Olmii.  110:
Jolinl&ia;


fering  men  is,  that  he  acquires  experi-
ence from  his  own  suffering.  Though
. .  .a  Son — ^And,  therefore,  we  migJit
suppose,  above  all  suffering.  Learned
he  obedience. .  .things. .  .suffered —
Some  of  the  ancient  commentators  were
scandalized  at  this  statement  "  What  I
was  he  not  obedient  before  he  suffered?**
Certainlj'-,  but  not  with  a  suffering  obedi-
ence. It  was  an  additional  obedience
he  learned  when  he  suffered;  which  he
could  not  be  conscious  of,  or  exhibit  as
model  to  others,  without  the  suffering.
The  old  Greek  writers  abounded  in  vari-
ous forms  of  tlie  maxim  that  suffering  is
a  source  of  wisdom.  Trial  is  both  the
school  and  tlie  test  of  virtue;  not  only
proving,  but  creating,  depth  and  power
of  character.  Tho  most  tried  saints  on
earth  will  be  the  highest  saints  in  heav-
en ;  and  he  who  will  be  Lord  of  them
all  will  have  been  of  all  the  deepest
sufferer.
9.  Made  perfect — An  incomplete
Saviour  would  he  have  been  without
Gethsemane  and  the  cross.  And  from
this  deep  .perfecting  springs  all  hia
glory  and  power  to  save.  Obey  him
— Mark  the  accord  between  his  obe-
dience in  last  verse  and  the  obey  in
this.  He  was  perfected  by  his  obedi-
ence to  Grod,  they  by  tlieir  obedience,
after  the  sure  model,  to  him.
10.  Called  —  Addressed,  saluted;
namely,  by  Jehovah,  in  the  inspired
Messianic  Psalm  ex.  See  notes  on
verse  6,  and  on  vi,  20.
3.  Parenthetic  rebuke  for  dul-
ness,  and  liability  to  apostaay;
encouragrement,  1 1-vi,  20.
