3 If any man * teach otherwiſe þ, and coffſent + chap.1-3- not to wholſome words 7, even the words of our Lord 14, ih Jeſus Chriſt, and to the doarine which 1s according | ro godlineſs k ; | h If there be any Perſon who either more publickly, or more pri- vately ſhall take upon him to inſtru& People otherwiſe, 2 What he means by wholeſume words, his next words ſhew z they are called wholeſome, becauſe they tend to prevent the ſickneſs of fin,or to cure the Soul of its Spiritual Diſtempers, k Words either ſpoken by Chriſt, or from Chriſt, or tending to his honour and glory, or to the promoting of Piety and Godlineſs, or which are according to the
Rule of Godlineſs, 1Or,«foo! 4 Be is || proud}, * knowing nothing #7, but jd, | doting about queſtions and ſtrifes of words », bwnup %* whereof cometh envy o, ſtrife p, railings q, evil
Or ek ſurmilings r.
d of 1 Terige]a, he is ſwelled, or blown up, 4. e. with Pride, ſwelling 211.2, _— 9 . , ; x , : in Opinion, and conceir of himſelf ; he js a Frantick, m Xy0wing no rhing ſolidly, and truly, but » is brain-ſick, doting about quentions of no uſe, but to make a contention about words. 0 Whence cometh Erry,when he once comes to perceiye that others are wiſer than he; p Strife ; toran ignorant perſon, if proud, can never yield that a- nother knows more than he doth. q Railings, are commonly the revenges of ignorant Scioliſts, that would be thought ſomething, and are nothing ; when they perceive they are outdone by others, then they rail. r Evil ſurmiſings, Umyorae, when they can in Truth fay no evil of others, they will uncharitably ſurmiſe and ſuſpe& evil of them,
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lit. Zo on
THY. Chap. VI,
have pierce! their very Souls, ſuch as cares, troubles for the lofs of their Eſtates, Oc, 11 * Put thou, O man of Godg, flee theſe things þ , * 2Tim.2: and follow after righteouſneſs 7, godlinef* b, fairh 1, 22» love m, patience #n, meekneſs 0. & Thats, O thou diiniſter of God, uruſe Service i5 not the Ser- vice of the World, It is a Competlation borrowed from ths Old Teſtament, where we find it often appiicd to fuch whoie work was to reveal the Divine Will, 2 /zngs 1. g. and 4- 39, 40. ©y giving Timothy this Compellation, he mindeth him how much he was con- cerned to contemn the World. b Flee this eager purfuic 06 Riches, ? And follow after Juftice, or the buſineſs of a righteous Life in rhy Converſation with Men. & And Piety rowards God. 1 The exer- cite and life of Fairh, m2 Love to God and thy Neighbour. » A quiet hearing of Injuries. 0 Anda gentleneſs of Spirit oppoſed to all raſh Anger. ; : 4 12 * Fight the good fight of faith p, * lay hold * ! ©9759.
on eternal life q, whereunto thou art alſo called Þ=+ ww
and haſt profeſſed a good proteſſion before many 2Tim.4.7. witneſſes /. * Phil. 3» p The Fight of Faith is our encountring that oppoſition which we 12, 14+
meet with from the World, the Fleſh, or the Devil, for a firenn.. Vers 19» ous defending the Dodrine of Faith, or making, it good by a Lit
ſuitable to the Rule of Faith, This is cal}ed a good fight, cither in oppoſition to the bad Fights of the Men of the World in Maine.
nance of their Lufts, or the ludicrous Fights uſually in their puhiict
Games, or of the intrinfick nobleneſs and exercile of it, or the
good eyent or iflue of it ; and Timothy is bid to fight ir, by a mer.
phor, either drawn from Souldiers, or ſuch as exerciſed themſelves
in their Games, q By Eternal L:1j6gg meant a right and title to it,
which he calls to him to lay told on, as is thought by a metaphor
from thoſe that were exerciſed in their Games, and did what they
could firſt to lay hold of the Prize propoied to Conquerors. r To
which Eternal Life, or rather to which good Fight, thou art called,
both by the internal Call of God's Spirit, and the more external
Call to the Miniſtry, { And to which thou haft obliged thy ſelf by
[Or,84-. 5 || Perverſe diſputings of * men of corrupt minds, m_— and deſtitute of the truths, * ſuppoſing that gain 1s +:Cor. 11, £odlineſs t : * From ſuch withdraw thy ſelf . _
16, S TIzeza]eBal, mutual tearings, and gdllings of, or enterferings * 1im,3- with one another, The word is applied to Horſes knocking, one foot g againſt another ; the word without the prepoſition wes ſignifies
» bet. 2.3, School-conflicts by Diſputations, the Prepoſition added makes 1t to . . . . =—— . .” id for
+2Tim.3 fignifie in an evil ſente, Diſputations of Sophiſters, not candid 5 the finding out of Truth, but perverſe and litigious meerly for ma- -” ſeries ; which, he aith, proceeds from men corrupted as to their underftanding and judgment. r All whoſe Religion is gain of Riches or Keputation. # With ſuch men have nothing to do, avoid them in thy private converſe, and caft them out of the Church if their
- faults be publick ſcandals, and they be contumacious, : 6 But * godlineſs with contentment 1s great gain w. *Prove.15o mw Godlineſs. The exerciſe ofa true Faith in Chrift conjoined with 16, an holy Life is a good Revenue of it (elf, having in it auTigxeray, a ſelf-ſufficiency, He doth not here ſuppoſe that Godlineſs can be ſeparated from a contented frame of Spirit with that lot which God hath choſen for us (for that cannot be) but as being always attended with a contentation of mind, in which alone lyeth true Riches (for | ſuch men never want enough.) A good man, SoJomon faith, is ſatiſ- fied from himſelf, Prov. 14. 14. for which reaſon alone Godlinels is
meg uds ukas, a great annual revenue. FR :
*Phl, 49. +7 For * we brought nothing into this world with
h us, and it is certain we can Carry nothing out. x,
| x This agreeth with Fob I, 21. and with experience, and' is a potent argument againſt immoderate defires of having much of this Worlds Goods, or uſing, extravagant actions to obtain them ; for when we have got all we can, we have got but a viarcm, ſomething to ſerve us in our journey, which we muſt leave when we die, and whether to a wile man or a fool none knoweth, Eccle/. 2, 19,
8 And * having food and raiment, let us be there-
with content y.
9 If therefore God gives us any thing more than! is neceſſary for us, let us take it thankfully, and uſe it for God's glory : but if we have no more than is juſt neceflary for us, let us not repine or mur- mur, but be content, without murmuring againſt God, or uling any undue means cut of an inordinate defire to get more,
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