Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 7:50

50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

Thy believing in me as [illegible: 1 letter]e who have Power on Earth to forgive Sins, and accordingly making application to me, and this thy Faith working by Love, Gal. 5.6. producing in thee this hearty sorrow for thy Sins, a subjection unto me, and such testifications of thy Love as thou art able to make, hath been an instrumental cause of that Salvation, which floweth from me as the principal cause. Rom. 6.23. we have such another expression in Mat. 9.22. Mark 5.34. tho the saving here mentioned, be much more excellent then that there spoken of, Faith is profitable both for the good things of this Life, and those of the Life which is to come. And with reference to both, Salvation is ascribed to Faith, as the instrumental cause, not to Obedience and Love, tho the Faith that doth us good must work by Love, and be evidenced by an Holy Conversation. Go in Peace, is a Phrase which was the usual valediction among the Jews, as much as our Farewell, or God be with you, they under the term of Peace, comprehending all good, but when we consider who it is that speaketh, and what immediately preceeded, we have reason to think this was a more then ordinary Complement or Farewell, even as much as is comprehended under the term Peace, which as I before said is all good, but more especially that Peace mentioned by the Apostle, Rom. 5.1. as an effect of Faith. Go thy way a blessed, and happy Woman, and in the view and sence of they own blessedness, and be not troubled at the Censures and reflexions of supercilious Persons, who may despise or overlook thee because thou hast been a great Sinner. God hath pardoned thy Sins, and this I assure thee of, only take heed to keep and maintain that Peace.

Marginal references: Mark 10.52. Chap. 8.48 & 18.42.