8 * Knowing that whatſoever good thing c any man * Rom. 2: doth, the ſame 4 ſhall he receive of the Lord vrhether 5+ 2 Cor. he be bond or free e. | | yo
cViz. As the Servant of Chriſt and as unto the Lord. 4 The reward of the ſame; by a Metonymy. e Chriſt regards not thoſe differences of Men at the preſent, nor will in the day of Judgment, I Cor. 7. 22. and 12, 13. Gal. 3. 2$.. C9l.3. 11. "0
9 And ye maſters do the ſame things f' to them; _.
+ forbearing g threatning,. knowing, that -+ your + Or, mo-
maſter alſo 1s in heaven h, * neither is there reſpe&t CE
of perſons with him ;. _ | - read; both f Not the ſame in ſpecial which belong orily to Servants, but rour and
in general which concern you no leſs than them, viz. do your duty heir Ma-
tothem with good will, with an Eye to God, and Chrift, &c. or ra- ger,
ther, do your duty mutually to them according; to your condition, * pg gm; 2;
and calling, C01. 4. 1. g Or rather (as in the margin) moderating, x ,,
or remitting, 7. e. do not carry your ſelves angrily ro them (which
appears in vehement, and irequent threatnings) when ye may
otherwiſe maintain your Authority over them. þ And theretore
too ſtrong for you, though ye may be too hard for your Servants.
i He is juſt as well as powerful, and will neither ſpare ye becauſe
you are Maſters nor puniſh them becaule they are Servants. See
AtS 10. 34. Gal. 2.6. Col. 3. 25, : os
10 Finally, my brethren, be ſtrong & in the Lerd / and in the power of his mizhrt »:. | | þ Or ſtrengthen your ſelves, i. e. be courageous, and conſtant in the practice of your duty againft the Devil, and all his Affaults.
I Not in your ſelves, but im the Lord Jeſus Chriſt in whom your ſtrength lies, and from whom by Faith ye may obtain it. See 1 #1, 4+ 13. and 2 Tim. 2;1. m Or mighty Power. See Ch. 1. 19. 9-4.”
though your own ftrength be but weakneſs, yet Chriſt's Power is mighty, and he can communicate enough to you.
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p «- ys, } Nom. 11 X Pit o12 the wile armour 7 of God 0, nat Fe 131% may be able ro ftand p avalivit the wiles q of tne devil. ?Cor.% _,, Get rour ſelves furniſhed with every grace, that none be
” wanting in you, no part naked and expoſed to your Enemies. 0 i. 2. Not carnal but (piritual, and given by God. See 2 Cor. 10. 2, 4. and 1 76-J.5.$. p Either to fight, or rather to OVELCOMEC. He that los the Victory is ſaid to fall ; he that gains it, to ſtand. '. 4 The Devil uſeth Arts, and Stratagems, as well as Force and Violence and therefore if any part ot your ſpiritual Armour be wanting, he will affault you where he finds you weakeſt. 12 For wer vreftlenot againſt + fleſh and blood /,
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4 Gre . bod ad bat agaiatt princtpalities, agaimit Powers 7, againdl 4 {7 ' Re O " ag "a R ws Y - A G {# ”4 FILS, 2 eb the © rulers of the darkneſs of this world zz, againft pl
= OY RN 5-6 . - . - . #1 f ſfoiritoal wickedneſs x in Þ high places v. L&0%** » Not only, or not principally. /Men, conſiſting of Fleſh and Blood, Mazih. 16, 17. Gal. 1. 16. t Devils, Co!. 2. 15, SEC CP. bo
'Y . Sh 21. u EJHer that Rule in the dark me where God ere Irs _ Wtre, © £6 be tor the Puniſhment of Men. SE "nh 2. _ ow _— + Or, Rule in the dark piaces of the Earth 3 te Hark minds of 1 CN, *& have their Rulz over them by rea!on of the Darkneſs that is mn
aha, them, in which reſpz@& the Devil is called the God of this World, 2 Cor. 4. 4- and the Prince of it, Fob 1.4. 30» So that the dark World here ſeems to be oppoled to Children of Light, Ch. 5. 8. x Either wicked Spirits, or emphatically, /pir1rual Wickedneſſes, for Wickedneſles of the hivheſt kind, implying the intentneſs of Wick- edneſs in thoſe Angelical Subſtances, which are lo much the more wicked, by how much the more excellent in themſelves their Na- tures are. y Or #-avenly, taking Heaven for the whole expaſum or ſpreading, out of the Air between the Earth and the Stars, the Air beins the place from whence the Devils aſſault us, as Chap. 2. 2. Or rather # for about Heavenly places or things, in the ſame ſenſe 2s the word rendred Heavenly is taken four times before in this Epiſtle, Chap. 1. 3, 20. and 2. 6. and 3. 10. being 1n none of them taken for the Air; and then the ſenſe muſt be, that we wre- ftle 3bour Heavenly places or things, not with Fleſh and Blood, but with Principalities, with Powers, &c. Obj. The Gr. Prepolt- tion will not bear this Conſtrution. Arnſ. Let Chryſoftom and other Greeks anſwer for that. They underſtood their Language beſt, and give this interpretation. :
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able ro withſtand 1n the evil
' + Or, day z, and Þþ having done all z, to ſtand 6. . hþvirg 7 Times of Temptation, and Satan's greateſt Rage. See Ch. 5. 0:2r:0m2 16. a All that belongs to good Souldiers of Jeſus Chriſt, all that a:l. we can do being little enough to ſecure our ſtanding. & As Con-
querours do that keep the Field not being beaten down nor giving way. by ; +]a.ir. 14 Stand c therefore * having your loins girt about «. Luke d with truth e, and * having on the breaſt-plate of 12-25. © rightcouſueſs f. pom : | Standing here (in a different ſenſe from what it was taken in ip Car before) ſeems to imply watchfulneſs, readineſs for the Combate, 6. 7. * and keeping our Places, (both as to our general and particular cal-