18. That He did not shrink from the title of
good, or decline the office of master, but resented the unbelief which
perceived no more in Him than body and flesh, may be proved from the
difference of His language, when the apostles confessed Him their
Master, Ye call Me Master, and Lord, and ye say well, for so I
am St. John xiii. 13.; and on another occasion, Be ye not
called masters, for Christ is your Master St. Matt. xxiii. 10.. From the faithful, to whom He is
master, He accepts the title with words of praise, but here
He rejects the name “good
master,” when He is not acknowledged to be the Lord and the
Christ, and pronounces the one God alone good, but without
distinguishing Himself from God, for He calls Himself Lord, and Christ,
and guide to the heavenly treasures.