call Titus (a perſon rhough a Miniſter, yer much interjour to him s an Apoſtle ) Brother, Several reaſons are given of Pazxls rrou- le, Thur which 1s moſt probable, is, That he did expe& ar Troas tro have mer wich Tits come from Corinth, trom whom he might more pertectly have underſtood the affairs of thar Church : not finding kim there, he tells us he went forward inco Macedonia ; whither, aicer che uproar ar Eyheſus, he deſigned to go, ( as we read Afffs 20 1.) buc went firſt into Greece, and ſtayed there three months, intending to come ro Macedonia in his return, v. 3.
14 NOW thaiik> ve unto God, which always cauſeth us to triuwph in Chrilt s, and maketh manifeſt the
favour of tj- knowledge by us in every place t.
s The Tranſlation of the Greek here, is not certain: For to tranflace it word for word, 1t 1s, But thanks be to God always, tri- ymphing 1s in Chriſt : which makes 1c uncercain, whether there be not a dete& of a Prepoſirion upon the ſupply of which, ic would be, Who tYi«mpheth oter 115 in Chriſt ; having tubdued our hearts to the Kingdom and O'xdience of Chriſt, Bur the moſt Interpreters ra- ther agree with our Trarflators, and rhink the ſenſe of the Apo- ſile is, Wh» mo bet us to triumph. In the Hebrew there is a Con- jugati,n where the Afive Virb fignifieth to make another to do 4\ thing; and there are ſeveral inſtances broughe by Learned men out of the Septragint, where the Adive Verb in the Greek alſo hath thar ſenie ; th.t which cometh neareft 1c in the Original in holy Writ, is, That, Rom. 8. 25. where the Spirit 1s ſaid ro makes int2rceſſion for 1», bccauſe ic cauſerh us to make interceſſhon. According to this, the ſenſe is, Blefſed he God, who, though we meet wirh many Enemies, yer through Chriſt he maketh us more than Con-
uercurs, Rom. 8. 37. fo that we are not overcome by any of them, bur on che contrary we rriumph over them as conquered by us. + and this by maniteſting by us in every place the ſavoyr of the Knowledg of Chriſt; that 15, of che Goſpel. He calleth ir a Savour, eicher with alluſion ro that ſweer perfumed Oyncment, with which the High-Prieſt, under the Law, was anointed, Exod, 30. 23. Pſal. 133..2, or with reference to the Incenſe uſed alſo under the Liw; or with relation to Solomons exprefiion, Cant. x. where we read of che Savouy of Chrijts good Ointments, and that his Name is as an Oy'tment poured forth, By the Savour of the Know:edg of Chriſt here mentioned, the Apoſtle plainly mean- ch the Reputation or good report thar the Goſpel had in every place : ſee Hoſe 14. 7»
15 For we are unto God a ſweet ſavour of Chriſt ® in
them that are ſaved, and in them thar periſh =.
u For the God whom we ſerve, doth not judge of us, nor will reward us according to our ſucceſs, bur according to our faithful- neſs and diligence in his work. We give unto all a good favour by our DoErine 3 and our labours are a ſweet favour in the noſtrils of God, whacever cffc&s they haye upon Souls, God acceprerh of our labours as to good men, ro whom we are Inſtruments of
| bellies, and rurn che Church inro
2? uv a3” POR. 797 ——y on 4 Af 0 5 p - / are many St YZTARASY ON TES, ve Trantzice Its OOr; 4)f the Word . the Greeb word fin
; 1,nifies, To ſell wine or vidtaals for money z and becauſe luch kind of people make no conſcience t:3 deceive, chear, and dca. fr2udu'ently with their Cuſtomers, ic is ſometimes vi ro ignifie corrupting Or deriving. We are nor (faith the Apoſtle) of che number of choſe who in preaching mee:rt; ſerve their own RS © aa Cl a Tavern or Victualinz-houſe, ar am Ot the Brine Q Tr : ents while ca 4 Pulpit, be gait, aid —_— —_ s oy + _ I __ FI nax'ng 09 Conicience, either whar rhe:
ſpeak, or how they ſpeak; Eur we ſpeak by Authority from Chriit, and in Chriſts Name ; cloaih:4 wich his Authority, end as his Ambaſſadors, and {0 dare not lay any thing unco people, and de- liver to his people what he never gave us anv Commiſtion to ſpeak, nor yer ſpcak whatever come'h ar our tongues end; but we re- member, that we are in the tiphr of God, and ſpeak as from God of God , and that nor fraudulently, bur ſincerely ; fincerely aim- ivg at the Glory of God in hat we do, and the Salvation of the Souls of them ro whom we ſpeak. This is a great work, firſt ro conſulr the Mind and Will oft God, ani find ic our by ſtudy and medita:ion 3 then faithfully ro communicace ic unto peop'e, with- out any vain or corrupt mixtures (which do but adulerate the Word preached) then to apply ic to the Conſciences of thoſe thacr hear us. Who zs ſufficient for theſe things? that 1s, ro diſcharge the Othce of the Minittry, in the preaching of rhe Goſpel, as men
ouzhcto preach ir. RAP. NI
' The Corinthians a (ufficient Commendation of his Miniſtry and proof of
God's power therewith. 1, -— g. The Miniſtry of Moſes was, 6j a killing Letter imprinted in Tables of Stone, and of Condemnation, and abideth not : the Miniſtry of the Apoſtles is, of the Spinit of Liſe and of Righteouſneſs, and avideth always, 6, —-— 12. the veil on Mojes's Face and in reading of the Liw, ſo that the Jews under- ſtood not the ena thereof : this removed from thoſe who are converted to God, 13, 16. the Mir:ſtry of the New Teſtamint us clear and a powerful means of the Spirit for our Renovation, 17, 18.
5 = Erernzl Life and Salvation; and though ochers ceſpiſe' the Gol. n- pel, and retuſe the ſweer ſound of jr, yet as to chem alſo we are a i, ſveer ſavcur in the noſtrils of God : Though Iſrael be not ſaved * ( faich the Pcopher ) yet IT ſhall be glorified, Ir 1s not for any neg- be le& in us, as to our duty, if any periſh, bur from their own ich wiltulneſs and preverſeneſs,
bo 16 * To the one we are the favour of death unto ins death; and to the other the ſavour of life unto life the $7.3.” - And who is ſufficient for theſe things ? «.