Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 15:26

26 But he answered, and said, It is not meet to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to dogs.

Mark saith, Chap. 7.27. Iesus said unto her, Let the Children first be filled, for it is not meet, &c. By the Children, here he means the Iews, by the Dogs, he meaneth the Heathen. The Jews are called the Children of the Kingdom, Israel is called Gods Son, his first Born, Exod. 4.22. the Apostle, Rom. 9.4. saith, to them belong'd the Adoption. By Bread here our Saviour means, the Publication of the Gospel, and the Miracles by which the truth of the Doctrine of it was confirmed, by Dogs, he means the Heathen, whom the Jews did count as Dogs, no Members of the Houshold of God, it was a Term of Contempt, 2 Sam. 3.8. and 16.9. 2 Kings 8.13. When our Saviour saith it is not Meet, he means it is not just, nor equal, Obj. How came it then, that the Gospel was ever carried to the Gentiles? Mark Expounds our Saviours meaning, or rather gives us an account of our Saviours Words more perfectly. Let the Children be first filled. It is not Meet, &c. The Jews are Gods Children, a People whom he chose out of all the Nations of the Earth, to whom he gave many Priviledges. It is his Will the Gospel should be first Preached to them, and then to the Gentiles. Gentiles are as Dogs, of whom God hath not taken such a care, but they shall have their time. Only it is not Consonant to my Fathers Will, that the Gospel, and the Miracles by which it is confirmed, should be Exhibited unto you Gentiles, till it hath been fully Preached to the Jews, and they be first filled with the Sound, and with the Confirmations of it.