ls Prov.1c, 9 But z * they that will be rich a fall into temptati- FA 27, & 20.0n, and a ſnare b, and into many fooliſh and hurt-
m ful luſts c, which drown men in deſtruction and per- 12 22, "dition d.
Jan, 5.1, + Or, for. 4 They who out of acovetous and immoderate de-
a- fire of betng Rich in this Worlds Goods, will uſe any arts, -and do id 4 Or, any unlawful thing without any juſt regard to the Law of God. hi rvit b Fall into many temptations and ſnares, are expoſed to impetuous OY inclinations and motions to that which is evil, and may and will be ſnares to their Souls, c Kindling in them many fooliſh and perni: th cious deſires, contrary to the Law of God, which d have a dire& w tendency to the eternal ruine of their Souls, not to be prevented, = but by the force and powerful Grace of God, = Or, been 19 For the love of mony is the root of all evil d : re Ficd, which while ſome coveted after, they have || erred he from the faith e, and pierced themſelves through with I” many forrows f. | ca 4 Mony it ſelf is not evil, but the immoderate love of it, whe- _ ther diſcerned in an oyer-eager defire after it, or an exceſſive de- pat light ia it is the cauſe of much evil, both of fin and puniſhment. |
rl | e Which Mony, while !ome too greedily thirfted ofter (for theugh : the Article be Femiuine, and.cannot Grammatically- agree with
- dpwerey, which is Neurer yet that doth agree with it as tothe Senſe, ion being ui « £2 ':00d in grAzgpurtt, With which the Subjundtive Article - Gramy . i ly apreett:) ey have erred, 01 being ſeduced trom the woe Fairh, ri: .' - the Doctrine of the Goſpel, or Profeſſion of Chriſti- wo" ality, j 24d expulcd themſelves to a great many lorrows, which
Covenant or Promile, made either in thy Baptiſm, or - when thou wert ſet apart to thy Miniftry, or of which thou haft given a
| pledge, by thy profeſſion, and prattice, in the fight of the Chriſtians
in Epheſus, :
13 * I give thee charge in the ſight of God X "Ch. 5.21% who quickeneth all things # and before Chriſt Jeſus, Deut. 32s * who before Pontius Pilate witneſied a good {| con- 7%, 2. 6, tefſion 1. | * Matt.27-
: The Apoftles care of the Church ſheweth it ſelf in theſe ſeyere 11. charges laid upon Timothy, though one whom he knew to be a Faith- John 18, tul Minifter ; he chargeth him, calling Godto witneſs, that he had 37 fulfilled his part in laying this charge upon him, The Name he [| Or, proe here giveth unto God may poſſibly have a particular reterence to feſjon, the State of the Goſpel at that time, the DoQrine and Profeflion of which had many Enemies, and ſo it is made uſe of here to comfort and incourage Timorky, God is called h that quickeneth the Dead, A2m. 4. 17. here he that quickeneth all things. « He pro- poſeth the example of Chrift to 7:zmothy, as being the head of thoſe chat witneſs a good confeſhon.
I4 That thou keep this commandment w without ſpot, unrebukable x, * until the appearing of our ng Lord Jeſus Chriſt y. 1 Theſl. 3. w The charge is, That he Faithfully perform'd all the Duties be- 12. X$.27s longing to him asa Chriſtian anda Miniſter, commiſſioned from ; God, in the whole courſe of his Life, x that he may not be liable to a juſt accuſation for the negle of any part of his Office. This is entorc'd by the-confideration of the. appearance of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt ; that is in the Day of Judgment, as the following words make evident; yet the Apoſtle ſeems to ſpeak of it, as if Timorhy ſhould continue in his miniſtry till that appearance. Bur *tis mani- feft by his cautioning the Theſſalonians againſt that falſe conceit, 2 beſſ. 2. 2, 3. that the Apoſile knew the contrary : for he aſſures them, That that day ſhould not come, till many great things enu- merated by him ſhould be accompliſh'd. y The meaaing therefore of the words, to the appearing of Feſus Chriſt, is the ſame with our Saviour's command tothe Angel of the Church of Smyrna, be faith- ful untothe death, Rev. 2, 10, tor the whole flux of time from the death of any perſon till the Day of Judgment, makes no alteration in his Lite z and conſequently whoever is faithful unto the death, is ſo till the appearing of Chriſt, And there is no motive more pow- erful-to a zealous and faithful diſcharge of our duty, no excitation more rouling from the ſecurity and careleſsneſs of the Fleſh, than the ſerious believing confideration of the glorious reward to be dit- penſed by our Saviour to his faithful Servants in that Day, and the dreadful condemnation that ſhall paſs upon thoſe who have been careleſs and negligent in the Sacred Miniltry. |
15 Which in his times he ſhall ſhew z, who is *+ q,, . the bleſſed and onely Potentate a, the King of kings, ix, 17. and Lord of lords b.
2 3p, Which Chriſt coming the ſecond time, God in his time, his proper Seaſons (lo it is in the Greek) will ſhew. Or, which ap- paring of our Lord Jeſus, God in his time will ſhew; tor ſome Greek Copies read the Articles in the Feminine Lermination,to di- Ringuiſh the order of the Trinity's workiag, as the ficlt coming of Chriſt is made to be from the Father's ſending, 10 is allo the ſecond coming. - 4 Ged is faid to be the onely Porcntare, becauſe he hath only Power in,and from bimſelf,By him Kings reign; and he is called the bleſſed Porenrare, becauſe he is the Founcain of all Felicity and Happineſs. 5 That is, the moft mighty King, and Lord, to whom . all other Princes are Subjects, all other Loids are Vaſſals. Theſe Terms ſeem here to be applied to the Father, though they agree alſo to the Son, and the Spirit, They are applied to Cirift, &ev. 17.
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