20. 1 Cor. filed k, 6.12.& 2 By the Pure here (as appeareth by the terms oppoſed to it) are 10. 23, 25+ meant all thoſe whoſe Hearts are purified by Fairh, working by love 1114.3, jn an holy Life. To theſe he faith al things, that is, all the Crea- h. tures of God, all Meats and Drinks are pure. hat God hath clean- *ROM-I4* 124, none ought to cal common or impure, Affs 10. Is. fo as not- 23» withſtanding any Law of God to the contrary, any Believers under ' the Goſpel may eat of any Meats. h But if Men be Unbelievers, and ſ> defiled, having not their Hearts purified by Faith, As 15, 9. nothing is pure to them. 7 Their Mind, their Notion and Under- ſtanding is defiled ; & and their Conſcience, which is the praQtical | Judgment they make about things, is defiled : If they forbear to eat, they are defiled through Superſtition ; if they do eat, they ſin by atting againſt the diQate of their Conſcience, which is the Pro- ximate Rule of Men's Actions, : *zTim.3.5 16 They profeſs that they know God J, but
{[Or,voidof* in works they deny him m2, being abominable, jugnents tifobedient , and unto every good work || repro-
bate 7.
1 He is ſpeaking of the Fews who (all of them) profeſſed to know, and to believe one living and true God, m But they lived like Atheiſts, as if there were no God in the World, Rom. 2.17. t0 ver, 24. 1 They are Perſons juſtly to be abominated of all good men, &mwIag, unbelievirg in the Goſpel ; diſobedient to the Rule of the Law, awkward toy and averſe from any good work,
CHAP. UI.
He exhorts Titus to ſpeak according to ſound DoArine ; and how to 1n- firutt old an1 young Men and Women ; and to be a pattern of good Works, 1=——2. The duty of Servants, g. 10. Holineſs being the end of the Goſpel ;, te frut. and benefit of Redemption ; and the
*] ike 17,
way to Life, 11———14, This muſt be Taught with Authori-'
ty, I5. | BE ſpeak thou the things which become ſound do- cine 4.
4 That is, preach thoſe things which agree with that DoArine which is ſound, and which tendeth to make others ſound in the
Faith, and in an Holy Life. Be not thou led by the Example of h
thoſe Triflers in preaching z but let the ſubjeRts of thy Diſcourſe be what may tend to edifying z nor is there any more effe&tual way to ſtop the Mouths of thoſe Fablers, Dagor will fall down before the Ark of God. ; 2 That the aged men be || ſober b, grave c, temperate d, ſound in faith e, in charity f, in pati- ENCE F: | ! b By the Word eeoBunes, ſeems here to be ſignified Elders in Age ; he would have 7imorhy preach that theſe ſhould be yypetaror ; ſober both as to Body and Mind : we met with the Word before, 1 Tim, 3.2.11. Cc Grave, of a modeſt compoſed behaviour, 'npt light and airy. d Temperate, that is able to govern their paikohs and inclinations. e We have met with the Phraſe. before, chap. 1. x2, ſee the Notes; neither rotten through Error, nor fick through Hutuation or Scepticiſm, f In chariry, that is love, g and a patient bearing of Evils, : * 1Tim.22 3 * The aged women likewiſe þ, that they be
9. in behaviour as becometh || holineſs z, not falſe ac- r Pet. 3-3-cuſers k, not given to much wine 1, teachers of good
bad bY) things m.
f » aye ke. ., þ That is, do thou alſo teach the Women that in Age exceed 0-
#84 thers. i "Ep xg]acyuan izeomreeras. To be in their babit becoming
* bolinsſs. The word.is of a very large fignification, it ſignifies ſtate,
geſture and habit ; we have well tranſlated it by as-general a Word,
Behaviour, it ſignifies Clothes,Converſe,ones whole Carriage. kNor
Devils ; That name is given tothe Devil, becauſe he is the Accuſer
of the Brethren, and he was a Lyar from the beginning ; it is apply-
ed to wy Perſons that charge others falſly. 1 Gr, Nos ſerving much
Wine ; tor thoſe that frequent the Tap too much, are ordinarily in-
ſlaved to it, m Privately inſtruQting others in what is good, both by their Diſcourſe and Example.
4 That they may teach the young women to be
|| ſober #, to love their husbands o, to love their chil-
dren p.
7 Young Women, eſpecially converſing amongft Heathens, are prone to be light and airy, and over frolick, following the heat of their youthful temper,and forming theirConverſe after the manner of others, which is a Behaviour, though it may ſute- their Youth, yet if they be Chriſtians it will' not fute their Profeſſion, which calls to them for more gravity; ſpeak to them that are aged to mind them zo be ſober, opt heing natural for young Women to love their Husbands and Children, theſe Precepts ſeem not ſo much to concern the things, as the manner of it, to love them as they ought to love them, |
5 To bediſcreet q, chaſt y, keepers at home s, good, big * obedient to their own husbands #, * that the word Col. 2. 18. 0f God be not blaſphemed w. | LOT 1 Pet. 3.1. 9 Eapera;, The Word ſignifies Temperare, and imports an abili- * rTim;6, fy © govern all our affeRions and. paſſions, Diſcretion is but one T, piece of the Fruit, r The word fignifieth pure as well as chaft,
and chaſtity only, as it is a ſpecies of Purity, s Houſe-Wives, not ſpending their time in gadding abroad,but in looking to the affairs
y Or, vigt- lant.
1 Or, wiſe,
* Eph. 5.
TITUS.
| tle therefore requires of Titus that he ſhould be himſelf
[dings of Salvation » is not now hidden, and obſeurely dclivercd,
Chap, 1
es, Epb, A as being their Heaq God, ſo, for the credit arrnage contrary to the Religion, the Goſpel if from that they had learn'd their ill
of their own Families, u The fame is required of Wir 23. and is due from them to their Husbands w As for the diſcharge of their Dut towards and reputation of the Goſpel, that for their c Rules of Nature and Morality, as well as of may not be evil ſpoken of, as and indecent behaviour.
6 Young men likewiſe exhort to be ed x.
x The Word ſignifieth to be Temperate, Sober, Wiſe, Di: govern their Paſhons, an exhortation more S——_ — - young Men, whoſe natural heat inclineth them to paſſion and _ neſs,
7 * In all things, ſhewing thy ſelf a pattern of good works y, in doQrine ſhewing uncorruptneſs z, grayj. * li ty a, ſincerity b. ",