for all things ? How doth the faithfulneſs of the Promiſes for this Life annexed to Godlineſs appear,if thoſe that profeſs it muſt labour, and ſuffer reproach ? $0]. Labour for God isa reward £0 it felf ; our honour,not our burdenyhis Service is perfe& freedom, The promiſes of this Life, annexed to Godlineſs, are not promiſes of ſenſual reft and caſe, but of inward peace, fatisfation and ſupport ; of other things only with a reſerv- +1 the Divine Wiſdom and Judgment, ſo
miſt ſpeaketh, g is in a more eſpecial manner the Saviour 7 thoſe that believe, Pſal. 33. 18, 19, This ſeemeth rather to be the ſenſe of the Text, than to underſtand it of Eternal Salvation, for ſo God. is not the aRtual Saviour of all ; befides that the Text ſeemeth to ſpeak of a work proper to the Father, rather than to the Son,
11 Theſe things command and teach b.
þ All the things before-mentioned in this and the former parts of this Epiſtle, he willeth Timothy to make the matter of his Sermons and other Diſcourſes,
I. thou an example of the believers k in word }, in con- Tit. 2.15. yerſation#, in charity #, in ſpirit o, in faith p, in pu-
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gravely ; » performing alſo to all, all Offices of Charity and Brother-
the Goſpel not to be deſpiſed. Let them uſe what other methods they
; a Miniftry, then allo ficting and enabling thee for the diſcharge | of it,
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the Free Grace of God, which bath annexed to it not only the Pro-[&rine 4 : continue in them e, for in doing this miſes of Health, Peace, and Proſperity, and all good things while ſhalr both fave thy ſelf and a that ws, Fog ; thou
and Eternal Happineſs when this Life ſhall be determined. Sam | SY : OY xemplary. 4 And take heed alſo, both zhar thou teacheſ}, and wh 72 9 This 55 a fairhful lay ng, and worthy of all ACCEP- | thou teacheſt, e And do both theſe things, not for a time, but a 'q tation d. ſtantly, f Thus thou ſhalt do what in thee lyeth to ſave thine own
d This faying about the adyantage of Godlineſs is true, and wor-| ſoul, and alſo to fave the ſouls of others to whom thou preacheſ,, or thy to be received of all Men, See the notes on chap. 1. 15. where | among whom thou converſeſt.
6d * Chri , : That Chriſt came into the world 10 ſave ſiyners, That Chriſt came Rules to be obſerved in reproving both old and young, 1, 2, Of widows:
profitable for all things, and rruſt in God, who liveth for ever to ſce underftandeth not a Church Officer, but an ancient man; the worg to the fulfilling of it, to what purpoſe ſhould we labour and ſuffer | 0.4 Rebuke is tranſlated too ſoftly, it ſhould be Rebuke 70t too
God according to his Will, and denying our ſelves in Senſual Satis-| -.. reſpett to his age, b ſo that thy Reproofs may look more like
Chriſt ? 05je#, But will ſome ſay, How then is Godlineſs profitable | 4 1. to the younger men; Miniſters in rebuking them ſhouldre.
7 * but. * —_ *;Cor.16., 12 * Let no man deſpiſe thy youth z, * but * be quite their parents/, for that is good, and acceptablen. 6 Uel,
wilt do if thou ſo liveſt asto be a juft pattern unto Chriſtians imita- | any ſuch near Relations, the Apoſtle willeth that they ſhould be ble by them / in thy common and ordinary diſcourſe (for he ſpeaks [taught : k Toy iNoy oixoy evnrBay, word for word, to worſhip their not of his being a pattern only to other Minifters) but to Believers | owz houſe, or to be Religious or Godly toward their own houſe ; that in the generality) not talking frothily or profanely, or idly and im-| is,to ſhew a reſpe&,or pay an homage to their own houſe, For Wor- pertinently, but ſeriouſly and gravely, but rhings rbar are good, to the | ſhip is nothing but a reſpe&t, honour, or homage paid to another in uſe of edifying, that it may adminifter Grace 10 the bearers, And in all] conſideration of his or her excellency and ſuperiority:only the uſe of - thy converſe with men, behaving thy (elf juſtly and comelily and| this word, which is the Greek word generally uſed to expreſs Reli- gion and Godlineſs by, lets us know that Religion and Godlineſs is ly Love, oin zeal, and warmth of Spirit, truly inflamed with the] yainly pretended to by any that have of this Worlds Goods,and re- love of Chriſt, and for his Glory : p In a ſteady Confeſſion, and Pro-| lieve not thoſe from whom they are deſcended, (for the word Exſoya, felon of the Dottrine of the Goſpel, and q in all cleanneſs and holi-| it ſignifies perſons deſcended from another, whether in the fictt ge- neſs of Life and Converſation. This is the way for the Miniſters of | neration or no) if they be in want, and ſtand in need of their aſſ- ſtance, I Nor is this an A of Charity, but Juſtice, a juſt requi- will, they will find what God ſaid of Zophni and Phineas, will be| tal of our Parents for their care of us, and pains with us in our Edu- made good, 1 Sam, 2. 30. Thoſe that bonour me 1 will bonour, and| cation. m And this is good, juſt, decent, and commanded by God, they that deſpiſe me, ſhall be lightly eſteemed 3 nor will any Titles or| and acceptable in the fight of God ; for the Precept, Honour thy Fa-
is Meditate on theſe things z, give thy {elf}; money in needleſs Cofts, as to Mear, Drink, or Apparel, 15 | Or, i ay Wholly to them a, that thy profiting may appear || to|fpiritually dead, dead in fin, while ſhe liveth a temporary vo- |luptuous Life, in Vanity, and Luxury, and Jmpurity
; Maire, Let theſe things be the buſineſs of thy thoughts, and SPirit. / 7 And
Chap. IV. EL. TIMOTHTYT. Chap. v.