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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2

Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 · 2,402,827 words · 2087 reading sections

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” For if 1 ſhould come, and any of the Members of the Churches of Macedonia, who have heard me boaſting of you as a People ve- ry forward in this charitable work, and when they are come, they ſhould find you had done nothing, only talked much of your readi- neſs; both I ſhould be aſhamed, and you alſo might ſee ſom…

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ing here applied to God (who is the Author of all {if:s) ;: May very properly be interpreted concerning both, God is able 20 repay you 1n temporal thinss what you thus lend him, and fo to pay YO in Specie, and he is able to pay you in 7:2, by ſpiricual h2'vits 0 that you may have a ſufficiency in a!l thinss. ſv as…

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—_ {iderations, reſpetting my own profit, pleaſure, or reputation, in- dulging my own paſions or corrupt affetions. 1Valking afrer rhe fleſh is oppoſed to a witlLing after the Spirit, Rom. $. 1, He walketh ter the jicſh, to whom the fleſhly Appetite is the Principle, Rule, and End of his Afftions: As he, on the cont…

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dience he could not yet glory ; but yet he hoped well, and MIC" fore ſhould wait, until by the uſe of all fair means (ſuch a5 £370” who tations and Arguments) he had reduced as many of thcil, ©. gre : . * 1 3-4 ;atruſted couid unto Obedience. But that being, done, God had 11Fruier hat — him with another Weapon, w…

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a The Apoſtle here expoundeth what he meaneth by the term magrified or inlarged, in the preceding Verſe, viz. to have a door op«- ned to preach the Goſpel in places , whither it was not yer come. God honoureth perſons when he maketh them inſtruments to bring any to an acquaintance with, and to the embracing of his …

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b Fealoufie is a paſſion in a perion which makes him impatient of * Lev. 21. any Rival or Partner in the thing or pzr{on beloved. "the Apottle 13: tells them, that he was j-4/9us over them, and thereby lets them know, that he ſo paſhonately loved them, as that he was not patt- ent that any ſhould pretend more kindn…

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Chap. 12. 's The Apoſtle, doubtl:, mean2th thoſe that were the true I Ie Apoſtles of our Lord; thoſe: who wer? immediately ſ-nt out by Gal. 2. 6. him to preach the Goſpel, behind w..cm the Apoſtle was not, ei- ther in reſpe& of miniſterial Gifts 15-4 Graces, or in reſpett of 74- b9urs, Or in reſpect of the Succeſs …

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ſhapes, pretending themſelves to be Miniſters of the Gap gry * to aim at the good of your Souls, by teaching you the Wa) 4 bal r2ouſneſs; a but God will one day judge of their works, an vey" reward at laſt will be according 10 thejr workse Churches of Macedonia, and by that means he kept himſelf fg being burdenſom…

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thing. Nor indeed have we any need to afign any differ :5ce, it ſeemeth to be but the ſame thing amplified in three Phraſes. But others diſtinguiſh more ſubtilly, and think the Sri mav fignifie a glorying in the Ancientne)s of their Pedigree, or in their abilics to ſpeak in the Fcbrew Tongue z the ſecond, way refer…

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& Tf any domineer over you, as if you were their Slaves, or if any bring you into ſubjeQion to the Rites of the Ceremonial Law 3 : / | : if they dzvour and make a prey of you, & take Wages of you, and | Mention particularly. | do nothing without hire, if they carry themſelves proudly, exalt- | ing chemſelves above …

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q The Apoſtle here calleth the things which he had ſuffered for the Goſpel, and the propagation of it, his i; firmities; and faith, that he choſe thoie thinzs to glory in. He would not glory of the divers Tongues with which he ſpake, nor of the Miracles which he kad wrought; but being by the ill Tongues of his Adve…

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c Some doubt, whether 5: Kees ©, in this place, be & welltr..., ** flated in Chriſt z ſo ſignifying, that the Perſon ſpoken of _ Chriftian,one that had embraced the Goſpel; )as by Chriſt (as the Þz:. ticle is ſometimes uſed; ) ſo ſignifying, that this Viſion Was giren to him by the grace and favour of Chrift. The M…

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0 The beſt of God's People have in them a root of Pride, or a diſpofition to be exalred above meaſure, upon their receit of ravours from God not common to others (of which nature extraordinary Revelations are none of tie meanelt, eſpecially, when they are multiplyed, as it ſeems they were here to Paul.) .*. lo prev…

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upon m2. $0 others Mouths ſhould have praiſed me, and not my own; 1 muſt ſpeak, becau'e you hold your Peace, or do worie in Calumniating me. +7 For you cannot but ſay, that I neither in my Apotrelical Call and Commiſhon, nor yet in my Gifts and Graces, nor in my Labours, nor in my Sufferings, come behind thoſe that…

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this is, that Brother, cf whom he had ſaid, v. 19. Thar his praiſe was in the Goſpz1 throughout all the Churches. Some guels it was Luke, but there is no certainty of that; he appeals to them whether e1- ther of theſe made a g4in of them? that is, took any thing of them. 1m And whether they did not walk 77 the ſame…

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H1s * 1s the third time I am coming to you 4:46, * In the mouth of two or three witneſſes ſhalt every word be eſtabltſhed b. * Da, a Not the third time when he was upon his journey, (for he wy, not now travelling) but the rhird rime that he had taken up thouzhr; of, and was preparing for ſuch a journey. Which it m…

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: Tt is moſt commonly ſeen, that thoſe who are moſt buſie to defire or inquire after a proof of Chriſt in Others, are tardiefſt in making an inquiry after Chrift's being in themſelves. The Apoſtle cherefore calleth the cenlorious part of this Churc h, who deſired a roof of Chriſt it kim, to examin themliclves. 7 \V…

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.frong w: and this alſo we wiſh, ever your perfection x. u ome by IVeakneſs here underſtand a moral Impotency; as the '\poſtle had ſaid, bs could not do ai'y thing opainſt the Truth; that-is, Vol. 13. THIANS. rightly and juſtly he could not. w And by ſirmg here, a ſpiritual _ ſtrength, a reformation, growth and …

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If the Subſcriptions to the Apoſtoiical Epililes were parts of the Tey' and holy Writ, we have it here determined, Wr.9 that other Brother was, meation 'd Ch. 8. 22, ſent along with Titus to Carry this Letter, and tlie Benevnlence of the Churches of Macedon'a. But 1t is obſerved, that 2v4n in this Sublcrioti- ng th…

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of Fudas, Affs 1. 25, 26.) and Barnabas and Silas and others were. Paul faith he was ſent not of men, nor by men, that is, not meerly ; for he was alſo ſent by men to his particular Province, A#s 13. but he was b immediately ſent by Feſus Chriſt, as we read, As chap. g. and 26. 14, 15, 16, 17. of which alſo he gives…

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wrefled in other Scriptures) rolating to fin. f Which is not only Expiation, and Remiſſon, hut the delivery of us from the lufts and corruptions of this preſent evil World. The Apoſtle here decy- phers this Worid, bv calling it preſ-zt and evil; by the firit, he hinteth to us, that there is a world ro come, by the …

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!-and other Ceremonial Rites, as neceary to-be obſerved in order to Peoples ſalvation z they made the pretended Goſpel (which they taught) to be anoti<e Goſpel than that which Pau! had okas and which Believers in this Church had reccived. Tn ſaying 1 vv Fs ge accurs'd, healſo faith that he who doth this ſhall h> ac…

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the Yb, Corn. Pihil. ſometimes hgnifie to do ones felt an action, ſometimes to make others too it; and Paul's waſting the Chriſtian Church had a rational tendency to uphold and propagate Fudaiſm, the pxropagation of which was the end deſign'd by it ; this he ſaith he did, above others of bis Countrymen, that mere b…

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Perſecution, or, for the fulfilling of the Work of their Apoftlethin - ſo as probably there were at this time no more of the Ap9 . Feruſalem, except Peter, and Fames the leſs, the Son of &)pbeus whe is here called rhe Brother of our Lord, (as is generally thouzht oy cording to the Hebrew idiom, who were wont to cal…

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nameth not, but it is plain by this Text Tirus was one. : 2 And I went up by revelation 4, and communica- red to them that goſpel which I preach among the þ 07, p4- Gentiles e, but | privately to them which were of reputation f, leſt by any means 1 * mould run, or had "* run in Vaing, |» 4 Revelation (ignifizth G…

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5 lo whom we gave place by ſo\.'-*tion, ny nat for { an hour #2, that the truth of the goſpel wif hr contin ge with you z, if m Tothele Fadzizing Chriſtians the Apoſtle did not think fr to Yield one jot ; net for the leaft time, nor in ſo m+.ch as one pre- ſident, an Having a deſire that tn: ſe Genrize Churches mi…

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d Theſ: Pillars and Apoſtles which have among you the greateſt 25. r-vucation, added no new Noctrin to us, gave us nothing new 1 13 And the other Jews / difſembled likewiſe with GALATIANS G21 of his OfFc5s in the bieſing which God had given to his la- | +-mpe7ing here doth not fignifie any a& of : h "they looked u…

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16 * Knowing that a man is not juſtified u, by the * a works of the Law w, but * by the faith of Jeſus Chris x:38. even we have believed in Jeſus Chriſt that we mighe *oa - ths tha ot the Law y: for, * by the works of the Law ſhall 1 rp. , 7 Ive Wl u We knowing that a man is not abſolved from the guilt of fin, 14…

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0 I dv not deſpiſe, rejet, make void, (for by all theſe words the word here uſed is Tranſlated, Mark 7. 9g. Fohn 12. 48. Ch. 3. 15» Heb. 10. 28.) the free love of God, in giving his Son to die for our fins: From whence is ealily gathered, that thoſe who live a looſe life, and take a liberty to fin from their Juſtif…

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The works of the Law he calls fleſh, becauſe the Ordinances of the Law were (as the Apoſtle calls them, #eb. 9. 10.) Carnal 0rlinances impoſed on the Fews till the time of reformation. He elſewhere calls them the rudiments of the World, Col. 2. 8, 26. and in this Epiſtle, chap. 4+ 9+ he calls them beggerly Elements…

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ather oj the faittf:l, that is, they are juſtified as Abraham was jufti- fied; who was juftified not by his Circumcition, but upon his be- lieving in Chriſt exhibited to him in the promiſe: Not by working, but by 7zipuratzicy, This Argument came very cloſe to the Jews, whoſe great glorying was in having Abraham to …

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4 If the Law curſeth all thoſe who continue not in all thing contained in the Law (as the Apoſtle had ſaid, verf, 15, and proved from Deut. 27. 26.) It might be objetted, how will Believers then eſcape more than others? For none of them continue in all that is written in tne Law; The Apoftle here obviateth this Ob-…

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of the Eternal Covenant of Grace, made between the Father and his Son Chriſt Feſus, (who was in it both the Mediator and Surety ;) which Covenant was promulged, as to Alam and Noah, fo to Abra- hn; in theſe words, 1: thy Seed ſhall all the Nations of the Earth be bI-ſſed, that is, in Chriſt. From whence the Apoſtle…

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15, Poltle) God pave the Imheritance to Abraham by Promiſe 3 he of his iree Love ingaging himſelf thereunto. _ t9 Wherefore then ſerver the law 5s? * it was 4 added becauſe of tranſgreſſions 7, till the ſeed ſhould _ Come, to whom the promiſe was made *, and it was a 7,” ordained by angels w in the kand * of a med…

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png the firſt deſigned to a Goſpel Liberty z but that was net ro 1. 641. to bring iu unto Chrilt ;, that we might be juſtified by enjoyed, until the fulneſs oo time tom come when Coins, L to ſend his Son into the World : And during the time of their now. age they were kept under theLaw, as a Tutor and Governoyr, 1..…

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p In the buſineſs of Juſtification, the caſe of Fews and Greeks is This he ſaith, That the Galatians might not think them- ſelves diſadvantaged from their not being under the Law, as the School-maſter that ſhould lead them unto Chriſt. qg Neither doth Chriſt conſider the qualities and circumfrances of perſons, whet…

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ſome knowledge of God, Rom. 1. 21.) c You paid Religious Homa- ges unto Idols; which are Gods, not by nature, and eſſence, but on- Iy in the opinion of Tdolaters. Which was a more miſerable Bon- dage and Servitude than the Jews were under, who knew the true God ; tho' in the time, when the Church was like the Heir …

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e The Scripture having not given us a particular account of Paui's Circumfitances, when he firſt preached the Goſpel to the G4- latians; we are at a loſs to determine what thoſe Infirmities were which Paul here ſpeaketh of, more than that he calls them Infrmi- ties of the Fleſh. By which may be underſtood, either t…

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p You that cannot be content to receive Jeſus Chrift alone for Tuſtification ; but have a mind to maintain a neceſſity of obedi- ence to the Law of Circumciſion, and other Judaical Rites. q Do you not bear the Lam, the Law which curieth every one who continu- "oth not in all that is therein written todo it? or rath…

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ple, and be more populous than other Cities. But the Prophet ſeemeth rather to interpret that Prophetie, than meerly to ailude to it 3 ſo that Verſe is one of thoſe Prophetical Paſſages about the | calling of the Gentiles, (of which are many in that Prophet.) In this ſenſe, the Gentzles are to be underſtood under t…

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2 The liberty here ſpoken of, is a right which a Perſon hath to aRion, that he may do, or forbear the doing of things at his plea- ſare, as he apprehends them ſuitable or not, without the let or hin- derance of another ; 'T his is exther in things of a Civil nature, or of a Spiritual nature.” The former is not unde…

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TITIANS. to him Chriſt's death fignifieth nothing, nor is of any virtue at all : For he had told us before; Chap. 2. 21. If rig!teneſnety wer? by ths Law, then Chriſt 1s dead ia wain, and Rom. $. 5. Ihr the Lim cold not do In that ir was weak through the fleſh, God ſending his own Son in the likeneſs of finful fle…

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ſenfirive and rational apperite ;, for thele two appetites are not ſo cGn- trary, but that in many things they agree well enough ; and So Enemies not only in our ſenſitive part to ſpiritual things, has 2. in eycia, in our mind and rational part alſo, Col. 1. 21. And ſome of the frurs of the fleſh, which are afterwa…

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79% re fleſh; here he direfteth them to the beſt means for the avoiding thercof, viz. walking in the Spirit. Where by Spirit he doth not mean our own $/7r7ts, or the guide and condudt of our own reaſon for the term Spirit ſet (as here) in oppoſition to the fleſh, is in nQ place of Scripture underſtood of any other …

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: at the Good of others 3 either deliring their Portic'2, or being i troubled that they fare ſo well. Poſſibly this Verſe might more pro- 4 perly have been made the firſt of the nxt Chapter (as Luther ma- « keth it) where the Apoſtle greth on, preſiing further ſpiritual Du- \ {es common to all Chriſtians. « CHAP. …

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þ That is, God will judge every Man in the laft day, accord- ing not to wi others have done, but to what he himlſelt hath done, 1 Corinth. 3. 8. Therefore every one is concerned to prov ks own work; for at laſt his eternal joy and rejoycing, or ſorrow and mourning , ſhall be according to what he himſelf hath wroug…

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the houſhold of faith y. mw As we have &bjeas befere us, or as God gives us time, and ability. x Let it be our bulineſs to harm non?, but we ſupply the neceſſities ct all Men; either with our ſpiritual advice and coun- ſels, with a!l the ahirance we can give them, that may any way 2 of ſpiritual profit or advantaz…

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17 From hencetorth let no man truable mc 7, for * bear 1n my body the marks of the Lord [efis 0. x 7 Let no Man trouble me, either with queſtions about circum- 4 }- ciſion, or with imputations as if I were a Friend to their opinion of the neceſſity of adding to the Dofrin cf Faith, Circumciſion an other Obſervanc…

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1.}- 3 * Bleſſed be c the God and Father of our Lord | life to us as Chriſt's Members. m Either before God's Decree of 1. k | . 6 creating the World, or rather, before his executing that Decree nal .* . O 2 * 3 A . © Jeſus Chriſt, who hath bleſſed 4 us with all e ſpirit in the attual creation of it, 7. e. from Etern…

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£ Having revealed to us outwardly by the Preaching of the Goſpel; inwardly by the Tlumination of the Spirit. þ The whole Doctrin of Grace and Salvation by Chriſt, which is a ſecret to others, and had ſtill been ſo to us, had not God diſcovered it to us in the Goipel. 7 The good pleaſure of God is the fountain of a…

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; Either, 1. Paſſively, that the excellency and greatne of God's Wiſdom, Power, Grace, Mercy, &c. might be ſhewn forth in us by our being predeſtinated, called, ſandified, ſaved: Or, 2- rather ARively, that we by the holineſs, obedience, and fruit- fulneſs of our converſations ſuitable to ſuch privileges, might Ma-…

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7 For your Faith and Love, and all the ſpiritual Bleſſings God hath beſtowed : upon you. 0 IT not only acknowledge what ye have received, but pray that what is yet lacking in you may be made up. 17 That * the God of onr Lord Jeſus Chriit p, the Father of glory 4 ry give vnto you the ſpirit of ſr wiſdom 7, and reve…

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þ Theſe terms are ſometimes applied to Magiſtrates, and Mn in Authority here in the World, 7zr. 3. 1. Fude $. ſometimes to Angels, Good Ones, C9. 1. 16. to Evil Ones, Chap. 6. 12. Col. 2. 15. though with alluſion to Powers in the World, or becauſe by them God puts forth and exerciſeth his Power and Dominion. By th…

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appoiated him to Þ> the Head of the Church. Or, 2. Over all } 1. 7. ſee Tſl. 51. 1. and $6.5. *{ *The fountain from whence 1: thinss may be meant for the Communication of all good things to | Mercies vouchſaſed to us proceed ; riches of Mercy from py the Church, and performing all Othces of an Head to her: An] Love: …

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As the firſt Creation was by Chrift as tie Second Perſon in the, Trinity, Fohn 1. 2. ſo the ſecond Creation is by the ſame Chrift as Mediator, the Lord and Head of the new Creation, in whom we | live and move, and have our new being, 'and not in our (clves, 2 Core 5-17- . qAs the immediate end for which we are now …

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Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1619

x. fies ſuch Ordinances as dep2nded vron the file wilh of the T.2w Erver, and is, C91.2. 14. taken for Cremor.iz! on. and fo is to be taken here. This the Apoſtle ſeems to aid, to fhew whit part of the Law was Abrogated by Chrift, ©:;-. nothing of ti: Moral! Law, but only the Ceremonial. 4 Or 'r222e, or form, it …

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SECTION 1620

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1620

: A Temale whore Goll may dwell, Not only the whole Colle- tion of Bclizrers is called the Temple of God, bur particular © hurch2s, and particular Saints are ſo called, becauſe of God's dwolling in them by his Spirit; SEC I Cor. 3. IG, 17. and 6. 19. 4 This may relate either to the words immediately going before, …

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