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gain 5 or rather with an unſui:able deſire of ftill going on in their
fil:hinels. ;
| 20 But ye have not ſo 4 learned Chriſt e.
Rs 4 <o as to walk as other Gepri12s walk, in the vanity of your
minds, Gr. e The Dottrin of Chrift, or Rule of Lite preſcribe
by him. | '21 if ſo he that ye have heard him F, and have been
FF tzughr by him g, as the truth 1s in Jeſus +.
f Either heard Chrift ſpeaking to you in che Goſpel, Heb. 12. 2<, And then the ſenſe will be the tame as in the following Clauſe : or heard him preached ro you, and then it may refer to the outward hearings of the word, g Or taught iz him 7 Or »y, as Col. 1.16, Heb, 1.2. and then this relates to the power ot the word, and the impreſſion made by it upon the heart, q. 4. 1t ve have not only heard of him by the hearing of the Ear, but have been efteQually taught by the Spirit to know him and receive his Doarin, I/z. 54. 13. Fohz 6. 45+. þ As it really is, and hath been taught by Chriſt himſelf both in his Dodtrin and Example, 7+ What is the true way of a Chriſtian's living, as in the following verſes, ſee Fobn 17. 17. Tit 1. 1. ;
22 Thar ye * pur off : concerning þ the former
converſation & * the old man /, which 1s corrupt 2 ac- -.%- cording, to the deceitful luſts x; 7 An uſual Metaphor taken from Garments (implying a total Rui ©» 1handoning, and cafting away, like a Garment not to be put 01 again) it is oppoſed to putting on, v. 24. and is the lameas Morti- fyins, Col. 3-5- Crucifying, Gal. 6. 14. & the former Heathen- iſh life and manners, ch. 2. 2. He ſhews how they ſhould put oft their Old Man, viz. by relinquiſhing their old manners; the fame 4s putting off the Old Man with his deeds, Col. 3. 9. 7 The pravity ot nature, or nature as depraved. m Or which corrupt- eth, 7. e. tends to deſtruction, Ga!. 6. $. or which daily grows worſe and more corrupt by the fulfilling of its lufts. z z. e. Which draw away and entice men, Fm. 1. 14. or which pur on a ſhew and ſemblance of ſome good, or promiſe pleaſure and happinels, but lurch mens hopes, and make them more miſerable.
23 And be * renewed o 1n the ſpirit of your mind p.
o Viz. moreand more, being already renewed in parts p 7. e. In your mind which 1s a Spirit, See 1 Thefſ. 5. 23. and 2 71m. 4. 22. He means the ſuperior powers of the Soul where Regeneration begins, and which the Philoſophers magnified ſo much , and thought ſo pure. :
24 And that ye put * on q the new man 7, which after God / is created in righteouſueſs r, and Þ true ! tolinefs.
Wy q The ſame Metaphor of a Garment as before, to ſhew the inti- mateneſs of the New Man with us, and its being an ornament to us. 7 i.e. A new diſpoſition or conſtitution of the whole man, called a New Creature, 2 Cor. 5.17. anda Divine Nature, 2 Per. I. 4 $SAfter God's Image. tEither righteouinels may relate to the ſecond table, and Holineſs to the firft, and ſo both contain our Duty to Man, and to God; or Righeouineſs may imply that di- vine principle in us, whereby we perigrm our whole Duty to God, and the Creature ; and Holinels that which denicth all mixture of corruption in our Duty to God and Man. u Sincere and Sound. Az Righteouſneſs and Holineſs are oppoled to Juſts, v. 22. lo rue here, to deceirful there.
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(7:08. 25 Wherefore putting away lying , * tpeak every ) man truth y with his neighbour; for we are mem- « 00 FE bc1'5 One of another +.
21. x All fraudulency, and diſhmulation, and whatever is contrary to truth. y Not only ſpeak- as things are, but att tincerely and candidly. 7 7. e. To or for one another, and therefore muſt be helpful to each other. ;
\. 26 Be* ye angry 4 and lin not: let not the Sun
+2 (27-20 down upon your wrath 6.
'* Ro 4 By way of Conceſſion rather than by way of Command, q. 4.
24s if the caſe be ſuch that ye muſt be angry , yet ſee it bz without
4Orf fin. 6 Tf your anger is excethve (for ſo this word ſignifies, being reſs 0 different from the former) yer let it not be laſting, be reconciled
- thejn: Eer the Son go down. :
, n.;, 27 * Neither give place to the Devil c.
þ c Do not give advantage to the Devil to poſſeſs your hearts,
5+5-and put you upon more and greater evilz, See Luke 22, 3. Fibi
- J. 27, AllS 5..3s
: A 25 Ler him that ſtole, ſteal no more @ ; but rather
4 '* let him labour e working with þ:s hands f the thing
, 7, Which is good g, that he may have Þ to give to him
- [hat needeth þ.
1 &., d Stealing is underſtood largely for fecking our own gain by
C l, 12.87 way detrauding others, whether by taking away, or unjuſtly
bs 4 taining what is theirs. e 7. ce. Diligently, and Induftrioutly, as
al the word imports. Idlenels is condemned as tending to Theft.
a- # As the only inftrument by which moſt Arts and Trades are ex-
NC crciſed, pg Not in any unlawful way, but in an honeſt calling, Þ That he may have not only whereupon to live, and prevent
es . tealing, but wherewith to help thoſe that want, Luke 21. 24
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15 29 * [er no corrupt communication z proceed 72-00 of your mouth, bur that which 13 good + to the
my /-ule of edifying, that .*. it may miniſter grace to the
ty hearers k.
"IL 2 Unprofitable, unfavory, not ſeaſoned with the: ſalt of pru-
rhe acnce, Col. 4. 6. fee Mark g. 50 «*% Gr. 10 the edification of uſe,
Jus, '' an Z:paliage for, 20 the uſe of edijyirg, (as our Tranſlators ren-
, bo & it) implying, that the great uſe of Speech is to Edifie thoſe
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"Me Ls 2.4, 26, 27, 1 C9r. 0.9, ind G21. 5.19. c Either with. cove- touſneſs, and then it reſpetts thote that proftituted themſelves tor
with whom we converſe, nes likewiſe po ter Subſtantive? may be inſtead of an Adie&ive, and the words þ itt
Dog ig £1 urls mult be ſuited by way of inſtruction, reprehenizon, exbortation or conſolation, as their caſe requires. þ By which ſome grace may be communicated to, or increaied in them by inſtruction, re- prehention, exhortation, Tc. .
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30 And * grieve not ! the holy Spirit of God, *lia. 7.13. *R | wiereby ye are ſealed 2 unto the day of redemp- T Chap: i. | LION 72. TP
1 Fir. by corrupt Communication. The Spirit is ſaid to be grieved when any thing is done by us, which were he capable of tuch paſſions, might be matter of sricf to kim, or when we to