Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 8:13

13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee and his servant was healed in the self same hour.

Luke saith, And they that were sent returning to the House, found the Servant whole that had been sick, Luk. 7. v. 10. so as it seemeth, that what Christ said unto the Centurion, must be Interpreted to those whom the Centurion sent in his Name. Go your way, your Business is done, the Centurions Faith hath obtained, it shall be done to him, as he hath believed; where believing must signifie, A certain Perswasion of the Power of Christ, with a relying on his Mercy and Goodness. The proximate Object of Faith is some word of God. How far this Centurion was acquainted with the Oracles of the Old Testament (tho he lived amongst the Iews, and as appears by his building a Synagogue for them, Luk. 7. had a kindness for their Religio[illegible: 1 letter]) I cannot tell. It is most probable▪ that he had some immediate Revelation of God concerning Christ, which he is here said to have believed, and to have had a full perswasion of and trusted in. All Revelations of God are the Object of Faith, tho the Scriptures being now written, are to us that have them, the Tests, and Touch[illegible: 1 letter]tones to try such impressions by. As thou believest, not because thou believest. Our Faith is not meritorious of the least Mercies, but it is an Exercise of Grace which gives Glory to God, and receiveth the reward not of Debt but of Grace. The Miracle appeared in that the Disease was of an incurable Nature, and the Cure was wrought without Application of means, and in such a Moment of time as means, tho used, could not have wrought it.