e That is, put other Teachers in remembrance of all theſe thingy which I have given thee in charge. f Charging them, as in the ſight of God, who moſt certainly obſerveth and taketh notice of them, and will call them to an account, g That they ſpend not their time in their Pulpits in contefts about words which tend to no ſolid advantage of their Hearers, þ But may tend to the ſubyer. ſion of them, and the deftroying their fteddineſs in the Faith, drawing them into Parties and FaCtions, the Fruit of which is no- thing but Envy and Contentions,and different Opinions in matters of Faith; as to which it hath been always obſerved, That the affeation of new Phraſes hath been introduQtive of a Novelty in Opinion,
15 Study to ſhew thy ſelf approved unto God 7, a
viding the word of truth 7. z Let it be thy Study not to pleaſe Men, to get their humm and
prove thy ſelf to God, who is thy Maſter in this Work, and whom
and faithfully, that he n-ed not be aſhamed, whoever looketh and judgeth upon it. 2*OgSeJopsy]e, rightly cutting our, we tranſlate it rightly dividing ; it is not material, whether the Metaphor be drawn from the Prieft's right cutting out their Sacrifices,ſo as all had their ſhares in them z or from Carpenters cutting out their Timber,cut- | ting off the ſappy part, and by a right Line dividing the other parts ; or from Cooks, or -Carvers, or Parents, rightly dividing a Diſh of Meat among ſeveral Guefts, or Children; or from thoſe that uſe to cut out ways, or from Husbandmen cutting out Fur- rows, &c, The Senſe is, rightly handling the Word of God, and giving to all their Portion. For their Notion who would make the lenſe of it, cutting our a right way for others by thy example, becauſe the word geÞo/opay, ſometimes ſignifies to cur 4 right way, it no way agreeth tothe Text, for whatever the Verb ſignifies alone, he 15 meanly skill'd in the Greek, that knows not it cannot have that Senſe, being joyned, (as here) with 7%p a5zov 74s dAntay, the Word of Truth. |
m By theſe diſhonourable Terms the Apoſtle defameth all imper- tinent Diſcourſes in diſcharge of the Miniſterial Office, ſuch as I Tim, 1,4. he had called Fables,endleſs Genealogies, which miniſter queſtions, chap. 4. 7. profane and old Wives fables, here he calls them #1yoowrias, empty, vain, and unprofitable Diſcourſes, which though poſſibly not prophane in themſelves, yet-were profane, as uſed in the Diſcharge of the Miniſterial Office, where nothing ought to be diſcourſed, but the ſolid uſeful Truths of the Gol- _— Theſe he faith will ifue at laft in Errors, and Ungodlinels of Life,
0 In the Greek it is, And their word will þhave paſture [ or, place #9 feed upox] as a Gangrene; we have ill tranſlated the word 4 : Canter, for it ſignifieth a Gangrene 3 both our Engliſh word Gan- -grene, and the Latine Word are derived from the Greek. There 15 a great difference between a Canker and a Gangrene, in the cauſes of ;thoſe two Diſeaſes, and the nature of them, and the time 1n : which they deſtroy the Body of Man; only they both agree 1 their infefting the parts contiguous, the Canter eating them, the Gangrene mortifying them,and tor this, the words ot erroneous ;Perſons are here compared to this Diſeaſe, hecauſe eitier of 'them will have ſomething to feed. upon ; (ſo your fignifierh, Fohn 10. 9.) Moſt Errors in matters of Faith are contagious and
.infe&ious ; the reaſon is, becauſe ordinarily an Error is broached by
'ſome, and entertained by others in ſatisfattion to ſome Luft, as fa- youring ſomeevil defire, and inclination of their Minds, and {0 na- turally pleaſeth thoſe who have the ſame evil propenfions. Þ Ot #y- meneus we read before, 1 Tim, 1. 20, there he is joyned with Alex- 'ander , but not of PhiJerus, nor do we find him further mentioned :n Holy Writ. |
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Chap. 1I
11 It is a faithful ſaying x, For if we * be deag * t with him y, we ſhall alſo live with bim z. cad - "Ws 6,
12 * If we ſuffer, we ſhall alſo reign with him 4. If, I Per
4 That is, 1f we ſuffer for his Name's ſake, for a conſtant Own- ">
FRom.2., c Whether we believe, or believe not; or whether we he faith. * 9: h
16 But * ſhun profane, and vain bablings m, for « ;7;", they will increaſe unto more ungodlineſs 7, 20,
17 And their word will eat as doth || a canker o, of or, gx whom is Hymeneus and Philetus p. grene
jIr,f '* [oh, 14, $-2Nu 19. 5.
4 *Rom,
2,
Il, Chap. 1.
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21s ing that the reſurreQion is paſlt already r, and over- throw the faith of ſome s.
4 Theſe two he faith had already erred, as to the Dof@rine of
Faith, giving heed to profane and vain bahlings. r Their particulzr
Error was in the buſineſs of the Reſurretiom, which they ſaid was
aſt. That there ſhall be no &eſurretion, is a very pleating Doarine
to Men that have lived ſenſual Lives ; thoſe whoſe Lives have been
nothing but ea'ing and drinking,do very unwillingly think of dying,
but ſeeing they cannot avoid that, they would gladly there ſhould
Pets be no Reſurrettion, So that it was no wonder if ſuch an Error as
this did ſpread and mortifie like a Gangrene, Upon what Pretence
th-ſe Men denied the Reſurre&tion, we are neither told in Holy |ſelf unſeemly, ſecketh not ber own, 1 Cor, 13, 4,