Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 14:27

27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

We met with much the same, Matth. 10.37. The sum of the Words is, That no Man can be a true Disciple of Christ, that giveth any Friend, or any thing a preference to Christ in the affections of his Heart. Christ must be loved, above all. It appeareth that the Words must not be Interpreted rigidly, for then they would oblige us to a thing impossible in Nature. For no Man ever yet hated his own Flesh, but loveth it, and cherisheth, Eph. 5.29. yet Life is one of the things mentioned, which we ought to hate 2. It is Morally impossible: For the Law of God Commands us to Honour our Father and Mother, for the non-observance of, or teaching contrary to which Law. Teaching the People to say Corban. It is a Gift whatsoever thou mayest be profited in by me. Christ so severely reflected on the Pharisees. Himselftherefore doth not here teach others to hate their Fathers or Mothers, taking Hatred in a strict, and absolute Sense. If any Man hate not, signifyeth here no more than if any Man doth love his Father, wife, Children, Brethren and Sisters, yea, and his own Life more than me, he cannot be my Disciple. Nor is this any Sense put upon the Term ha[illegible: 1 letter]e, different from what must be the Sense of it in other Scriptures, Gen. 29.31. When the Lord saw, that Leah was hated, that is l[illegible: 1 letter]ss loved, as is expressed, v. 30. so it must be interpreted, in v. 33. It also signifyed less loved, Deut. 21.15.17. Matth. 6.24. Iohn 12.25. We met with the substance of what is here v. 27. in Matth. 10.38. and Mark 8.34. See the Notes on those places.