you in the ſight of God might appear to you s.
q For the cauſe of him thar had abuſed his Fathers Wife, , our of any particular hatred or ill will I had to him, » nor for þ ſake of him whoſe Wife was ſo abuſed; nor for my own fake br had been ſo abuſed, and ſuffered wrong by youz 5 bur Only our of a love to your Souls, and a care I had for you, that in all thing you might approve'Four ſelves unto Gotl, Or poflibly this hg 15 more generally to be interprered, without reſpe& either to the inceſtuous perſon in particular, or to his Father, and the ſenſe of the Verſe no more than this, Though in my former Epiſtle | wrote fomething ſharply ro you, yer I did ir not in any Paſſion nor was I drawn aſide by any prejudice or hatred of any pe;. ſon, nor out ofany parrial affetion ro any, as toany thing for whjc I blamed you ; burout of that general love and affe&ion which I have to you all, which producerth in mea care of, and a ſollicitude for yg, char you might do no evil, which care 1 was willing ſhould appey to you,
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comforts; yea, and excecdingly the more joyed we for the joy
Titus, becauſe his ſpirit was refreſhed by you all ,.
£ The comfort which your Letters brought us, arid fo came fg you; or the comfort which you received upon your reformaigh of thoſe things which were amiſs amongſt you. 4 And wealſy Joyed for the joy that Tits conceived upon his underſtanding of your x. fairs, and your ready obedience to the Epiſtle which I wrote you, Such is the union berwixt the true Members of Chriſt, thy they are comforted with one anorhers comforts, and afflicted withgs anothers ſorrows and griefs, : |
14 For if [ have boaſted anything to him of youl un not aſhamed : but as we ſpake all things to you la truth, even fo our boaſting which 7 made before Titus is found a truth w. w The Apoſtle here mulriplieth expreſſions to ſweeten the (:. rinthians, by all manner of ways declaring his value for, and affetiinn towards them. Ir appearerh by this, that the Apoſtle had ar fone. rime before ſpoken ſomething to Titus, in commendation of this Church of Corinth, which he here calleth a Boaſting of them; envy again boaſted that he had ſaid nothing bur the cruth, which 7ity had experienced and reported to him,
I5 And his þ inward affection is more abundant ts-46,
wards you, whilſt he remembreth the obedience of you!
all, how with fear and trembling you received him x,
x By your obedience to my admonitions and exhortations, you have nor only obliged me in a debt of Love to you, bur Titz5all, who joyfully remembers, with what ſear and trembling J= receired him, leſt he ſhould find any thing amongſt you char ſhould grieve and offend him,
16 I rejoice therefore that I have * confidence * in you in all things y.
y Thar I can write and ſpeak to you with confidence, tha you
will hearken to my admonitions and exhocrarions, and that I can Siem,
confidently boaſt and glory concerning you. CGHAP VII.
He ſtirreth them to a liberal cbntribution for the pocy Saints at Jerula lem; by the example of the Macedonians 3 their former forward't!s The Example of Chriſt, 1, g. This they had begun a year ago 3 4% need not be to their own diſtreſs z but out of their abundance to ſupply 0119 wants, as was dont in the gathering of Manna, 10, . Ig, C0» mends Ticus and thoſe other Brethren who were purpoſely com? to 7 for this buſineſs, 16, —- 24+
1 \JOreover,brethren,we do you to wit ofthe grace of
God beſtowed on the churches of Macedonia 4+ 4 The Apoſtle in this Chapter proceedeth ro a new Argument, uz. The preſſmg of this Church to atts of Charity. This is chat whichhe here calleth the Grace of God beſtowed on the Churches of Macedon, pucting the Cauſe for the Effe&, Bounty or liberality to the poor Saints and Members of Chrift (as ſuch) flowing from that habit 0 Love by which men are taught of God to love one anorher; 107 though 'men, from a natural Goodneſs, or habirs of moral Virtues may relieve men as men, compaſſionating perſons in mileiy5 9. none from any ſuch Principle, do good to any Members of thc ng hold of Faith, as ſuch 3 ſuch rather feel from chem the effe&s their hatred, in raking what is their own from them. | ? the abun-
2 How: that in a great trial of afflictions # od dance of their joy c, and their deep poverty 2bounce
unto the riches of their liberality, ; SS b How great the afflitions of the Churches in Macedonia Were,
ſelves of that guilt which other Members of thar Church had incurred,
But there 1s an:ther clearing of our ſelves which true repentance | worketh, not by denying the Fat, but by confeſling ir with taking | {hame to our {elves 3 which, though it be not a clearing of a perſon | from the fa#, yer through Divine Grace, joined with a reformation, ir | is a clearing him from che gilt thereof. þ Whar a diſpleaſure againſt | your ſelves for your Folijes /! what ſear / nor ſo much of the wrath of | God,:sIcft you ſhould again fall into the like remprarions,and be over- come by them. m What vehement defire / what hearty Prayers ro God thar tor the time ro come you might be kepr from the like remp- tations: z yea, what warmth and great degrees of all ſanRified af- tectonz! love to God, hatred af fin, fear of offending God, deſire
both from the Jews and Pagans, may be read in Cha?- 15, and 9 the 4s. AfffiRions are called Trials, becauſe under _— maketh a trial of our Faith, Patience, and Conftancy3 and the ol alſo, ordinarily by them, trierh to draw out our luſts and __ - c God made their inward peace and joy in the Holy Ghoſt = 7 bound in them under their trials, that tho they Were P27, > FR f poor) yet they abounded in the riches ot liberallcy 3 _— th. ro the neceſſities of their poor Brethren in proportion ra L proſe lities, or as might have been expetted from men under = ji poor ſtances, bur ſhewing themfelves rich in cher liberalicy, t oug!
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