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Chriſt himſelf had done, Marth, 13. 1, &c.) either to mind him.
of his Duty, firſt to look to ſave his own Soul, then the Souls of o-! k . | workman that needeth not be aſhamed k, rightly di-
thers ; or of his advantage, it being the priviledge of an Husband- man, being the proprietor of the Fruits (if he will) firſt to eat
thereof, thereby intimating the priviledge of thoſe who turn many Japplauſe for ſpeaking quaintly, learnedly, or ſmoothly, but to ap-
to righteouſneſs, Dan. 12. 3.
7 Conlider what I ſay m, and the Lord give thee jthou oughteſt to ſerve, k A Workman that doth his work fo well,
underſtanding in all things ».
m Weizh theſe things with thy ſelf in thy own thoughts, 7 But thou wilt not effeftually underſtand them without a Divine Influ- ence opening thy mind to a comprehenfion of them, and thy heart to a reception of all theſe things, and all other things which it 1s reaſonable for thee to know, and underftand, |
3 Remember that Jeſus Chriſt of the ſeed of
David o was raiſed from the dead p according to my goſpel q.
o The Apoſtle paſſeth from his former Diſcourſes, wherein he had armed Timothy againft the affAiftions of the Goſpel, to a Dil- courſe about the Doarine of the Golpel, and here mentionerth two principal heads of that Dottrine ; The Incarnation of Chriſt, and his Keſarreftion ; which he inftanceth in, as more particularly to be remembred and preiſed upon Chri/1ians, in regard they were thoſe Two Points of the Goſpel which were either at that time denied, (as that of the Incarnation was by the Fews) or he knew woufd firſt be oppoſed ; aud the latter, that which declared Chrift to be the Son of God with Power, Kom. 1. 4. and upon Faith, in which Chriſtian's Salvation and Conſolation much depended, Rom. 4. 25. and 8. 24. He therefore calls to him eſpecially to remember that Jeſus Chriſt was the Seed of David, truly Man, and the true Meſſ5ab who was to be the Seed of David,(as the Fews themſelves confetſed) The Manhood of Chriſt ſoon after the Apoſtle times, was denyed by the Marcionites and Manichees, ©&c, p And that he was raiſed up from the Dead,deſerved [imothy's remembrance,both becauſe upon that depended the great evidence of Chriſt's Divine Nature,and the Salvation and Conlolation of Believers. q This he ſaith was ſutable to the Doctrine of the Goſpel, which he had Preached to them ; he calls it kis Goſpel, becauſe committed to his truſt to publiſh,ſo Rom, 2, 16, and 16, 25. which he expoundeth, Gal, 1.11, the Goſpel preached by me; he ſpeaks in the Plural Number, 1 Theſ|. 1. 5. 2 Th:ſſ: 2. 14. declaring that the Goſpel was no more his, than 0- thers alſo who were Miniſters of it.
9 Wherein I ſuffer trouble, as an evil doer,
* even unto bonds ry, but the word of God is not
+ That is, for which I ſuffer afflition, as if T were an evil doer, to that degree that I am put in chains ; s but yet I preach the Gol: pel, or the Goſpel is preached, though they have reſtrained me -they are not able to reftrain that,
10 Therefore * [ endure all things t for the elefts
vs a 3 ſake #, that they may alſo obtain the ſalvation which Col. 1. 24s is in Chriſt Jeſus with eternal glory w.
t That is all things which I do endure, Reproach, Impriſon- meat, ©&:, for he had not yet reſiſted to blood, u As for Chrift's ſake, to imitate his example, and teftifie my love to Him ; for the ſake of thoſe whom God hath choſen to Eternal Life, that they ſee- ing my patience and conftancy, may be confirmed in the Faith of the Goſpel, 2nd by that means may obtain Eternal Life, Salvation, with Eternal Glory, which is to be had ia Chriſt,
x See the notes on 1 77m. 1, 15, and 4. 9, where we had the fame Phraſe, »y We are ſaid tobe dead with Chriſt two ways, B our dying to fin, as he dyed for fin, Rom. 6. 5, 2. By our fufforinh in reſtimony of the truth, 2 Cor, 4.10, which is that being deat with him, which is here mentioned. #4 There is alſo a twofold livins with him, by a riſing again toa newneſs of Life, Rom. 6. 4 And hereafter in Glory, which latter is here intended, Wings
we deny him, he will alſo deny us b.
ing, and adherence to his Dottrine of Faith, or diſcharge of an Truft He hath repoſed in us, we ſhall reign with Him in Glory b But if we, upon proſpett ot danger, deny his Truth, or deſert the Profeſhon of Him, He in the Day of Judgment will not own ys before his Father, and the holy Angels, Marth. to, 33. Mart $, 9 Rom. 8, 17, - oy 13 * If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful c.
he cannot deny himſelf d.
ful to our truft, or be not, yet God will ſhew himſelf faithfu], ej- ther to his Promiſes made to them that believe, or to his threat- nings denounced againſt thoſe that believe not. 4 For it is impoſſi. ble that He who is Truth it ſelf ſhould be otherwiſe, that were for him to deny himſelf. :
14 Of theſe things put them in remembrance e, charging them before the Lord f * that they ſtrive» not about words to no profit g, but to the ſubverting 4.
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