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? t 11 The C ſignife how his heart did FIC, and rejoveicd io : © 3 wletiod- neſs to our Father in Chriſt, 2s rejoycing that he is {9 bleffed 2 f God. ; ,
21 Salute every ſaint in Cri thren which are with me g2reet 1
[f Jeſus 2 * I ho 'OU 77.
m He doth friendly embrace and wiſh happineſs to all ana every # Y ſanetified one who is a Member of Chrift, hath entircly retigned up $3 1-4 to him, and doth abide in him. # Then fhews, that moſt proba- bly his Collegues and Fellow-Labourers in tho krittian Church at | Rome (calling fuch elſewhere Brethren, 1 Cvr. 1. 1. Col. I. 1. & =, 4+7- Philem. 1.7, 20.) ch. le 14. & 2. 25. 1 Cor, 16, 20. do © ML likewiſe. |
22 All the ſaints ſalute you o, chiefly they that are of Czſar's houſhold p.
0 Thereſt of the Chriſtians at Rome do the ſame. p More eſpect-
ally they of Nero the Emperor's own Family and Court, his Domc- ſticks, ch. 1. 13. Tt ſeems there were ſome there truly >ivus and Ji 1,
Chrittian: but however ſome conceit, there is no real « vidence,
that Sexecz was of that number. "He being, not a Com tier, but a Senatour, who left no real token (we know of) that he was a . Chriſtian,
tion, and he allows Believers to ſay Our Father, as being, his Children by Adoption. 7 Unto whom they are obliged to aſcribe praiſe, and always to give thanks in the name of our Lord ]e- ſus Chriſt, Eph. 5. 20. Ard this indeed hath been their pra- ice which ſhould be ours, Rom. 1. 25. & 9.5. & 11. 23, 26, & 16. 25,27. Eph. 3.21. 1 Tim. 1.17.1 Pet. 4.11. & 5.11.2 Pet. 2. 13, Fude Ve 25. Reve 1. 5, &c, Tt intimates their hearts being full
with the glory of God, their Per.s and Mouths were enlarg'd ac-
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| . . "1 23 The * grace of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt 4 be with *2om, you all -, Amen /. 20, q He concludes this (like his other Fpiffles) much as he b-can, { - T4) SEC On chap. 1. 2. #r Praying the ſam: grace of the Lord mi_hit | abide with them, which he had pray'd to them all, ip. 1. 1. / Not at all doubting, but with full confidence truſting all ſhould be firm, as he had prayed. EI v4 , obtw;; a! 6 ; | il, - I —————— SIE AN ! Wk Ns 4 ; C OLO- i 17 ! j p \q ? af «f | #4 js by by 5 F "4 4 L0.
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OLOSSIA
The ARGUMENT.
OD having a Church planted in the City of Coloſle (by ſome ſince called Chone ) ſituated at the conflux of ;!1 Rivers Mcander and Lycus, in the Neighbourhood of Laodicea and Hierapolis, ch. 4. 13. in Phrygia of the
leſſer Aſia, whither at firſt, only by the Preaching of Epaphras one of then who was a Servant of Chriſt and faith! Ainiſter, CN. 1. 7. & 4 12. Or by Paul himſelf, who (we learn from Luke that accompanied him) had gone thrown Phrygia, As 16. 6. and again over all the Country of Phrygla #n order, AQ 18. 23. having ſtayed for a ſean in Aſia, where he wrought Miracles, and was complained of for turning away much People from Idolatry almoſt throurhgy all Aſia, As 19. 11, 22, 26. we may leave undetermined. But whoever was God's prime inſtrument in plantins the Goſpel here, upon Paul's being advertized by Epaphras, Ch.-t. % & 4. 12. Philem, v. 23. that weeds ſprang up ” choak the good ſeed;, as he was careful for the Philippians during his impriſonment, ſo for the Coloſſians, that they might not be perverted by thoſe Fudaizing falſe Teachers who mingled Moſes with Chriſt, ſlickling for the neceſſity of abrogated Ceremonies to Salvation, Ch. 2. 4, S, &C. varniſhing their Doltrins with notions of vain or abuſed Þ hilofopiy, did ſeck to introduce a Superſtitions We orſhip grounded on humane Traditions, Ch. 2.8, 18, GC. but repoſing all their hoxe of Salvation in Chriſt alone, perſevere in that Dottrin they had received according to his mind, and in the pratiice of rea! holineſs with heavenly affettions, both Perſonally and Relatively in heart and life, craving help of God, unto whom havins bleſſed God for the grace wrought in them, he doth recommend them in his own, and Brethrens ſalutations, contrafting P it were the matter he had more Fully Written to the Epheſians, that Epiſtle and this, as the Evangelists explanins
each other.
CHAP. I.
The uſual Salutation and Thankſgiving, v——3. For their Faith in Chriſt and its Fruits, Epaphras 4 faithful Teacher unto them , 4 8. His Prayer and Thanks in their behalf, 9. I4.
Chriſt the Image of God ; all things were created by him, and he is
Head of the Church, and by his Blood are all things reconcil?d, and this
in order to their Salvation, 15 —= 22. If they continued in that
Faith for which be ſuffered, being called 10 publifh this Myſtery among
he Gentiles, and *9 preſent all men perfet in Chriſt alone, according
70 the working of God in him, 23 — 29.
{ AUL 4 an apoſtle of Jeſus Chriſt, by the will of God b, and Timotheus our bro- ther c.
a He who of a Perſecutor was became a Preacher, and that among the Genriles laid afide his Hebrew Name Saul, and made uſe of this, which was more familiar among the Gentiles, viz. Paul, Ads 13. 2, 2,9. b One of thoſe extraordinary Perſons immed1- ately deputed by the ſpecial Command of our Lord himſelf, with Sovereign Authority to Preach the Goſpel, and eftabliſh his Church, which is the higheſt charge ever God gave to Men, Mar. 10. 2. Luke 6. 13. 1 Cor. 12. 28. Gal. 1. 12. See on Fph. 1. 1. & 4. 11, c He joins Timothy as elſewhere Softhenes, 1 Cor. 1, 1. by the Title of Brother, as being of the ſame Faith, labouring in one and the famework which might be more for their ſatisfattion.
2 To the ſaints 4 and faithful brethren in Chriſt e,
* Gal.1 3. which are at Coloſſe f, Grace be * unto you, and
peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jeſus Chriſt g.
4 See on Phil. 1. 1. e See on Phil. 4.21. f Seethe Arguments. s Sce on Fph. 1. 2. and Phil, 1.2.
2 We give thanks to God þ, and the Father
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of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt ;, praying always for you k.