Anf-01 ix.ii.ix Pg 12
Luke ix. 57, 58.
“The Son of man hath not where to lay His head;”— the animal, when He said to him that declared, “I will follow Thee, but suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house,” “No man, putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of heaven”2759 2759
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxiii Pg 34
Luke ix. 57, 58.
If it were from pride or from hypocrisy that he had said, “I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest,’ then, by judicially reproving an act of either pride or hypocrisy as worthy of rejection, He performed the office of a Judge. And, of course, him whom He rejected He condemned to the loss of not following the Saviour.4407 4407 Salutem: i.e., “Christ, who is our salvation” (Fr. Junius).
For as He calls to salvation him whom He does not reject, or him whom He voluntarily invites, so does He consign to perdition him whom He rejects. When, however, He answers the man, who alleged as an excuse his father’s burial, “Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God,”4408 4408
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 9
VERSE (58) - Lu 14:26-33; 18:22,23 Jos 24:19-22 Joh 6:60-66
