We have a beautiful view of our dear LORD opening his commission as the Great Prophet of his church and people. The law had been given from the Mount, therefore JESUS will here also deliver his Gospel. But there were bounds set, when the law was given, which the people were not to pass. Not so with JESUS and his Gospel. JESUS saith, Come ye near unto me and' hear ye this. I pray the Reader to turn to the sweet scripture, Isaiah 48:16-17. Oh! how blessed must it have been to have sat at JESUS' feet on this occasion, and to have heard the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth? Let the poor man learn how sweetly his LORD hath consecrated places for the manifestation of himself. JESUS preached on the mountain; from a ship; in the fields; everywhere and every place is sacred which the LORD makes holy. Moses found Christ first at the Bush. Exodus 3:2. And Jacob, ages before, at Bethel, Genesis 28:10-22. And why may not the Reader of this Poor Man's Commentary have gracious manifestations of the Lord JESUS at his labor, in his work, at home, or abroad; in the house of God, or in his own house. John 14:23; Isaiah 2:3-5; Micah 4:1-2; Hebrews 1:1.
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Matthew 5:2
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,