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tain] doubts, biaxp/rtig, so that he cannot in his own feeling on the particular point, be borne along with full satisfaction, nKripo- (popeTffdai [be fully persuaded, ver. 5], the word doiatpopsTv is the antithesis to the word biaxpivuv. He calls them doubts in the thoughts , for those in doubt think more than they speak.
2. UiffreUij believes) This word has a more direct sense in the predicate ; the participle aakmv conceals, as it were, the weak- ness of him who eats herbs. — Xd^ava, herbs ) vegetable food (in preference to meats, ver. 21), which we have the most undoubted liberty to eat, Gen. ix. 3.
3. avr'ov, him) who eats in faith. — rrpo<fs\dl3sro, hath received) [taken to Himself] for example, from among the Gentiles.
4. 2 -j) thou , O weak man. — rig si) who art thou , who takest so much upon thyself. — aWorp/ov oix'en jv, another marts servant) He calls him in another respect thy brother , as it suits his purpose, ver. 10. — K vpru, [Master] Lord) Christ, ver. 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18. — ffrijTui, he stands) ’although thou, O weak man, dost not think so. — cradfosrat bs, yea , and he shall be holden up) if he shall fall ; he will be upheld by sure knowledge. — bwarog yap, for He is able) In the works of Divine grace, the conclusion is often valid, when drawn from what is possible (posse) to what actually is (esse) : against those especially, who judge other- wise ; and in behalf of those who are weak.
5. Uagav yi/jj'spav) rraffav Tjftepav xpivu yj/Mspav, another judges every day a day. He judges that he should equally do good at all times. — ihiu) voi, in his own mind) his own , not another’s, vovg does not signify the opinion of the mind, but the mind itself. — <7r\ripo<poptt<iQai, to be borne along with full satisfaction [lit. coursef) i.e., let each one act , and let another permit him to act (this is the force of the Imperative, as at ver. 1 6) according to his own judg- ment, without anxious disputation, and with cheerful obedience, comp. v. 6. He is not speaking positively [precisely] of the understanding ; for these two things are contradictory : you may eat, you may not eat, and therefore cannot at the same time be true ; and yet a man, who has determined either on the one or the other, may be fully persuaded (lit. be carried , full course) in his own mind, as a boat may hold on its course uninjured either in a narrow canal or in a spacious lake.
6. Eu^/a piffreT yap — xal sbyapasrit, for he gives thanks — and
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