Praver, eſpecially upon ſolemn occaſions ; but theſe are not things ]take care of them, 4 be in them (ſo it is in the Greet) let them be thy whole work, not thy work by the by, but thy chief and prin. Gudlineſs, which lyeth in the rrue Worſhip and Service of God, out of |cipal bufineſs. 6b That ſo as all mens gifts improve by ſtudy and ex. a true principle of the fear of God and faith in him ; or (more gene- |erciſe, thine alſo-may ſo improve, that all men may take notice of rally) Holineſs of Lite in obedience to God's Commandment is of [the improvement of them,
16 Take heed unto thy ſelf c, and unto thy do-
c Take heed how thou liveft, and ordereft thy life, thatit may he
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all truly ſuch to be honoured ; which to be taken into the ſervice of the Church, and which not, but marry again, 2 16, Of Ej. ders, and what honour is due to them ; no accuſations 10 be receives againſt them without witneſſes ; of publick reproof,, 17===20, Hi charge to Timothy to deal tmparnally berein 5 and concerning ordaig. ing Elders,21,22, Forbids bim to uſe water without wine : ſome mens fins made manifeſt before thoſe of others, 23——25,
Ebuke not an elder a, but intreat himas a father b,x1,, i
and the younger men as brethren c. 22, 4 It appeareth by the next verſe, that the Apoſtle by Z1!der here
roughly, as appears by the oppoſite phraſe 3 and indeed the worg. properly ſignifies to bear or ſhe Rebuke him, not but with a de-
Counſels and Exhortations than Rebukes. c Prudence alſo muſt he
member that they are brethren, and treat them accordingly, not too imperioully,
2 The elder women as mothers d, the younger as ſiſters e with all purity f.
d The fame prudence alſo is to be ufed to Marrons and aged Wo- men. e Yea, and to younger women too conſidering our relation
far forth, as our Heavenly Father ſhall ſee it fit for his Glory and | and inequality in Chrift, f Only as to them, (conſidering their Sex) our Good; yet they are not vain, for God who is f the Saviour,that |a farther gravity, and prudence is to be uſed, that we give no occa- is the preſerver of all Men, the preſerver of man and beaft,as the Pſa]- | fions to Luſt, or unclean Motions,
3 Honour widows g that are widows indeed,
g Give a reſpe& to ſuch as have loſt their Husbands with a regard to that honourable Eftate of Marriage in which they have been for- merly, and do not only pay them a due reſpect, but afford them a maintenance, As 6, 1- þ Who are Widows indeed, he opencth further, ver, 5. ſuch as are not only pious, but deſolate, as the Greek word for a Widow implies according to its derivation.
4 But-if any widow have children or nephews 7, let them learn firſt to ſhew || piety at home k, and to * re-| ori
before God 17. ; By the idow indeed, mentioned by the Apoſtle, ver. 3. he here - Ill,
ſheweth that he ment Women that not only wanted Husbands, but* al)
Children, or Grand-children, or any near Kindred that were Chri-
ſtians , and in a capacity to relieve them 3 but if any Widows had
Habits, or Severities ſecure them from that Curſe, which will cleave{| ther and Mother, is the firſt Commandment with promiſe, Eph. 6. 2. By t to them. _ : : the way,that Precept is excellently expounded by this Text, both as | . I3 Till I come y give attendance to reading s, tojtothe att commanded, which this Text teacheth is t0 be extended |
exhortation ft, to dorine «. to maintenance as well as complements ; and as to obje&t,viz.all thoſe -
7 And after that time too, but then I will further inſiru& thee, [35 9 whom weare E£x20ve deſcended from, whether immediate Pa- :
s Be diligent in reading the Holy Scciptures both, for thy own in-|*<2t5 Yea, Or no, K : , h ſtru&ion, and for the edificarion of others, 3 and to exhort others 5 * Now ſhe that is a widow indeed, and deſolate ”,* i Cor S to their duty there deſcribed, or to comfort others from Argu-{truſteth in God o, and * continueth in ſupplications 3% | . Alt ments fetched thence, u and to inftrutt others in the Principles 0 : *Lux%j Ye
RegoC. | — * Apoſile F _ = p f 1Vidow indeed, ver. 3 one* 1% 1 $
a | . ds . 2 The e here opens the term of /idow indeed, wer, 3. ; LY L11M.1 I4 * Neglect not the gifr that —_ thee W, which that en one that is made alone,deſtitute of ſuch as ought X RN was glven thee * by prophecy x, with the laying on of [to help her, an Husband, or Children, o and being ſo, is a Believer, | b- +<Þ-:.18.the hands of the presbytery y. repoſing her truſt and confidence in God, and p who ſpendeth her | he $6.0. w Negle& neither the Abilities which God hath given thee for [time religioully in Prayer and a&ts of Devotion. Not that other | ww] the diſcharge of the Office of the Miniftry, nor the Office to which | Perſons that are poor and deſolate ſhould not be r egarded,anc taken «6 God hath called thee,neither the improvement of them,nor the uſe, | care for, but the Church is not ſo concerned in them, at lealt 2s 1 | he: Exerciſe, and diſcharge of them or it. x Remember that they were | Church: the Magiftrate ought to take care of them ; and all = the given thee by the Revelation ofthe Divine Wil, or by the extraor- | Chriſtians,being Men as well as Chriftians, ought to confider f 5 ” the dinary influence of the Spirit of God, y and the laying on of | Þut in the firſt place, and principally, they are to take care Or fn aga hands of the Presbytery was a declaration of it. God alſo (as uſu- | Widows, ſuch deſolate perſons. . | Me ally when he calls any to any ſpecial work) calling thee to the work] & But ſhe thatliveth in || pleaſure, is dead while ſhe | of, 45 mat
Iveth q. T1310 q*H 5; and]argze, She that is wanton, Fames 5. 5. ſhe that ſpends
of Fleſh and ſtio
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Or, tink eſs,
See Gen, 16, 10,11, Mati15
a \ A. nt.
,v [ Cor! 3 320
*[Luk%}/ \& 1$, b
l 2 Fime3»
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