* Or,nate-\| falſe accuſers n, incontinent o, fierce p, deſpiſers of batce, thoſe that are good q.
] Having no kindneſs for ſuch as nature obligeth them to love and honour. m Men that will be held by no Bonds or Leagues. Or, rather, implacable, ſo we trantlate the ſame Greek Word, Kom.1.31. Men (o tull of Malice, that they will admit no Terms, or Covenants of Peace. # Gr, Devils, venting their Malice by informing againſt and accuting others without any regard to Truth. o Intemperate, Drunkards, Gluttons, Unclean Perſons, ©&;, p Men without any gentleneſs, cruel, q Men that have no kindnels for any good Men, haters of them,
4 Traytors r, heady s, high-minded*, lovers of plea- ſures more than lovers of God «, |
7 TIe;d7u fignifies the betraying of any Truſt, or a Falſhood to any Ferſon tro whom we are obliged. It is in Scripture applyed to Fudas, Luke 6. 16. and to the Jews that Crucified Chrift, Ads 9.52. the Verb whence it derives is by Authors applied to Perſons, Places, and Cauſes ; it ſignifies, that in the latter Times there ſhould be a general falſhood amoneſt Men, See Marth. 10, 21. falſhood to- wards their Superiours, their Relation, Profeſſion, ©c., s Raſh, in- confiderate. t Blown up as Bladders, with an Opinion of their own deſerts, i Voluptuous Men, not uſing what God hath given them with a moderate ſarisfa&tion and delight in them, but contrary to God's Commandments, and thereby ſhewing, that they have more love for the gratification of their ſenfitive Appetite,than the pleaſing of God,
* iTim.g, 5 Having a form of godlineſs w, but * deny-
- ing the power thereof x; * From ſuch alſo turn LG bo [6 away Yy.
444 w 4 form here is the ſame with a mask, or vizor, or appearance, = an accidental form, oppoſed to ſubſtance and reality. Tt ſignifieth that in the latter times there ſhould be many ſuch as owned them- ſelves Chriſtians,and pretended to a right way of worſhipping God, to be the Church, the only Church of God, x But in prattice, though not in words, denying all ſubſtantial Godlineſs, which lieth not in aſſuming the empty Name of Chriſtians, and making a Pro- feſfion, but lies in Truth, Righteouſneſs, Love and Peace, Self-De- nial, mortifying our earthly Members, it being a thing attended with life and power, a Man being no more a Chriftian, than he atts and lives like a Chriftian- y From ſuch kind of Profeſſors as were before deſcribed, the Apoſtle willeth Timothy to rurn away, both as.to having any Church-Fellowſhip, or Communion, or any intimacy of converſe with them,
* Mat,23, 6 For * of this ſort are thoſe which creep into hou- 1 4. ſes z, and lead captive ſilly women a laden with ſinsb,
EKI. Hs Jeq away with divers luſts c.
z Who do not only privily enter in at the doors of Houſes, but pierce into the ſecrets of them, making it their buſineſs ro pry into all Families, and 4 take their advantages upon Women (the weaker fex) and not the wiſeft of them, but quyeurgert, the diminutive Word is uſed to vilifie the little deſpicable Women of no Judgment in ſound Religion, whom they, by their Tongues and pleafing Er- rors, make their Captives, 6 Nor do they deal with the moſt pious and honeſt Women, but ſuch as are laden with the guilt of much fin, cand who being poſſeft of divers inclinations, not only lufts of the Fleſh, but any other, ſuch as Pride, &c, are eaſily led away Luft always ſmoothing the way for ſuch Errors as will be Principles to juftifie it againſt the refle&ions of Conſcience, Their Vices rather than Sex made them eaſily ſeduced,
7 Ever learning d, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth e.
4 Women that pretend to be ever learning the Truth, but e can- not obtain of their Lufts leave to acknowledge the Truth in their practice, The word is 6#ſywary, which rather tignities a pradtical as- knowledgment, than a Notional Knowledge.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withſtood Moſes f, ſo
*,Tim,6 5 dotheſe alſoreſiſt the truthe: * menof corrupt mindsf, 1161.16. * reprobate concerning the faith g.
f Concerning this reſiſtance of Moſes by Fannes and Fambres,the Holy Scripture ſaith nothing but in this Text. Ir is ſaid by Inter-
Faith,
9 But they ſhall proceed no further h, for their folly ſhall be made manifeſt unto all men 5s, as theirs alſo
was k,
þ God will preſerve thoſe in his Church that are ſincere + thouzh they may captivate a few poor ignorant Women, they ſhall have al great ſucceſs. 7 For God will in his Providence ſo order it, that their folly or madneſs ſhall appear to all, and their Party decline The Divine Providence that governs all things, by the invincible Light of Truth, diſcovers and confounds the moſt ſpecious and (ub. tle Seducers in his own time. And this Predifion of the Apoſtle was exattly fulfill'd with reſpect to thoſe primitive Seducers, þ ax God by his Providence laid open Fannes and Fambres,
10 But thou haſt fully known my do@rine 1, man- ner of life m1, purpoſen, faith o, long-ſuffering p, cha-
rity q, patience r.
I Our Tranſlation here ſeemeth alittle ſtrange, for the Greet hath it, Thou haſt diligently followed me in doitrine, £9 N magna ua us 74 SSzTrania, That is, thou wert in my company, thoy werr a Follower of me, and ſo muſt know what Dotrine I preacheg, m What Life I lived. # What my whole Scope and Deſign was, 0 What Faith I taught and profeſſed. p What Long-ſuftering I uſed, both towards my malicious Adverſaries, and my weaker Bre- thren. 4 What Love I ſhewed towards all Men, whether Friends or Foes. - r What Patience I ſhewed in bearing injuries,
11 Perſecutions s, afflitions which came to me at
Antioch t, at Iconium #«, at Lyſtra w, what perſecuti-
vered me y.