of thoſe were the ſame, or whether they were all different perſons is of the whole DoArine of the Gopel, concttiing the Trig, wncertain. 7 7. e. He entertained the Apoſtle, and all Chriſtian] /7carna7207 of _—_ Son of God, &C. - 'Y Strangers that paſſed thar way. That Ga!#s to whom the Apoſtle 26 x But * now is made maniie{t, and by the f... 24 wrote. is commended for the like hoſpitality, 3 John 5. 6. _ tures of the prophets according to to the commandme.. as rb or Steward of the City ; one that had the management ®*| of the everlaſting God, * made known to Whine, ” 2 the Cities ſtock or publick Treaſure. The City was Corinth from the * ohedivacs nt faith.) SONS tos | whence the Apoſtle wrote this Epiſtle. There Era#as is ſaid to 4- « Which ada MF F c : bide, 2 Tim. 4. 20. Poſſible to attend upon his Office. Yer we _ T:ftam »- CINE 0 oy E == > made known vader that” find 4s 19. 22. that he was one of them that Miniſtred to the A- mo. on CES _— Fo O = ent lignt and revelatic," * poltle, and was fent by him hither and rthither, as he had occaſion, Rags © IAnen c Der: «va; c e revel.zrion OL his m: 0, which would not well conſiſt with his being Chamberlain or Steward — OR 9 ok ” ave40524E Is Sw Wea whereby. 36 wp of ſo preat a City. Therefore ſome are of Opinion, that he 15 ſo _ Ne nd ow , ae — ke. vid. 48; 1.4; called, becauſe thar had been his Office in time paſt. So Abigail 18 won . che” and 2 4 os W me Atutrority by which Mrs called the Wife of Nabal, 2 Sam. 3. 3. becenſe the formerly ſtood 7 on _ the — of = ever ns God. (3.) The perſen; ; in that relation to him. r This is no word of Number, but 1t. was Gs 77 Was __—_ > ay Tl af Gent: es, or the Iahabirant of 21! his Name : We had Tertins in the foregoing Verſe ; and we read at ions. (4) The end for which it was mad: known, Viz. Tor 41 wy | w_ 08 wi "0 ovediznce of Faith, \. e. That ir may be belizv'd and obe SH of Scomius, Afs 20. 4.” Hiſtories alſo ſpeak of the Name oft Quintts np. #5 yd; ;; and Sextus, &c. _ -- ib 4 27 To God only wile x, be glory thro = 2.4 * The grace of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt 5e with you "To Mi ; phacs--. S » 92 gLOory ugh Jeſus Cl;i3 all, Amen. c Mich vou had wer. 20; only}, 2* Second Attribute in the deſcription of God, i þ: wiſh, 7 Theſe words are the very oo b a oy a | 5 9 wy He is ſaid to be wiſe, and only wiſe. See the like 1 7;n. , the word (42) is added : Some have thoughr, thar the former was|,,, 1. G. pe 5. Td to be only crue, John 17. + _— written with the hand of Terti:zs, the Scribe or Notary, and this|'4. , 0 be , 3 He to be like « loving and| O50 Perentate, 1 Tim. 6. 15. And only 7 have Immy:;;... wich the Apoſtles own wo Ching _— * _ wa" oo '| 7 Tim. 6- 16. And this doth not. exclude che 1/:/don if t;, 5. tender Father, who bids his Children _ _ Os and of the -huly Spirit, bur the wiſdom of the Creatures | He & Fir and being loath to leave them, returns a fecon and a third ft be only with, becaalt none # ar wiſe as he; and all the ws co diſcourſe with them. f of others is from him : The wiſdom of Men and Angels is bur 25 Now * to him that is of power to ſtabliſh you ac-|? "2 from -w ws his See os bf enſaf ts andy 2, becauſ 4 . . 1s originally wiſe ; his wiſdom is of himſelf ; yea, his wiſh ; cording to my goſpel, and the preaching of Jeſus Chriſt himſcif. y Here he aſcribes eternal Glory to God. You hal the {according to the revelation of the myſtery, which was|fame before, chap. 11. 36. Oaly here is added, through 7:ſus Cri}. kept ſecret ſince the world began w. : to ſhew, That our, praiſe and thankſgiving, is accepted of (yg w He concludes All with an excellent Doxology ; wherein f-f|through him, wid. cap. 1. 7. Eph. 3. 20, 21. x This word i he deſcribes Grd, and then he aſcribes eternal Glory to him.| ſix times uſed in this Epiſtle, cap. 1. 25. & 9. 5. & 11, 6, He deſcribes him by ewo of his Attributes or PerfeCtions ; the firſt| 15. 33. & 16. 26, 27. Ir is an Hebrew word, bur retain'd in 2} is bis Power, Il: is able to eftabliſh you, 1. e. In Grace, and in Truth ;| Languages. It cannot be Tranſlated withour loſing much of - ro keep you from falling into ſin and into errour : The Scripture of- Weight. It may be taken three ways, 1. Asa Name, and ( iris ten attributes our Eſtabliſhment unto God; vid. 1 Thef. 3. 13. 4 name of Chriſt, Rev. 3. 14. 2, AsSan Adverb, fo itis uſ:d in the 2 Ti:f, 2.17. and 3. 3. 1 Per. 5. 10 Our own weakneſs and jbeginning of Speech, and ſignifies werily : or in the end of Speec), <xi's Power is ſuch, that unleſs God did eftabliſh us, we ſha!ljand ſo it notes Afent: Therefore it was uſed of old b vs d fall, wid 4 the Notes there. Our not only at Prayer, b Il che ry etch ſoon totter and fall, wid. cap. 14. 4. and the Notes there. Our jnot only at Prayer, but at all the Sermons and Expoſitions of their E?.iilifhmet is further amwplif'd by the inſtrumental Cauſe there- Rab5ins, to teſtifie that they aſſented and agreed to all thar they or, which is rhe Goſpel. Touching which, ſeveral things are here taughr, wid. 1 Cor. 14. 16. 3. As a Yerb, and fo it is asmuch a, t> be noted. Firſt, He calls it his Gefpe!, becauſe he was the Jo be it, having the nature of a Prayer : Hence Jeremia! ſaid, men, Preacher and Publiſher thereof, wid. cap, 2. 16. and the Notes to the prophecy of Hananiah; tho falſe, concerning the ſudden re. there. Sccondly, He calls it the Preaching of Jeſus Chriſt, which turn from the Babyloniſh captivity, to ſhew how earneſtly he defredic may be taken Actively, for the preaching of our Lord himſelf : ſo might be ſo, Jer. 28. 6. he Do&rine of Salvation is call'd, 7'z word rhat was ſpoken by , ; Bo Lerd, Hb. 2. 3. vid. Mat. 4. 23, and 9. 35. Or rather paſ- Y Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and ſet by ſively, for the Ge pt! which ws pr:ached Concerning Jeſus Chriſt, vid. Phebe ſer vant of the Church ac Cenchrea. £5. 1. 3- and the Notes there. 7hiraly, He calls it s myſtery {| This was not added by the Apoſtle Pal, nor by 7:rti his CI TOS hr pt # cres ſince the world began, but now is man? manijeht : Amanucnſis ; but by a latrer and unknown hand ; yet there 15notluing +» parallel places, 1 Cor. 2. 7. Eph. 3.9, Col. 1, 26, Some re- in the Epilltle it felf, nor in any Antient oc Modeto Writs, chai f:2in this /o the calling of the Grniles, but it is better underſtood may induce us to queſtion the verity thereof,
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