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2: {Uecouſe che Ereature it F213 alio jha'l be del g Irom the bondage of corruprion, into the 21011905 liberty Of ihe children or God x.
u If this verſe be underftond of the Heavens, and the Earth, and the things therein, the MEANING IS, that the Creatures in their kind, and according ito their capacity, thall be partakers of that i:berty and freedom. which in the Children of God js accompa- nicd with un{pcakoble Glory; they fſhail not partzke with the Saints in Glory, turof rhat Liberty which in the Saints hath great G'ory atrending it, and frpeauded to it. The Crenture ar the diy of judgment 1}.'1 be £*ored (as before) to that condition of liburty whichitl din its firſt Creation; As when ir was made art ficit, it was free from ali vanity, Bondage and. Corruption, fo ir ſhall be agaiz ar the rime of the general ReſurreCtion ; vid, - &: 3. 19 21, 2 Pet, 3. 13. Thoſe th:rby the Creation, would vnderſtand the Genzile World, vive the ſenſe of this verſe thus. That the very Licathensalfo £4] by the Coſpe] and Grace of Chriſt be reicued trom thoſe courles of Sin and Coriuption, ro which they have been long enfiaved, 1iro thar gJor ous condition not only of free-men, redeemed by Ciriit out of their bondage to Sin and Seaton, bur even of the Sons of God, ro have right to his favour, and tnat ncyer fading 1Ancritance.
22 Þ& we know that the || whole creation groaneth, and rrava :2:n inf} pain together until now
w If here again'the Heavens and the Earth, with what 1s there- in, be underticod, tien the Apoſtle farther enlargeth upon taeir preſent fiate and condition ; be=tore they waited and expected de- JIVETaNCE, NOW THEY $102 and t12vail in pain They allo are Me- taphorical Exprefiions; cne is tiakea from a Man, who hath upon him a heavy burthen; another from a Woman that 1s near her delvery, and thi: they do untii now; 4 e. From the Fall of 4dam to th:s preſent day, I hey thar underſtand the words of the Gen- te World, thus interpret them: We the Apoſtles and Miniſters cf jcius Chriſt, do fnd by experience, thar, the Gerriles are very foi ward to receive the Golpel when they, hear ir, whilſt the Jews ceneratly rejcEt it. The Gentile World 1s as it were in pangs of rravail, ever jince Chriſts time till now, ready to bring forth Sons and Deughters ro God.
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- The Apoilte has atterired and concluded, wv. 18. Thar there i3a future &lory to Le revealed hereafter in the Saints, ſuch as in- finely tra: ſcendeth their ſufferings now; and this he had con- tired from the earneſt expectation of the Creature (the Pronoun thy iS not in the Original) and now he farther contirms it from
the expettation which is in Believers themſelves. » Hereby he: |
means ther Rightcouſnets, Joy and Peace, which Believers have in this Life; theſe are the PFrurts of he Spirit, and called firſt Fruits in recard of their order, and in regard of their quantity, they arc but a handiu] in compariſon of the whole; little in regard of the Ffulnefs which they ſnall have in Heaven; and in regard allo of their f2r:fce:ion, the Grace and Comforts of the Spirit of God in this Liicare pledges to us of rkat abundance and fulneſs of Joy, which we ſhall parrzke of in the J;te to come; as tne firſt Fruws of the Jews were an Evidence to them of the enſuing crop. 2 4- »org our ſclyes (lay lome) but it 1s better read in our Tranſlation, within our ſelves, Tt expreſictn the manner of the Saints groaning under /*; and aff:&ion ; it is inward, and from the Heart. s Now
we arc the Sons of God, Why then ſhould we wair for what we ;
have aleady* 4 ſw. We have the right, bur nor the full polleiſion . . ' . nd . . . . .
ot our Inheritance ; the Apoſtle himitelf explains his meaning in
the next words. 6.4, e. Our perſe&t deliverance from Sin and
greater Strength ſteps in, and ſuſtains rhe Burthen that lizs 9 heavy upon our Shoulders; or it 1s borrowed from Nurſes, thy ne!p their little Children that are unable to go, upholding them by their Hands or Sleeves. g One way whereby the Spirir hls; y; is, by teaching us to Pray, Prayer doth greatly Relieve us unde; the Crots, and isa great Refuge in Trouble. Burt we knowing not
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; how to Pray as we ought, either in regard of Matrer or Manner, : herein therefore the $Spir:z aids or helps us, as it followeth : By