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n Th's isadded to qualifie what he had ſaid before, leſt he ſhould ſcm to Arrogate too much to himſelf, he tells them, he hop'd not only to comfort them. but to be comforted by them. The meaneſt of Chriit's Members may contribute ſome what to the Edifying even of an Anoftle. The Apoſtle John did hope to be quickened and comtorted by the Graces of a Woman and her Children, 2 jo#n 12. Great is the benefit of the Communion of Saints, o 3. e. By the Faith which you and F have in Jeſus Chriſt : Which he elſewhere calls the Common Fai:h, and the Faith of God's Ele; All true Com- fort ſprings from Faith,
; Now I would not have you ignorant, p brethren, that oftentimes I purpoſed to come unto you, « but was let ticherto) q that I migtt have ſoine f: uit 7 {| among you alſo, even as among other Genre;
p He prevents a Cavil ; they might ſay, If Par! hath ſuch a longing Detire to ſee us, Why doth he not come to us? To this he Anſwers, It was not for want of WiH or Affe&tion; for he of- ten intended and atrempred it. q Either by Satan, as 1 The. 2. 18. or by the Holy Spirit otherwiſe diſpoſing 0t him, as As 16. 6,7. Bom. 15. 22, 23. Ir is poſſible that he might be hindred alſo by his own Infirmities, or by others Neceſſiriesand Entreaties, Afts 10. wit, and 15. 15. and 28.14. r i.e. Of my Miniftry and Calling, as the Apoſtle of the Uncircumciſion. He hoped the Goſpel he ſhould Preach among them, would have good Succels, and bring forth Fruit in them, s it had done in other Churches of the Gen- tiles. Vid. Col. 1.5.
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14 * I ama debtor « both to the Greeks and Barba- rians, t both to the wiſe, and to the unwile s.
WiC, s A5 being oblig'd, by vertue of my Calling, and as being en-
truſted by God with Talents to that purpoſe. You are not beho]-
jt is my bounden Duty. # #.e. Toall Nations which he divides in- to theſe two torts, Greeks and Barbarians, The 7ews he mentions nor, becauſe he was the DoQor of the Gentiles, u By theſe he under- ſtands paiticular Perſons among the Greeks and Barbarians ; tor there were among either of them,ſfome Wiſe,and ſome Unwiſe.The Goſpel is adapted to all forts of Perſons, whether Wiſe or Simple.
is So, as much as in meis, I am ready to preach the goſpel to you that are at Rome allo .
w 9. d. | have Preach'd it at Antioch, at Athens, at Epheſus, at Co- rimth, &c, and I am ready (if God permit) to preach it in the/ moſt ſplendid City of Rome likewiſe ; 1o the Reaſon is not in my ſelf, or in my own Will, why I have not cometo you all this while.
16 For 7 lamnotajhamcd x of the golpel of Chriſt, for || it is the power of God unto ſaivation, y to every one that believeith; & tothe Jew firſt, 2 and allo tothe Greek.