of the Truth, and conviftion of Hearers, 45; x R 23. 8. 8 Unto me who am Icſ5 than the leaſt of all Saints ; i5 this grace given, that * I ſhould preach amons tho « Gentiles the unſearchable riches of Chriſt ;.. ele rw c : This the Apoſtle ſpeaks confiderins his former eſtar C2, TH earl; ? 5 x Le in lim, » Fudaiſm, when he perſecuted the Church of Chrift, ſo 1 Cer. 1c , LIT and 1 Tim. 1. 13. 15» Thus modeſt js the Apoſtle, when $40 4 kan ing of himſelf, and' not of his Office. « All that Grace oC Chrif = which he was to make known to the Gentiles in his Preaching. Wiſdom, Righteouſnels, Sanctification, Redemption, 1 7; EE bg 20. Prong 9 Andto make all men « ſee y what ;s the fellow: of the * myſtery z which from the beginning of +1 world hath been hid 1a God 2, * who created all th; by Jeſus Chriſt b- . x All thoſe to whom the Apoftle was ſent, y Or ts exit, 00 1, them, 7. e. Miniſterially, Ads 26. 18. as to enlighten them Prin- 19. Heb, cipally belongs to Chriſt, Fon 1. 9. 3 Or communication gf th. * myltery, viz. concerning the Salvation of the Gentiles with Circumcition, or the works of. the Law which God now ni;d. known by Pauls Miniftry contrary to what the fews beli.;;4; a Not revealed to Men as to the circumſtances and manner gi it but hid in the mind and purpoſe of God; ſee the like, &, 4, b This may be underſtood either of the firſt Creation, or the (.. cond, or immediately of the firſt, and by that of the ſecond: ;; God created all things at firft (and fo both Fews and Gemiiiz;) arg gave them their Being by Chrift ( Fobn 1. 3.) ſo he recs. ates, regenerates, and gives them a new Being by Chrif, thr they may be of the ſame Body. under him ; ſee the like, 2 c;,. 4e Oc io * To the intent that now unto the princ. +172, palities and powers in heavenly places c, might he 12. known by the Church 4 the manifold wiſdom of
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