2 Emvuiueu, The Word properly fignifieth to be offered as a Ice 2 Pete Drink-Offering, which was offered by being poured out. Some ſay ** 14» that aviyd>par is only uſed to fignifie ſuch Offerings whereby ſome Covenant was confirmed z ſo as it not only ſignifieth that Paul was ſenſible that he ſhould die a violent Death, but that his Death ſhould be an Eftabliſhment and Confirmation of the Doctrine of the Goſpel which he had preached ; That he ſhould be offered upon the Sacrifice and Service of the Faith; as he ſpeaketh, Phil. 2. 17. where the ſame Word is uſed. A Learned Author thinks it is there uſed in alittle different Senſe, there as an acceſſion to the Sacrifice,
here as a preparation to it, they being wont to prepare their Sacri- ce by pouring Wine upon it ; which poſſibly guided our Tran- ſlators to Tranſlate it here, / am ready to be offered, - a dyanyrus, We Tranſlate it departure, it proger?y ſignifieth KeſoJution, becaufe in Death we are reſolved into Duft, from whence we are, If any ask how Paul knew that the time of his Death was ſo near. Anſwer, He might know it by Revelation from God, or from his obſervation of Nero's temper, malice, or behaviour toward him, ;
7 I* have fought a good fight b, I have finiſhed zyy * 1 Cor.g. courſe c, I have kept the faith. —_—
b My Life hath been a Military Life, but I have not fought the T; mo evil Fights of ambitious or quarrelſome Men: My fighting hath OOO been tlie good and noble Fight of Faith, a Fight with the World,the Fleſh and the Devil, a contending for the Faith delivered to the Saints, a maintaining the luſtings of the Spirit againſt the Fleſh, a warring with Spiritual Wickednefſes in high places. c God ap- pointed me a Raceto run, as a Chriſtian, as an Apoſtle and Mi- nifter of Chrift: I have now finiſhed it, 4d I have kept the Do- arine of Faith, upholding and maintaining it in an4 by my = +" » and I have lived in the exerciſe of the Grace of
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8 Henceforth there is laid vp 4 for me a *+ Jam, 1. crown e-of righteoufneſs f, which the Lord, the 12: righteous Judge g ſhall give me þ at that day z, and * F*t-5-4+ not to me only, but unto all them alſo that love his appearing k. |
d As to what remains for me, (ſo the word aormzy ſignifies, not benceforth, as we Tranſlate it) there is prepared, and in ſafe keep- ing for me, Col. 1.5, Or there is appointed for me, vid, Heb. g.
27. e Another kind of Crown than what the Conquerors uſed to have in the Grecian Games, an high and great Reward, a Glory with which my whole Man ſhall be encompaſſed as a Man's Head is with a Crown, f The purchaſe of Chrift's Righteouſne(s, and am- ple-Reward of mine allo, the giving out of which alſo will be the effe&t of God's Truth and Juftice, 1 Fob 1.9. 'g And Jeſus Chrift, who in this ſhall ſhew himſelf a righteous Judge ; þ Shall give it me of his free Mercy, for all I have done hath not merited it. # At the Day of Judgment z my Soul ſhall have it at my difſc- lution, my whole Man in the Reſurre&ion. & Nor is this Crown my
Heb.12.t.
particular reward, but if any Perſons ſo lead their Lives in this
World, as that they can defire, and be pleaſed with the thovghts and hopes of the ſecond Coming of Chrift to Judgment, Chrift will give them alſo the ſame Reward,
9 Do thy diligence to come ſhortly unto me 1.
I To Rome, where Pau} was at this time 4 Priſoner ; _ it appear: from Phil. 2. 19. that Timothy did go to Paul at Rome, according 5 this defire of his, and was with him while a Priſoner there,
10 For * Demas hath forſaken me mm, having loved , ..
this preſent world », and is departed unto Theſ-- '*
ſalonica o, Creſcens to Galatia p, Titus ugto Dal- matla q. |
m He ſheweth the reaſon why he defired 7imothy to come to him, hecauſe moſt of thoſe who were with him, were gone. Some thirik this Demas is Demetrius, mentioned 3 Fobn 12. (the Name being only ſhortned.) He was at. Kome with Paul ſome time, Col. 4. 14. Some make a queſtion, whether Demas wholly Apoſtatized, or only left Paul for a time, and went to Theſſa!onica about lome ſecula: Buſineſs, afterward returning. » Soine make the Senle- of this Phraſe no more than minding his worldly Buſineſs. Others think that he being frighted with Paul's Danger, wholly left him, o and went to Theſjalonisa, poſſibly his own Country, however, at a great diſtance from the danger of Nero's Court. p A Province in the leffer ſia, whither probably Cre/cens went to Preach the Goſpel, q D..- matia is in Scdavonia, Titus went thither (without all doubt; iQ preach the Goſpel,
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11 Only Luke is with mer. Take Mark and bring him with thee /, for he is profitable to me for the m- niſtery t.
r Of whom we alſo read Col. 4. 14. he was a Phyſician, Paul's Fellow-Labourer, Philemon 24. / Of Mark we read 4#s 12.& 15. 37. He was Kinſman to Barnabes, Col, 4. 10, it appears by that Text that he was at Rome with Paul, and his Fellow-Labourer, Phil. 24, t The Miniftry of the Goſpel, Paul's care was more for that, than for a Miniſtring to himſelf, though he was a Priſoner.
12 And * Tychicus have l ſent to Epheſus «.
z 1 have given order to Tychicus to come to Epheſus in thy ab-
ſence, : I3 The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus w,
when thou comeſt, bring with thee x, and the books,
but eſpecially the parchments y.
w Troas was 4 City in Az, where we find Paul more than once, Afs 16. 8. and 20. 5. he preached Chriſt there, 2 Cor, 2, 12, There Paul left an upper Garment with one Criſp#s, which proba- bly (having no great Wardrobe) he might want, being a Priſoner, 3 Interpreters idly buſie themfelves in inquiring after what they can never find out, what theſe Books were, or what was written in theſe Parchments. ; .
14 Alexander the copper-ſmith did me much evil z: the LORD reward him according to his
works 4. |
3 We read of three Alexanders, one Merk 15, 21, the Son of þim that bare Chrift's Croſs,another 4s 4.6.akin to Annas the High- Prieſt ; a third, As 19.33.probably the perſon here meant;for he was an Epbefian, but he at,that time was a Diſciple of Paul's, as appears there ; probably, afterward he Apoftatized, and was Excommuni- cated by Paul, 1 Tim, 1, 20, which might poſſibly provoke him ; | what harm he did him, and where, whether at Epbeſus or Rome, it is not ſaid, 4 How far it is lawful to pray againſt our Enemies, (as Paul did here againft Alexander) fee the Notes on P/a}. roy. 6. &t, Fer, 11s 20. & 12, 3. Oc,