iS v5 both from the guilt and power of fin, who were Slaves and Cap- - | tives to our Lufts, 2 And that he might purifie to himſelf, Au9y n | a&1£010y,- we Tranſlate it a peculiar People 3 ſome Tranſlate it an - egregious, famous, principal People ; others ſay it fignifieth /omerbing M got by our own labour and induſtry, and laid up for our own uſe, O- " | thers ſay it fignifieth ſomething we have ſet our Hearrs and Afffettions df upon, ina fpecial peculiar manner. a Studious to do, and warmly rs 7 purſuing all ſuch Works as are acceptable ro God, and profitable - ; to Cur ſelves and others, |
li n 15 Theſe things ſpeak, and exhort b, and re- 9 *1119-4- buke with all Authority c. * Let no man deſpiſe , - thee d.
y, ' bWhatſoever T have in this Epiſtle aid unto thee, I have there- t- | fore ſpake, That thou mighteftt ſpeak to the ſame Senſe to others,
and perſuade them to the praice.of them, c When thou haft oc-
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pledge and ſign of which is in Baptiſia. u The Holy Spirit changing and renewing our Natures, git
6 * Which he ſhed on us + abundantly w, through *x2ek. ;6 Jeſus Chriſt our Saviour x. 25.
w Which Holy Spirit, as well for the renewing of us, as for the Atts 2. 32, collation of more common or extraordinary Gitts God poured out Rom. 5.5, upon us abundantly, x through the Merits and Mediation of Jeſus FGrerich!y Chriſt our Saviour,
7 That being juſtified by his grace y, we ſhould
= made-heirs & according to the hope of eternal life 4.
I That we, through the free love of God, having the Suilt of our fins removed, and the righteouſneſs of Chriſt reckoned to us for Righteouſneſs, x ſhould through Adoption be made Childr2y then Heirs, Heirs of God, and Foint-heirs with Chriſt, Rom, 8. 17. 2 Some think that the words ſhould be read thus, Thar we according ro bope ſhould be made Heirs of Eternal Life; becauſe otherwiſe, the Text hath no obje& to relate to Heirs. But what fhould we be Heirs of, but the Xingdom mentioned Mat. 25. 34. Though it be true,we are no more than Heirs according to hope, nor is any Man otherwiſe an Heir o fan Inheritance, as #eir ftands diſtinguiſhed from an Owner or Proprietor.
8 This is a faithful ſaying b, and theſe things 1 w1ll that thou affirm conſtantly c, that they which have believed in God d, may be careful to maintain good works d, Theſe things are good, and profitable unto men e,
b We had this Phraſe before, 1 Tim. 1.15. & 3. 1. &4, 9, 2 Tim. 2, 11. It may beapplicd to what went before, or to what follows. c This is the Doctrine I would have thee preach,maintain, and ftand to, 4 That thoſe who ailent to theſe things as true, and