Parl ar this time (as moſt think) at Fpbi[is, to acquaint him with the ſtate of their Churches ; the men ſup2licd the want'of that whole Churches coming, or they mac: a report to the "Anoſt'e of th- Corinthians more tully than they had done in their Letters. He adds, that they had refreſbed his Spirit, nor with bringing him any money. ( for the Apoſtle hath cold us, Chap. 9. 15. that he gloricd in this, That he had preached the Goſpe] to them ficely, wihourt be- ing any charge to them ) but by cheic vitic, and tlis Conference that he had had with them abour the ſtare of that Church. The Apo- fe addeth, Thatthey had refiethed their Spirics alfo ; intimaring, that their joy was his, and thar what was a refrething to 141m, ought allo to be fo to them : he therefore recommenderh theſe men, and ſuch as they vere, © be reverenced and retpetted by this Churcli,
19 The churches of Afia ſalute you c : Aquila and Priſcilla ſalutes you much in che Lord 4, with the church chat is in their houſe ec.
c He meaneth the Yefler 4fz, in vihich was Epliſus ? from whence it 15 more probable, (according to the 4rabict and Syriack Opinion) that this Epiſtle was written, chan from Phili>pt, /ac cording to the Copy followed by our Tranſlators) And that which further adds to that probability, is, That 4 the Apa- ſtle mentioneth the Salutations of Aquils ani Priſci/a, as per. ſons that were art that time with him; now that they lived ar Epheſus, or at leaſt went thither with Paul, and tarried there , appeareth from A#s 13. 19. Their ſaluting the Church of Corinch in the Lord, ſignifies their wiſhing them all ſpirituzT blefſings in, and from Chriſt. e But what is meant by the Church 71 their houſe, which joyned with Par in this Salutation, is nor fo plain: we read the like Co!. 4..15. of the Church in Nymphas his houſe ; and in P:3:{emen's houſe, wv. 2. and the ſame again of this of Aqz:/a and Priſcils, Rom. 16. 5. Some think that it fgnifieth no more, than that their whole Families had received the Chriſtian Faith. Others think, that divers other Chriſtians ſojourned with them ; others, that the Church was wont to meet in fome room in tkeir houſe : bur the Jaſt is not probable, either that in thofe times the Church kepr their Meetings in any one Nated place, or thar Chriſtians then had ſuch ſpacious houſes as could afford a room large eavugh for the whole Church to meer 1.
20 All the brethren greet you : Greet you one ano- ther with an holy kits f.
f This proveth no more, than that, 25 ir is ire naſe with us, to falute one another with a kils when we meet, to it was in ule in thole Times and Countries co do the like, in tokzn of Love and Friendſhip. Ir is called the Kits of Love, 1 Per.'s. 1g. T' Apoſtle requireth , that in theſe Saturation; they ſhould have chaſt and holy thoughrs. This feemerh to be al! meant by the Holy Kiſs, mentioned Koz. 16. 16. 2 Cor, 13. 82. 1 Thef 5.26. and here.
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Oncerning the Sacred Penman as well of this, as the former Epiſtle, and the Church to whom this, as well as that
Epiſtle ws ſent, enough hath been ſaid before. c«donia. (probably at Philippi, which was the firſt City of wproar that i>cmetiius had made at Epheſus, of which we
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Macedonia, Atts 16. 12. whither Paul went, after the read Affts 20.) The Occalion of his writing this ſecond
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