gainto themselves
thereality.For Jesusisby interpretationSaviour.They
say,Have mercyupon us,becausetheywere sensibleof His
power,and soughtneitherforgoldand silver,butthattheir
bodiesmight put on againa healthfulappearance.THEO-
PHYL.They do not merelysupplicateor entreatHim as if
He werea man, but they callHim Master or Lord,as if
almosttheylookedupon Him as God. But He bidsthem
shewthemselvesto the priests,as itfollows,And when He