greater firmness to regulate well the state of marriage, than of celibacy.
29. Tovro ds yri/ju, but this I say ) The same form of expression occurs xv. 50, for the purpose of explanation, in summing up the whole. — a d&Xpot, brethren) Paul is wont, especially when writing about external circumstances, to introduce the most noble digressions, as the Holy Spirit is always calling him to the things that are most excellent. — 6 xaipog) the present time , either of the world ver. 31, ch. x. 11, or of individuals, the time of weep- ing, rejoicing, etc. — awsgraXpevog) narrow , short , the contrary of unencumbered liberty, ver. 26. — r'o Xojk'ov, [but] as to what remains) The particle here is very suitable. [He hints , that the consummation of the world is not far off.—Y. g.] — 7va, that) Time in short, is of such a nature, that they ought, etc. [Some spend much of their time in seeking the superfluous conveniences of life , in wandering thoughts, in a too pertinacious pursuit of literature, in the length and frequency of their feasts and amuse- ments : and it is a virtue in the opinion of worldly men , when any one knows how to spend with his boon companions in a manner not without its charm , half or even whole days and nights in empty conversation and pursuits. But if it should become necessary either to engage in prayer , or to watch over the education of his children , or to exemplify the duty of love to his neighbour , then truly the want of time is made an obstacle ; nay , he has not even leisure to consider , how much guilt is contracted by such conduct. — V. g.] — yvmfaag, wives) and so, children , friends , patrons. We ought to consider nothing our own. — not) Thus Christian self-denial is appropriately expressed. They, who have [earthly goods], as persons who have and are likely long to have, are void of Chris- tian self-denial.] — ugj, may be) This word is supplied also in the following verses.
30. O/' ^a/povrsg, they who rejoice) he does not say, they who laugh. [Rom. xii. 15. The train of thought is here (in the words, u they that rejoice”) of nuptial feasts ; as in the pre- ceding words (they that weep) of the death of a wife, etc. — V . g.] He speaks soberly as is suitable in the vale of tears. — ug xarsy^ovrsg, as though they possessed not) To possess , after, to buy, makes an epitasis [an emphatic addition to the previous words. Append.] : as after use,, abuse comes, in the next verse, from