| p . ; . . - » oftend him as to make him withdraw his comfortable preſence Irom Us, <ce /{/.z. 63. 10. mSet apart or marked for, ard ſecured unto the day of redemption, See ch.. 1. 14. 2 Cor. 1, 22. fo Et, T1122 UF 9. 4 they are marked that are to be delivered ; and Rev. 7. the | | Servants of God are ſealed that were to eſcape the followins Jla% ues = H py , F Il d fi 21 C1oleros; .- D (ris ® og PIAgUCS, ©. J- 7 2.e, Full and final Satvarion at the Reſurrection, See Like 4 © 29. ROM. 8. 2Jo | } » 31 Let all bitternets, and wrath, and anger o, and , *I*3FYI do J — 7 _— T5 = £3 iT» A 4 I clamout P, anc evil ſpeaking 4 be put away irom 1 With all malice 7, _ © Theſeall ſeem to relate to the inward affetion, as the two tollowing to the effects of it in the words. Bitternels may imply a {ecret lurking diſpleaſure at another, or rather a confirmed and permanent one z Wrath the firtt boiling up of the paſhon, which aftects the body in the commotion or the Blood and SPirits 3 and | Anger a greater height and paroxy!m of the fame paiſion, or an , eazer delire ot revenge, See Col. 3. 8. Þp Such inordinate loud- {f nels as Men in anger are wont to break out into in their words. q Either with reſpet to God, or Man, tho the latter ſeems Par- ticularly meant here, railing, roviling, reproaching, Tc. the or- r Maliciouſnels, or maligri-
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dinary effects of immoderate anger. ty of heart, in oppotition to kindneſs and tenderneſs, wv. 1 Sec Rom. 1.29. I Core. 5.9. and 14. 20. Tit, 3
hearred t, Þ forgiving one another, eve as Chritt's fake hath forgiven you ».
/ Sweet, amiable, facile in words and converſation, Lute 6. 35-Mark _ {+0810 ! Merciful, quickly moved to compaſſion : fo we have bowels ij | Mercies, Col. 3. 12. u Be placable, and ready to forgive, therein ©?" reſembling God, who for Chriſt's fake hath forgiven you more than you.can forgive to one another,
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Ee exhorts them to mutual love, after the example of God and Chriſt ; r9 depart from all uncleanmeſs, Couetonſneſs which 3s Tolatry, fooliſh tiling, 1, —- 7. To walk as children of Light : wiſe, redeeming the 11me: and nor be drunk, but full of the Spirit, jiveing Pſulms aud Hymns to the Lord, $, — 20. Fe exports «ll in genera! 10 be ſub- je one ro another in the fear of God: Ives to be [ubjet to their Husbands, asthe Church is to Chriſt : Husbands 10 love their Wives ' ecen as Chriſt loved hy Church, and as a man loves his own Body, hy, Wi: 21,—-25. And declares, that as Husband and IVife ty Go sinſti- wharf rution are one fleſh, jo is Chriſt and the Church, 29,2. |
I E ye therefore followers of God +, as dear \
chuldren y. "8 x Particularly in being kind, and forgiving injuries, Mat. 5. 45, b
43. ſo that this relates to the laſt Verſe of the former Chapter. mY k
» Vi. of God. Children ſhould imitate their Fathers, efpecially
when beloved of them.
2 And * walk 1n love z Þ as Chriſt alſo hath loved « jy. r-;
us, and hath given himſelf for us a, an offering, and 34. ©
a ſacrifice b to God, fora ſweet ſmelling favour c. 1 Thefl. 4.
; Let your whole converſation be in Love, « V7. to die for 9*
us, Gul. 2. 20. as the greateſt argument of his love, Fobz 15. 13. © Joi 3e
Rom. 5. 8. b Either Offering tignifies a Meat-offering, which 23+ and 4. ot
was joined as an Appendix with the bloody Sacrificez or rather 2**
more generally, all the oblations that were under the Law ; and F HeÞ- 9-
the word Sacrifice either reſtrains it to thoſe eſpecially in which 1»
blood was ſhed for expiation of Sin, or explains the meaning of it, ,
q. 4. Chrift gave himſelf an Offering, even a Sacrifice in the proper ;
ſen, 7. e. a Bloody one.
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2 And * be ye kltad / one to another, tender- *2 Cor. 2. id
Ge - : IO, 4 T. ad 10 + Mat. 6s jt
c 7.e. Acceptable to God; alluding to | the legal Sacrifices, See Ger. $. 21. Lev. 1.9. and intimaring
thoſe other to have been accepted of God, only with reſpect to that
of Chriſt ; and that as Chrift dying to reconcile Sinners to God . was acceptable to him, ſo our Spiritual Sacrifices are then only
like to be accepted of him, when we are reconciled toour Brother,
Matt. 5+ 23, 24+.
3 Burt * fornication 4, aid all uncleanneſs ec, or « cg, ;, | covetouſneſs f let it not be once named 9 among you, 5. | as becometh Saints þ. 1 Thell. 4. - { d Folly committed between unmarried Perſons, eſpecially Mens 3:Sc+ abuſe of themſelves with common Strumpets ; a fin not owned as
ſuch among the Heathen. e All other unlawful lutts, whereby | Men defile themſelves. f Either an uniatiable detire of gratifying kw their lufts, as cþ. 4. 19. or rather an immoderate detire of gain, which wes uſual in Cities of great Trade, as Ejvefus was, SEE v. 5. g Not heard of, or not mentioned without detetftation, See 7/1. 16. 4. 1 Cor. 5-1. hþ Who ſhould be pure and holy, not in their
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bodies and minds only, but in their words too. Fo 6. IVES, Od a - . ; . . . ho n* x5 ; H
4 * Neither filthineſs :, nor tfoollih talking &, nor | + 12 0 Th jeſting /, which are not convenient m; but rather @3;.., , | | S” 0 1 Loni $
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Obitenity mn diſcourſe, fliby Ecmmunication, C7. 3. S. & AFff-:tarion of fooliſh vain ſpecch (whether jocoſe or ſerious) un- proficable to the Hearers. 1 Either the ſame as the former, as may 271 by the disjunctive particle 0, which may be by way of xplictxtion or (which is of Kia to it) icurrility in diſcourſe, which {many rimes by them that are addicted to ir, called by the name of Urbanity, or Jeſring: tor that all Jefting is not here con- downed appears by 1 Alzigs 1S. 27. Iſa. 14. 11. m Vize jor Caints. 7 7.2 To God for mercics received, which will better chear up, and recreate the mmd than fooliſh talking and jeſting
Can. * Cor.5. 5 For this ye know, that * no whoremonger, nor 9. unclican perſon, nor covetous man - who is an idola-
Gal.5-2?- ter o, hath any inheritance p 121 the Kingdom 0! Curiit, FOG 365- and of God 4.
0 Becauſe he ſerves Mammon inſtead of God, loves his riches more than God, and placeth his hope in them. p Without re- pentance ; for he ſpeaks of thoſe that perlevere in ſuch 11ns, vom he calls Children of Diſobcdience, v.6. q Not two diſtin Kingdoms, bur one and the ſame, which belongs to God by Na- tare, to Chriſt as Mediator. By this Phraſe he intimates, that there is no coming into the Kingdom of God but by Chritt.