12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphoſa, who labour in the Lord &. Salute the beloved Perfis, which laboured
much in the Lord /.
k He Salutes ſeveral Women, as well as Men : You read before of Priſcilla, v. 3. Of Mary, v.6. And now he adds three more 1 this Verſe. Heſaith of the Two Firſt, that they Labouredin the Lord, i.e. In the ſervice of Chriſt, and his Church, accoraing i9 their Place and Power, See the Notes on wv. 6. 1 He giv*i w Woman a higher Commendation, Calling her the beloved Perſir, 14 v. 8. He ſaith of the other two, That they Laboured ; but of th15
13 Salute Rufus »- choſen in the Lord », and
read, Mar. !5
» The ſame (it may be) of whom you may and gr act
con-municn of Saints, Some think this Woman dwel'c before at
I4 alute
ng the Apo. 2
up. 49, XVi.
n,! and 0 C Apo. be
ma Was, lem both Vere Jew, auſe they d Affniry ell a5 he - «23, Wo d (it may id of other 5. & They teem With Barnaby, Metlenger, theſe to, evenry Di. q they Wers Mned 48.1 "reaching of lows, it Up. Chriſtianity, e Two Per. cad 1s, their forwardneG , 7,21. 16, e Vertue and nch24 100 1
Id z,
Riman Name, Ir his riches: Ir the grace of
j
afrerwards by | of /qails and achers, « This Some have re. Je was doubt. Apoſtle would mcadation, that
ft e Salute |
;hom you read, He was Teacher Oae who hath vho hath given . Thisisa high ved in Chrift is "Tryal, to itand aiſe, The word > the ſence; you . Arifubulw bim- t unconverted to Chriſtians, inor Salutes, See the
reet them that ch are 1n the
*yotonivs, 00 hae , and to hwvet-
Villions, Hews i
; good Chriſtuns its ir, Neri's Houle Ine(s are they At- ro dwell in theit
nay ſerve wicked « added, becauk ans, or Members
who labour 1 which laboured
You read befors dds three more
Labouredia tit urch;, accoraing 1
1 He gives 00 \ beloved Perſis Pi oured ; but of tl ame ſpecial LW
ord ”, and fi
ay read, Mr- 's, and gract”
churches of Chriſt ſalute you #.
| Love and Concord. 9. 4.
1.4 Salute Aſyneritus , Phi | Hermes, and the brethren which are with them p.
pi.e The Chriſtians that are their Domeſticks, or that dwell with theM. :
\« Salute Phitologus, and Julia 4, Nereus, and his (ter, and Olympas 7, and a!l the ſaints which are with } 5 « Lo them 5
., Probably tue Wife of Phildlogm. » This is thought to be Pa. Name of a Man, rather than of a Woman. s That are 1n
ſeveral Families ; wid. wer. 14. There were doubrleſs many
their _ | ; more Chiiſtians in rhe Church of Rowe ; but either they were of no
ROMANS
Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas. whom they would enſnare, (ſo much the word t#a:;!4 hero
'Chap. XVI
FAY
uſed imports) and by this means they impoſe upon the ſimple; ;.e, The over-credu!ous and unwary, who did not miſtruſt ay deceit or hurt, the word here rendred ( jimple } property
ſignifies ſuch as are not evi!, or that are incaurclous and nc + ſuſpicious.
"eat Note, or elſe not known to the Apoſtle : And indeed it is _ of Admiration, that he, who was never at Rome, ſhould
now the Name, and proper Characters of ſo many there. And'
becauſe he {enderh Saluraticus to ſo many Brethren at Rene, and makes NO MENTION of Peter , it may be rationally inferred, That P.r.r was nor there ar the Writing ot this EpiſHe. It is queſtionable, Whether ever he were there at all ; but 't1s without queſtion, that
he
came nor thither in the beginning of Clandivs his Reign, and in the fo-ty ft: h year ef our Lord, as the Romaniſts Report ; nor was.
| 19 For your obzdience is come abroad unto all men;
I am glad therefore on your behalf 5 : but yer 1 would
have you * wiſe unto that which is good, and {| ſimple * 1 Cor-
concerning evil c, . T4. 20. M E: © Or harm
b 9. d, As for you, your ready embracing of the Goſpel and j.'-_
Conformity thereunto, 15 generally raken notice of by all that *
mind ſuch things ; ſee the like, chap. 1.8. 17he/. 1. 8, 71 rea
joice to hear of your ſounducſs and reachablencls : 1 as uit therefore
ſpeak this to. accuſe, bat to caution you. £ q. d. Take heed thar
you be not cheated by Seducers, that they do not abuſ: your tra.
Ctableneſs to, draw you into. Ercors. , He e©xhorts them to JOY 11
prudence with ſimplicity ; to be ſo Parmleſs and fimple as not
ro invent falſe DoE&trine, and yet to be ſo wife and $kilful as to Be able ro diſcern Truth from- Falſhood ; to be fo innocent as nor to deceive, and ſo prudent as not to be dcceived ; wid. Mare
he Bithop there for the ſpace of Five and twenty years, as they ro: 16. He prays for the Philippians, rhat- they may have this
aificm.
16 Salute one another with an holy kiſs 7, The
; From Greeting them hiniſclf, he proceeds to Exhort them to Creer or Salute *%ne another. This he adviſerh them to do, with an july kiſs; you have the fame Exhortation, 1 Cor. 16. 20. 2 Cor. 33. 12, 1 Thef, 5. 26. Thiis the Apoſtle Percy calls a Kiſs of Charity, 1 Pct. 5. 14» MRifſmg 1s accounted a great Symbol oft You have been much troubled with' Diiſentions about Meats and: Days, &c. Therefore I befeech you, | char forgetting all former Offences, ybu would manifeſt for the; vture all ſigns of Love to, and Peace with one another. Kiſſing was an o'd Cuſtom amongſt the Hebrews ; we find it uſed by tae Patriarchs, Gen. 27. 26. and 29. 11, It is ſtil! retained more or kf in all Countries. The Primitive Chriſtians did uſe it in their Aſemblies ; ſo 7:rtulian teſtifieth, Lib. Deg. and they did it eſpe- cially in 1eceiving the Euchariſt. So Chryſoſtom witneſlerh, Hom. 77. Ia Joh» 16. We ds well, ſaith he, to kiſs in the myſteries that we my become one, This Cuſtom for good reaſons is laid down , md the Rowaniſts, in room of it, keep up a fooliſh and fu- perſtitious Ceremony, which 1s to kiſs the Pax 1n the Maſs. \ He ſends beſides his 6wn, the Salutations of others ; alſo to
the Chriſtians at Rome, and that firſt of whole Churches ; and;
by and by of particular Perſons, wv. 21. 22. 23. By Churches here, he principally means, The Churches in Greece, where he then was, of whoſe good AffeCtion to the Chriſtian Romans, he was well aflured,
19 Now I] beſeech you brethren, mark them which eule diviſions and offences w, || contrary to the do- tine which ye have learned x, and || avoid them y.
| »He ſhuts up the Epiſtle with a Seaſonable Admonition, which
he x:ſerved to the laſt, that it might be the berter remembred : It is to beware of thoſe that cauſe diviſions and offences : By the former, ſome underſtand thoſe that corrupt the Dottrine. of the
; diſcretion, P/zl., 1, 9, Io. and exhoits rhe Theſilomians thereunto,
I Th:j]. 5. 21.