Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1624

i 2 9 his Chzrch with Gifts and Graces. This bD2gan to be fulfilled, j and ſeems to fienifie a laying ar Ef 1 - 5% wy rho lag be fulfilling to the end of the World, See Fob rs his Back a ſecret and mniven way Gf S Bees. Man l Jo 33 204 10. 7. ying wait to draw the t are We; A OO" *2Tim.4 11 *Andiie gavec ſome, apoſtlesf; and ſome pro- I5 Bur * he + wt — the Truth, EE: pnets 55. and fome, evangeliſts þ ; and ſome paſtours | grow up 6 into him, in all things c X es, * May #74, % | 6 « , i Bis nel Q | . head, even Chriſt 4 Jl p] w uch IS In the I6, J e Diſtributed ſeveral gifts (which are ſpoken of in general 2 Or | 'þ 5 F Or, verſe 7.) according ro his Father's abr, who 1s aid to er ced be GO — —_ 4-4. not only let us not he edu- 7%; 0 in th? © hurch what Chrilt is here laid to give, 1 Cor. 12. 25. 0bjs | ſevere in the Belief of ane”. "gy conſtantly adhere to, and ner- 77 gs Nothing is here faid of Gifts, but only of Offices. An/w. Chriſt | two the ſum of Chriſtianit mal "ons; LOTE With it, in which (City never gave Offices without ſuitable Furniture : This diverlity there- | our growing up, and bei ity contilts; and this will be a means of 2-21, fore of Othces includes divertity of reſpective Gifts. f Extraor-| to being Children We —_ ng WS # This oppoled "Col, dinary Officers with an immediate Call, Univer{al Commiſſion, in-] turity, Aeb.6. 1 2 In by — —_ ae ata fray, but SIOW tO ma- | {k!libiliry in Teaching, and power of working Miracles, appointed | of the New Man. 4 © ch ._ 1 » Falth, Love, andall the Parts for the firſt founding the Chriſtian Church in all parts of the World, | our Head, as the end of it wo _ be with reſpect to Chrif Mar. 29. 19. Afffs 19.6. 0bj, The Apoſtles were appointed by | of him, and dependence bn, Fra 026, mag ouracknowledgmen: C hriſt betore his Death. Anſw. The Apoſtle here ſpeaks not ot| and from whom all our alle cog d 6s tr Influenced, Arilt's frit calting them, bur, 1. of his fully ſupplying them with | whatever encreaſe we ——__ es ne avt.cap proceeds , ſo thar R1trs neceſſary to the diſcharge of their Othce, which was after his | ſelves, but exalting our H F) pc oadihn magnitying our Relurrection, A?s 1. 4. Foki 7. 39. And 2. Ot their ſolemn Inau- 16 From - agg a hl , Zuration in their Ofhce, by the pouring out of the Holy Ghoſt up-| , her whom e the whole body f ftly joined to. on them in 4 vitible manner, As 2. # Extraordinary Othcers who "Un ol < and compacted þ by that waich eVery joyn: did by immediate Revelation Interpret the Scriptures, I Cor 1. 4, ſupplieth z, according to the effeual working f . 5. afd not only ſich as did foretel things to come, Acts 11. 27. and | the meaſure of every part /, maketh en { wr Wh 21. 10. h Theſe were lizewiſe extraordinary Officers for the moſt | body 12, unto the edifyi oF ſelf 3 create of the | part choſen by the Apoſtles as their Companions and Aſſiſtants in | + Chriſt the Head. « +4 -Saggiine Cl in love z, (0 2 Preaching the Word, and planting Churches in the ſeveral places | Beljeyers, whe -; : —__ f TNo myktical Body, or Church, of where they Travelled. Such were Timothy, Titus, Apollos, Silas, &Cc. gViz. in che : Wi top true Saint is A Member » Rom. 12.4 0 Ao 7 Either two Names of the ſame Othce implying the diftinet duties Herd and Fs. any” mrs peg w ec, x n_peſpol} of Chrift the py of Ruling, and Tcaching belonging to it, or two diſtin&t Othces but | Ears "fn ow G 4c embers reſpettively. Some are Eyes, "oe _ both ordinary, and of ftanding, uſe in the Church in all times; and | as not eo he —_ * _ Feet, 1 Cor. 12. 15,16. ÞFirmly knit, | then Paſtours: are they that are fixed to, and prefide over partt- | xjſtration, i. e P woe p LOOT every joynt, or Juntture of Alni. | cular Churches, with the care both of inftrutting and ruling them, | ment to ou Bc _ ole O end 44 adminifter SPIrits, and nouriſh}. 1 Theſſ. 5. 12. Fb. 13, 17. called elſewhere Elders, and Biſhops, | nifies the ops y. Bandsaxe added to joints, Col. 2. ig, which fig. t ARs 20. 23, Phil. 1.1, and 1 Tim- 3. 1. Tits 1.5, 7. and 1 Pete 5+ 1. | as well as t apron; by which the Members are tied one to anothe; : 2. Teachers, they whoſe work is to teach the Doctrin of Religion, | and bands - age Om ey touch. Qu. What are thoſe jints i and confute the contrary Errors. | vers are ad ch op _ . oy St ve Sag ble : "0 Ty | For the perteting of the ſaints &, for the work | the Spirit of Chriſt, wel is whe moprayronery FOO j EY Se the muniltry 1, for the edifying of the * body of | Members: The gifts of the Spirit, chiefly Faith, wh ey euhens . ** Chriſt united to Chriſt: Fs Y » Whereby they are al wit 72. 0 Chrift; and Love, whereby they are knit to each other - b1 t Either for the reſtoring, and bringing them into right order, the Sacraments likewiſe, Church Officers, v. 11. &c, Either C who had been as it were, diſhpated, and disjointed by Sin, or ra- Power of Chrift, who as an Head, influenceth and et Finke ins " T" ther the kiitting together and compatting them more and more Member 3 or the effetual working of every Member, in _—_ _ | both is nearer Union to Chriſt their Head by Faith, and to their cating to others the gifts it hath received. I According tothe Hl ys Feliow-merbers by Love, See 1 Cor. 1. 10, 1 Or for the work of Condition, and Exigency of every part, nouriſhment + = q: Diipenſ.tion, 1. e. for diſpenfing the Word, and all thoſe Ordinan- it meet for it; yet more to one, and leſs to another, according a; ” {es ces which it appertains to them to diſpenſe; and lo it implies their more 15 required for one and leſs for the other, and fo to all #8 be 8 whole Work. But there may be a Trajeaion in the Words, and proportion. Orellſe as each part hath received, ſo it commands _ Y then this Clauſe js to b> r--d before the former, and the meaning to others: All have their ule and helpfulneſs to others but notall RE: plainly i, for 1h» 7ort of 22 Miniſtry, which is to perfett the alike, or in the ſame degree. m1 Either Body here redounds by aft "A SAINtS, ANG Edife 160 Boay of Chriſt. m The ſame in effect as an Zebraiſm, and the ſenſe is, the Body (mentioned in ern * [10] wth. porkecting the Saints, v2. the building up the Church both in ning of the Verſe) maketh encreaſe of it ſelf, or without that I 4 {: bringing in new Ni-mbers to it, and ftrenthning thoſe that are dancy, encreaſe of the Body is an encreaſe meet and convenient n ; * brought in already, ia Faith, and Holineſs. for the Body. The Apoſtle here changeth the Metaphor From _ _ is + Or, into 13 Till we ail come z þ in the unity of the faith o, «2 _ y to this of an Houſe, but to the ſame ſenſe, and ſheysthe calle Wt re wiity. and of the knowledge p of the Son of God, unto a eatgg NOUmene they miniftred from ane Mcmbertoaw = lit T Or, ages perfe& man q, unto the meaſure of the - ſtature of Body ue the hos "tees good, but the good of the whole the | 18 the falceſs of Chriſt 7. Chriſt the Head. » Either © = + 7 pan es: EI _ if 7 Or meet; All we Believers both Fews and Gentiles (who while the impultive cauſe, whereby the Menthen _ = _— ; wy FS in the World are not only diſperſed in ſeveral places, but have our | Promote the common increaſe of the Bod bg _ —_ _ 0: —_— ay. * of Light and Knowledge) meet or come together in and each other, da We | the unity of, Ec. 0 Either that perfect unity whereof Faith i , . fo hs Ny! & bond, or rather that perfect armity of Faith in which we hal lee - - ras IIs is = ww " | all have the ſame thoughts and apprehenſions of Spiritual things, |.j A ICNCEFOTT | walk not as other Gentiles walk ** i 2 [1 to which as yet, by reaſon of our remaining darkneſs, we are bo aan. of their mind p. J ws | arrived. p Or Acknowledgment, i. e. not a bare ſpeculative know- 0 T beſeech or adjure you by the Lord. See the like, Ron. 12. 1... Der's ledze, but ſuch as is joined with approbation, and affetion. q He Phil. 2. 1. p Their minds themſelves, and underſtandings, the © x , compares the myſtical Body of Chriſt to a Man who hath his ſeveral higheſt and nobleft faculties in them, being converſant about to tri, ages and degrees ot growth and ſtrength, till he come to the height things empty, tranſient, and unprofitable, and which deceive their candid of both, and then he is a perfe& Man, or a Maz timply in aca expettations, and therefore vain, viz. their Idols, their worldly helpft tion to A Child, 1 Cor. 13. 11. The Church of Chriſt rorpreliel by Enjoyments, Ur. ; 4 20 a Man in the ſingular Number to ſhew its unity) hath its Infancy, 18 Having the underſtanding q darkaed #, * bein *C:2 MF" :7: co its Childhood, its Youth, and is to have hereafter its perfe& Man- | alienated / fr he lif the igno-* ; hood and ſtate of Contiſtency in the other Life, when being arri- hat i ip Pros tc of God Ny through the 1210- , : Ns $26 ac, i 1 fe paſt growing, '- Eicher aSively rance that is in them x, becauſe of the * - blinduels 40; "ogg that meaſl ure of Stature or Age which Chriſt fills up in it, or hath of their heart co | reſt FA | allotred to it, verſe 7. or rather paſſively, that meaſure which tho' it | ,. q The mind as reaſoning and diſcourſing, and fo their ratiocina- rhejnt: - G = do not equal, yer it ſhall reſemble, being perfe&ly conformed to tions, and diſcourſes themſelves. r As to {piritual Things. ſ Not : WY the fulnels of Chriſt, As in the 12th v:7/7 he ſhewed the end of only ſtrangers to it, (for ſo are thoſe Creatures which Are not ca- lj 2 Chriſt's appointing Officers in his Church, ſo here he ſhews how pable of it) but eftranged from it; implying, that in 44. origt- TE... long they are to continue, Vie till their Work be done, the Saints nally they were not ſo. 7 A ſpiritual life ; that life which God 5*-and p pertected, which will not be till they all come to the unity of the commands and approves, and whereby God lives in Believers, an 13. 27 Faith, &c. | they live in him, Gal.2. 19. 20. and that both as to the principle ; 2d *Tſa.23.9. 14 That we henceforth be no more * children /; of life, and the operations of it. # That ignorance which 15 nam” ade * Heb. 13. * roſied to and fr E - 2 | rally in them is the cauſe of their alienation from the Life of God, if Whic| d. an tro e, and carried about with every | which begins in light, and knowledge. x Or rather hardneſs: The I _ wind of doctrine x, by the fleight x of men, and cun- | Gr- word tignifies a callum, or brawnineſs in the fleſh, which is uſual rY « ” [1 ning craftineſs y, whereby they lie in wait z to de- in the Hands of Labourers. Either this is ſet down as another ELL fo ceive. | cauſe of their Eftrangement from the Life of God, Or 35 the 3g 5.7 [i.e Weak in the Faith, unſtable in Judgment, Children in cauſe of their ignorance, which though in part it b* Natura! the wo Underſtanding, 1 Cor. 14. 20, Such as need ane and frenoth- to them, yet 1s encreaſed to farther degrees by their own hard- "F* y ning, See Rom. 2. 20, I Cor. 3. Ie Heb 5.13. t Light and uncon- Sq obſtinacy, ſhutting their Eyes voluntarily againſt the cried fant like Ships without Ballaſt, toſſed with every Wave. a Not ER ; E That paly _ and ftaggering as to our Faith, (as in the former | 19 Who being paſt feeling y, have given themſeives tealins Turn [4 gem about to ; wok for want of judgment, by falſe over unto laſcivionſneſs z, 0 work a ail ancleannels "t)s 2c , here compared to violent Winds. x Their Sophiftry | b with greedineſs 9 whereby they eaftly ſeduce thoſe that are unskilful; as Men ally SR ' re Sh. cheat Children in playing at Dice, from whence this Metapho y | Having loſt all ſenſe and conſcience of Sin. An higher degree 5 uſe of taken. »y Their skilfulneſs in finding out ways of deceiving _- day bn effect ot the hardneſs before mentioned, 1 7: 4+ 2+ 7 TI heg = by they can make any thing of any thing. 2 Viz, asin A nbuſh pag tarily yielded themſelves up to the power of their own ſenſuality OY word here ud, ts tranilated 1//ites, Chap. R ; { —_— l et - e | and laſciviouſnels, ſo as to be commanded by it, without renting ite 7 Un Apoſtic would have th2m fenced with the Sa * : w F 1 the | a Not only to burn with inward Lufts, but to fulfill them in the Once, : nol: Armour of God, | outwards afts. 6 All ſorts of uncleanneſs, even the moſt — - an | = & it)