3 That ic may be well with thee, and that thon mayit live long npon the carrh z.
Chriſt, be. 9. 14. Rev. 1.5. the _eſps cially the promiſe of free Juſtification and ſanfification, by Chriir, which ceceived by Faith is a means of this SanCtification, and | without which the external Waſhing is ineffe&tual; the fign, with- out the word whereof it is a zeal, being, no Sacrament.
27 That he might preſent it ro hunſelf Fa glorious church g, * not having ſpot þ or wrinkle z, or any ſich thing. &, but that it ſhould be holy and without blemiſh /.
fHereafrer in Heaven. That the whole Church of the Ele may be preſent with him, 2 Cor. 5. 6. 8. and 1 Theſ. 4.18. p Per- fect in knowledge and holineſs, ſhining with an Heavenly Glory, and fully conformed to himſelf, 1 Fohz 3. 2. þ Spot of Sin, in allu- fion to ſpots in Garments. # Any reli& of Old Adam, in allufion to wrinkles in the Body which are figns of Old Age, and imply deformity. &k 7iz. which is contrary to the beauty of the Church, and might make her unplealing to Chriſt her Husband. / Without any fault to be found in her. He ſeems to allude to the Sacrifices which were to be without blemiſh, Lev. 1. 3. See Cant. 4. 7+
28 So ought men to love their wives as thetr own bodies mz : he that loveth his wite, loveth him-
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# With the ſame kind of love wherewith he loves his own Body. The Woman at firſt was taken out of the Man, and on that ac- count the Wife may be ſaid to. be a part of her Husband. # Ei- ther this explains the former, and himſelf here is the ſame as hy own Body before, or it adds to it, and is as much as his own Per- fon, the Wife being another ſelf, one Fleſh, the ſame Perſon (in 2 civil ſenſe) with her Husband.
29 For no man 0 ever yet hated his own fleſh p, but nouriſheth and cheriſheth ir 4, even as the Lord the churcn 7.
o None in his right ſenſes, or no Man hates his Fleſh abſo- lutely, but the Diſeaſes or Miſeries of it. p His Body. q Feeds, and Clothes it, and ſupplies it with Things neceſſary for it. 7 Which he furniſheth with all Things needful to Salvation.
2:6, 30 For * we are members of his body t, of his fleſh, & 12. 2nd of his bones z.
_ r His myftical Body. # As Eve was of Adam's, Gen. 2.23. only that was in a carnal way, this in a ſpiritual, as by the Communi- cation of Chriſt's Fleſh and Blood to us by the Spirit we are unit- ed to him, and members of him.
31 * For this cauſe » ſhall a man leave his father and mother y, and ſhall be joyned unto his wite, and £10. they * two ſhall be one fleſh z. | b x Becauſe the Womah was formed of the Fleſh and Bones of the * Man, Herelates to Adam's words, Gen. 2. 24. y As to cohabita- tion, and domeftical Converſation; or, let a Man rather leave Fa- ther and Mother than' not cleave to his Wife. The Apoſtle doth not conceal the Obligations of other Relations, but prefers this before them. 7 i. e- One Body or one Man, viz. by the Mar- riaze-bond whereby cach hath power over the others Body, 1 Cor. 7s 4. |
'32 This 4a is a great myſtery : but I ſpeak concern- 1s Chriſt and the Church.
7 Either, this that was ſpoken before of a Marriage-union be- treen Chriſt and the Church, and its being of his Heſh, and of his Bones is a great myſtery, and ſo in the latter part of the Verſe the Apoſtle explains himſelf. Or, this that was ſaid of the ConjunQion of Adam and Eve :3 a great myſtery, (i.e. a great ſe- cet in Religion) as being a Type of Chriſt's Marriage with his Church; tho' not an inſtiruted Type appointed by God to fignifie this, yet a kind of natural Type as having a reſemblance to it.
33 Neverthclels b, let every one of you in particu- lar, & leve his wife even as himſelf c, and the wife ſee that ſhe reverence 4 her husband.
b 9.4: Setting aſide this myſtery; br, to return to my former Exhortation: c As her that is one Fleſh with him. 4 Or fear,
jet not with a fervilte but ingenuons fear, and fuch as proceeds trom Love, :
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Z That thou mayefſt live long, and happily. This promiſe is ſtill zalfilled to believers, either in t):2 thing ir ſelf here promiſed, or ina bettr way, God's giving them eternal Life.
4 And * ye fathers | rovoke not your chiidren to * Col. ;. wrath +, but * bring them vp 1a the nurture! and ad- 21- mon!ti92n 4 of the Lord z:. * Deut. 6.
kt Viz. By unreaſonable ſeverity, moroſeneſs, unrighteous com- 5 ag Q mands, &c. . ] Or corretion as the word ſignifies, Heb. 12. 6, 7, 8. * " Lives m 7 his denotes the end of the former; inftrucion in their duty ** © _ T muit be as.well as Correction to drive them to it. » The Lord *7* 3?* Jeſus Chriit; and ſo it is either that admonition which is com- manded by him, or wheredy they are brought to be acquainted with him. =
5 * Servants o be ob+dient to them that are 30:7 * Col. 2, Matters p according to we fleſh q, with fear and trem- 22-1 1im- bling, 7, 1n ſinglenefs of your heart ſas unto Chriſt e. $* 1+ -
0 Theſe Fervants were generally Slaves: Chriſtian liberty doth Tit. 2. 96
not take away civil Servitude. p Whether good or bad, as 1 Per. 2. 15. is cxprelly ſaid. q As to your outward State, not as to your Souls and Conſciences. 7 Either with reverence and fear of of- fending them, and being punithed by them. See Rom. 13. 4. or rather with Humility as appears by 7/al. 2. 11. Phil. 2.12. 1 Cor. 2, 3-and 2 Cor. 7.15, compare Rom. 11. 20, ſ Sincerity, and without: guile. t Who hath commanded this obedience, and whom ye obey in yielding it to your Maſters.
6 Not with eye-ſervice « as men-pleaſers x, but as the ſervants of Chriſty, doipg the will of God = from the heart. |
zz Not meerly having reſpe&@ to your Maſters Preſence, and looking upon you in your work. 7 Such as make it their only buſi- nels to pleaſe their Maſters right or wrong, and ingratiate them- ſelves with them though by offending God. y As becomes the <er- vants of Chriſt, or as thoſe that are the Servants of Chriſt and ſeek to pleaſe him. x Performing obedience to your Maſters nor barely as their Will, but God's Will who requires it, as verſe 5.
7 With good Will 2 doing ſervice as to the Lord, and not to men b. |
a Not grudgingly, or as of conſtraint, but freely, and cheerfully.
b Not only regarding Men, your Mafters, but Chrift your great Mafter. That which is done for the worſt Maſters, and in the hardeft things 1s Service done to Chrift ; when out of love to him Servants bear their Maſters folly, or cruelty.