LCORINTHIANS. Chun ES . they were either Fews, or Gentiles ( chat 15 Heathens) 4 . 2 " 4 + 28 Butif any ſay unto you, Thus is offered in fa of Coil (thas is; Chridinns) it was always an har rpg © 1. Critic unto idols, cat not e for * his ſake that ſhewed it, thing impoſſible, for Chriſtians to carry themſclyes ſo ” _ 94% 4 for cofciznce fake ©.* 2 For * the earth is the Lords, | anger choſe that were no Chriſtians; bur it was noe impoſſib1 a them ſo to behave themſelves, as not to be to them atly ;uſt oe Verte x © The mear being out of the Jdols Temple, and returned tro a mo hoy — = _ ns Chriſtians to diece common vie, there could be no impiety in eating 1f, no commy- wow ww Is. 5 5" OP Q: urchof God, and were non with Devils, and partaking of the Table of Devils, in and by | with them Members 0 _ _OY my Body, of which Chr ſuch an Action; but yet there might be a breach of Charity 10 the |1s che Head. This 15 econ rule by which weare to ad in ation, that is. in caſe one were there preſent, who knew that 1t che uſe of our Chriſtian liberty. bad be-n forfizres to the Idol, and declared his offence, by _— 33 Even as * I pleaſe ail men in all things © nov« The: { nan that was about to eat that that _ 12 "= ſeeking mine own profit, but the profit of man fred;in that caſe the Apoſtle commandeth Chriſtians .*. 7? 70 ear, ns. Nw” ae }, ard that partly for bis ſake that ſhewed it, leſt they ſhould lay a Ml migt C . & 12VE a « : Ch fiumbling-b'eck before him, and by their example imbolden him| 0 Thar is, in all things wherein the Law of God hath Jefems a} that ſhew:Cit to do theliks, though he doubted the lawfulneſs ot|a liberty; for Pau! pleaſed no man, ether In omiſſion of a it; ard likewiſe for conſcience fake, that is, fortheir own con- ching which God had commanded him to co ; y nor ſeeking wy ſcience take, which through weakneſs might afterward trouble own advantage, either the ſatisfaCtion of my own mind, or hy. them forir, though withour juſt canſe, f He gives them pride a7 em OR Re ventage of others, eſpecial] ſor for it, B-canſe rhe carth is the Lords, and the fulneſs thercef, chat [10 matters that may any way affedt them asto their eternal Salva, is, becauſe there was orher meat enough toeat. This paſſage ta- |T10N. Thus Paul, like a good Shepherd, goeth our before the ken our of the P/almift had a ſomething different application, v. ſhcep, and leadeth them, as every True Miniſter thould behinfx 26. there the Apoſtl- uſrd it to juſtific the lawfulbn;ſs of rheir cat- jan example to che flock of Chriſt. And this is a third Ruletoh, irg ſuch mear, returned again to a common uſe, an{ expoſed to obſerved by Chriſtians, as to the uſe of the liberty which bobs tals in the ſhambles: here he uſeth it to diflwade them from Law hath left chem as to any particular aCtions, notwithſtandir eating, if any er them know it had been offzred to the T-|thar liberty, yer they ought to have reſpett ro the ſpiritual god gol. | and Salvation of others, and to do that part which their judg, 20 Conſience, I fiy, not thine own, but of the|menrs inform them, will be, as, leaſt tothe ſpiritual damage yy "hs - for * why is my liberty judged by anozher detriment, {6 moſt to the ſpiritual good and-profit of the Souls Otel g 5 OT 1y y lwerty JUS | others with whom they converſe. mans conſcience 2? #. 4 2M g By rcaton of what we had, v. 28. (where the Apoſtle forbad | CHAP. XI. eating theſe meats, in caſe any of the Feaſt rod them they had | been offered to Idols, both for his ſaks that told him fo, and alſo for | He exhnrts them to follow him, praiſes them that they kept his Inſtituting, comſrience [+ke) it is moſt reaſonable ro interpret thoſe words, met 1----2. Chriſt the Head of evcry Man, ani the My Call ;k:ne own 1n this verſe, not thine own only, ' there being frequent I. Woman, threfore a Man muſt m0! pray or propht ſy Wt!) 1:5 Hi ſtances in Scripture, where the Negarive Particle muſt beſo re-| covered ; nv a Woman be in an Aſ-mbiy with hoy tiad ung, rained, as Jeb. 4. 42. and 6. 27, 38. k For why ſhould my prac-| ed, 2--- 15 He rcproves them for contentions in th; Chuch tice in a thing wherein I have a liberty, be cenſured or con-| 16.---19. ' aiſo for the Irreverence at the Lord's Supper, 20% demned by th= conſcience of another; he being p-rfwaded, that] Jts Inſtitution, our previous examination, its abuſe puniſhed in th what I do and judge, that I have a liberty ro do, and may do| Corinthians, 23-34. : lawfully, 15 done by me fintully, and I by him accounted a tranſ- : gEreilor for it; fo as, though I do a thing that is honeſt, yer it 15|* E ye followers of me, even as I alſo aw of not honeſt in the fight of all men, or of good report; whereas Chriſt 4. | if Chriſtians are obliged, "Rom. 12. 17. to proviae things bon«ſt in the a- Interpreters judge, that thefe words do properly belongtotkeli frgh: of OT In his oFn hight mccrly, and to do thole rhings foregoing Chapter, in rhe laſt verſe of which he had expound! that are liwvel; and of god r:port Piil. 3. 8. ; his own example to them; but whether they be applied torkur? | 30 For it I by [! g12Cce be a partaker 5s, why am TI | hapteror this, is not much material. They teach us, Thathe 3 | Or. evil ſpoken of, for rhar * for which I gave thanks? &. Examples of the Apoſtles are part of our Rule yet themoddſof (gt. { It I by the goodneſs of God, whoſe the Earth is, and the fulneſs | the Apoſtle is remarkable, who requires of his people no furtherty
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of it hath beencffered ro the Idol ; or with Thankſgiving partake of 2 Now I praiſe you, brethren. that you remember | 5 3
ſuch meat (for fo ve: fignifes 6. 32. Chap. 17.9.) k Why amT|.__- —_ Eaſph med, or evilly ſpoken of, for that which I can give God me in all things b, and keep the [| ordinances, as Ide |