nther 2 3 for * he that loveth another, hath || fulfilled | and becauſe ſome Sins, ſuch as he ſpeaks of in the next Verſe,
the law x. were wont to be Commitred in the darkneſs of the Night, Men
Heving Treated of ſpecial Duties belonging to Superiours, he | being aſhamed of chem in the Day rimz, vid. Job 24. 15. 1 Theſſ:
on comes to that which is more general, and belongs ro All. | 5: 7- Theſe he Exhorts the believing Romans to caſt of'; The
(Neither your Superiours, nor your Equals, and Inferiours ; | Word implieth, haſt and hatred, 1/4. 30. 22. and 31. 7. g 5. ce.
mu and pay to every Perſon what'is Due to him, let his Rank | All Chriſtian Graces, which are bright and ſt:ning in the Eyes of
ad Qualiry be it whatir will. wq. d. Only there is one Debt che World, Mat. 5. 16. and which will be as ſo much Chriſti;
that you can never fully Diſcharge ; that you muſt be ever paying, | Hrmmour, to Defend us againſt Sin, and all the Afſaults of $«-
jet ever owing, and that is Love. x This is a Reaſon why we | (an. | :
bould Love one another, and be {till paying that Debc ; and it isra-| 13 * Let us walk || honeſtly as in the day 5 ; not in *Phil.z ©. ken from the Excellency of Love : He that lbves another (i. e. He] rioting and drunkenneſs *, not in || chambering and * Thel.4. that doth ic 1n Deed and In Truth) hath fulfilled rhe Law 5 He wantonnels * not in {trife and env '1n FR 2.
Means, the Second Table of the Law, as the next Verſe ſheweth. h ; beh F 24,, Br || Or, 220- RH: hath dons what is required therein. 9 4, Let us behave our ſelves decently, and with a holy ,;,21,, | - . ſhamefacedneſs, as becomes thoſe ro whom the Grace ef God, and RRP
9 For this, * Thou ſhalt not commir adultery, Thou| the glorious Light of the Goſpe!. hath appeared. This honeſt walking + . on ſhalt not kill, Thou {hat not ſteal, Thou ſhalt notbear is exprefled by three Adverbs in Tit. 2.12. 7. c. Soherly, Rightes gg Ile witneſs, Thou ſhalt not covet ; and if there be ouſly, Godly. F He enumerates divers Vices which are Contrary jj Or, 5; any other commandment, ts briefly comprehen ded ro this honeft walking, and he ſets them down by pairs : He makes ,,,
1cleaume's this laying, namely, * Thou ſhalc love thy neighbour which he means intemperance,or excel; inEaring and Drinting. vid, velo-
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three pairs of them. The Firſt, is Rioting and Drunkenn:ſe; by ,,! flthi-
d thy ſelf 9. Luke 21. 34+ The Second is Chambering and Wantomicſs ; by which «* 7 _ 7 un Verſe proves, That Love is the fulfilling of the Law, — —_ 2H . Wy 4 -Y . =p ap I angs, 14: "rag Py er ory _—P— 1 Per. 4. 3- The Third i. iS Serif and Fu ah Athele al the Jewr made that Commandmene x pare of the þ-t Table ; | June god ber ens CO ons coo: igher Powers and Superiour; under which Parents _ compre-| 29» 39: he famous St. Auguſt _—— that he was Con- knded, ſo others : It may be, he would only mention the Ne- | verted by Reading, and pondering this Texc. : "ve Preceprs, as beirig moſt contrary - ro Love. Bur, whyl 14 Bur put ye on the Lord Jelus Chriſt &, and *«* Gai. 5 th be mention the ſeventh Commanament before the fixth ? Be- make not proviſion for the fleſh, oo fulfil the luſts 16. ; uſe of the commonneſs of Adultery amongſt the Remans ; ſo| thereof I. | 1 Per. 2: ot coats of che Odiouſneſsof it ; ſo Ochers. Hence, Adul-F k He Exhorted, wv. 12. To put on th: Armour of Light, now to 11 bly Fe _— amongh the Jongg to the Fleſh, Gol. 5. 19.| pur on _ Chriſt : This is neceſſary, for though Grace may help es, * NIEPE . (09 y RY n Exodus, rehearſeth the | to defend, Ter it is Chriſt und his Righteouſneſs only that can cover us ſun'd 0 5 In this we 1h MN rder. The tenth Commandment | (as a garment doth our nakedneſs) In the fght of God. To put on , On? A kan wora, "op mo 70 covet ; It ſeems then, it] Chriſt, is to receive him and reft upon him by Faith; as alſo to vide it _ _ , _ —_ E inion 15 ridiculous, who | profeſs and imitate him. You have the ſame Phraſe, Gal. 3. 27, ment ? þ _ nkudies bo, Naga be any other Com- | / By Fl:ſþ, here ſome underſtand the corrups Nature : Others the king A of means a Commanament 0 the ſame nature, re- Body, Wheri he ſays, Make ns proviſion for the Fleſh; he doth not s 0 Pay what we owe one to #nother. Ergo. To honuur mean, That they ſbould not provide things neveſſary for the Body ;
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]/- Drive of the Strong and of the Weak toworas each other ; with r-/pct to Ciwiſtion Liberty, and the differmmce of Meats and Days. Both mnſt aim to ſerve God and our Lord, whoſe Glory we are to pro- ore borh in Life and Death, 1 8. For which End and Reaſon e Died, and Roje again, 9. And we muſt be judged by him, 1012. We muſs no! therefore offend, grieve and deſtroy h'm for whom Chriſt Sica, 13-—15. wherein the Kingaom of God conſiſts, 16—19. In
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