for the comparative, 2? i good, for, it is bettcr: ſo Mat. 18. 8, 9. + a h jeaſe in indi hi 1ro aff 9 Some diſtinguiſh theſe three words, ftumblcd, off: nded, made weak ; | WEN not to do what we pleale 1n 1ndiJterent things, andt | according to our own Sentiments without any regard to others; Wt
making the firſt to be the greater, and che Jaſt che leſler injury : ſhould leaf ſolves 3 : A
Ochers will have che firſt ro be the leſſer, and the laſt the greater 1a- | 32% = pleaſe our ſelves in 2 proud refleQing her |
jury. Bur there are thoſe that think, they all three do ſignifie | K2owledge , and in contemning of others becauſe of their lg rance : We ſhould not ſtand upon the terms of our liberty 46
the ſame thing; and the $Syriack Interpreter doth render them all | | by one word, wiz. is Monde: and the —_ thing may be expreſt ps bur rather for the ſake of others, depart 3 little fo our own right,
by divers words, to infinuate the great Care we ſhould take, that we do not put a ſtumbling block (as "tis wer. 13.) or an occaſion of RR falling inte our Brothers way. The Apoſtle ſeems to praQtice what he 2 2 Let every one of us pleaſe bs neighbour for by got here preſcribeth in 1 Coy. 8. 13. to edification Fe
Se, al | : ith ? have 1 | f Having ſaid, we muſt nor pleaſe out ſelves , he immeditts | Or,bave 22 Haſt thou faith ? have it to thy ſelf || before Godr ubjoines, = HR abs acbers, vis, Every one his Seghts
:: by cby Happy # he that condemaeth || not himlelt in that thing |þ. means, that we ſhould Condeſcend and accommodate % Fr 'P which he alloweth -. ſelves to others, and give them ſatisfaQion in all things; * * hs _ S” r Some read the firſt Clauſe without an interrogation : Thou ſo far as may tend to their Good and Edification. he TH {lf in haſt Faith, either way the ſcnſe is the ſame. The Apoſtle here | like paſlage » chap. 14. 19. The Apoſtle exhorts the ba ou :/127 hich IMticipates an Objection, the ſtronger Chriſtian might be ready | fo 2 prattice ſomewhat like this, 1 Cor. 10, 24. and he 3 The he appro. ® fay , as it's in the 14 werſe, I know, and am perſwaded by the the way by his own example . 1 Cor. 9. 10. and 10. 33: ry wieet, Lard Jeſus, that nothing is unclean of its ſiif. T firmly believe, [15 2 pleaſing of men which is ſnfull, and there 1s 2 pleali G —_ thar now under the Goſpel all meats are lawful, and that I have | Men which is lawful ; and thar is, when it is limited, 45 liberty ro uſe or eat what I pleaſe; and is it nortfit that my pra- Text. | ; tice thould be agreable 80 my B:licf : That I ſhould a& accor-| 3 For even Chriſt pleaſed not himſelf g ; but *5” c:ng to my Judgment ? To this he anſwereth, That if a man | writtenz, The reproaches of them that reproached m6" hith fuch a Faith or perſwaſion, he ſhould not unſeaſonably dif. apon me cover it to the offence of his Brother, but rather conceal it. He P : dorh not ſpeak of Faith in the Fundamentals of Religion, this | & He backs his Exhortation in the firſt Verſe , with 2 Ar nuſt be profeſſed and acknowledged, Jet who will be offended ; | ment taken from the practice of our Lord himſelf who 15 butt of Faith in indifferent things (which are the ſubjeC matter | perfe& patrern, and hath left us an Example that v* " he 35 treating of.) Qur belief or perſwaſion therein is not to be | follow his ſteps ; wid. John 13. 15, 34. 1 Pet. 2, 21: r Job unfeafonably uttered or declared, fo as to occaſion ſcandal or con- | 7. and 4- 17. By Chriſt his not- pleating himſelf, js meant | rentien. 5 An Excellent Aphoriſme reſps&ing all, eſpecially | not indulging or ſparing himſelf ; he did not ſeek his oW nor to ſatisfie the inclination of the Humane Nature, * bur
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cally the'.. amy mea: wo his Own my 0 Dinny.! h) is not " Irs, What,,, a Wickes q to commit, By 7ai:; 4. Why. ng perf. W ord : he riſh doubrs rring Con. ns that doth | ſhould no: S @& known 2 fettris a ſhalt ws 6
the Exam! s which wes » , and txhur- the Gentile r them, ant Mg with him, to Jcruſalem Jonia and A. In, 22—=19, and wiſhe;h
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inferred from hoſe who have underſtanding , icularly in the f in the num- poſe himſelf an re obliged and d By the wat, nowledge, cup. Yrance Froward- of Hereſies and trine and Like, tity ; when bs ng ir, thit Ve ſick Perſons ntous, yet W t them, butprt 6. 2. 6.4.6, ve kings, andto 4 rd to others; #8 upon our Wl e of their Ig" F our liberty 19 part 2 littk fro
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| inficmicies of the weak, and not to pleaſe our {clves.
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and not his own. + Here is an Ellipfts, ſomething muſt ed ro fill up the ſenſe : Either the meaning is, he pleaſ- *: nur himſelf, but others ; or he pleaſed not himſelf, but bore \.r infirmities and reproaches : Or elſe he pleaſed nor himſelf, but if happened to him : Oc he ſo carried himſelf that It might ne rruly appiied ro him, which 1s written, Oc. i Viz. in Pſal. 69. 9. | That Divi uttered theſe words in the Perſon of Chriſt . (7 as 2 Type of him, may appear from John 2. 17. Interpreters re divided abour accommodating this Teſtimony, to the occaſi- in for which it is brought. Either the meaning 1s, that Chriſt iid willingly expoſe himſelf tO all the reproaches and contume- of Mzn, in obedience to Ins Father's Will - Or elſe, that he hid the fame concernments with God the Father ; fo thar whar bet] God, d1d alio befall him : He was as tender of rhe Farhers Honour a> of his own : Or elſe that the Sins of Men, which are he chiags that caft reproach upon God, were taken by Chriſt up- on himicif, and he bore them in his Body upon a Tree. Seeing hen tbac Chriſt hath done ſo much for onr fakes, and hath nor fought his Own eaſe and benefit, we ought alſo ro ſeek the good of ethers, anc to deny our ſelves, vid. Phil. 2. 6,7, 8. ;
4 For whatfoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning k; that we through pa- j2nce and comfort of the ſcriptures might have hope 7.