I. ELISHA signifies the health of God. Jesus Christ is truly the health and salvation of God; it is he that heals all poor sin-sick souls.
II. He succeeded Elijah: so Christ succeeded the second Elijah, viz., John Baptist.
III. He received the spirit of his predecessor in a double measure: Christ not in a double measure, but without measure.
IV. He cured Naaman of his leprosy, and raised the dead: in this he was a Type of Christ, who cured the leprosy both externally and internally, and in both senses raised the dead also.
V. He had a wicked, ungodly, and covetous servant, call Gehazi: so had Christ a wicked and covetous Judas.
His predecessor was a Type of Christ also in many things, particularly in his ascension into heaven, &c.
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