We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. 6:3. Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness.

We may observe here, I. What the New Testament is—the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God, Mark 1:1. 1.

We have here a brief account of Christ’s baptism and temptation, which were largely related Matt. 3:1—4:25 I. His baptism, which was his first public appearance, after he had long lived obscurely in Nazareth.

Here is, I. A general account of Christ’s preaching in Galilee. John gives an account of his preaching in Judea, before this (John 2:1—3:36), which the other evangelists had omitted, who chiefly relate what occurred in Galilee, because that was least known at Jerusalem. Observe, 1.

As soon as Christ began to preach, he began to work miracles for the confirmation of his doctrine; and they were such as intimated the design and tendency of his doctrine, which were to conquer Satan, and cure sick souls. In these verses, we have, I.

In these verses, we have, I. A particular account of one miracle that Christ wrought, in the cure of Peter’s wife’s mother, who was ill of a fever. This passage we had before, in Matthew. Observe, 1.

We have here the story of Christ’s cleansing a leper, which we had before, Matt. 8:2–4. It teaches us, 1. How to apply ourselves to Christ; come as this leper did, (1.) With great humility; this leper came beseeching him, and kneeling down to him ; whether giving divine honour to him as God, or…