Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1810

t * 1Tin. caſion to reprove any for their Errors, do not do it imperiouſly, but | have caft their Souls upon God and Jeſus Chrift,for the fulfilling of = J withgneekneſs z nor yet flightly and curſorily, but ſhewing all gra- | them, may (conſidering good works are the condition annexed to Peta vity and authority. 4 And do not ſo demean thy ſelf, as to ,give [the Promiſe of this Eternal Life and Salvation)be careful to prattice ts, bar any Perſons occaftion to deſpiſe thee, all that God hath commanded them in all their Relations, e All Ho theſe things are true in themlelyes, and profitable for Men to Ke | CHA P. IIL know and underitand, e He exhorts Titus to inculcate on his Hearers Obedience roMagiſtrates : 9 But avoid fooliſh queſtions f, and genealogies 2, y | Love and Meelneſs rowards all, 1, 2, Their former corrups State, 104 contentions b, and ſtrivings about the law #, tor 0 and in what manner, and for what 'end they were delivered out of h frabl 2 wake 4 '$ | ir by Chriſt, 3——7. And thar he earneſtly preſs hers 10 maintain | *NEY Are unprontable, and vain . TS | Ii | good Works, 8. That he reje fooliſh Queſtions and Contentions, F In the diſcharge of thy Miniftry meddle rot with idle Que- N- | and ſhun Heretical Perſons, g il, He appointeth bim time ſtions, 2 Tim. 2, 23. tending to no godly edifying. g And ſifting (0 , and place to come to bim ; and 10 provide for Zenas and Apollo, 12, | ut GeneaJogies, 1 Tim, 1. 4. and b firitcs above wor ds, or things e, | 1}. That Believers be taught to maintain good Works, 14. His Sa- unprofitable, Perverſe diſputings, and oppoſisions of Science falſly ir | lutation and Benedifion, 15. ſo called,x Tim, 6, 4, 5,20. 7 Particularly Queſtions about the Law, _ | : | ES the Traditions and Conftitutions of the Elders about it ; & theſe he Ur them in mind to be ſubje& to principalitlies, [things are to no purpoſe or advantage. ay | and powers a, to obey magiſtrates b, to be ready| To A man that is an heretick }, after the firſt and ,,q,. » to every good work c. ſecond admonition, * reje& m. | eng Myr; a All the ſupream ſecular Powers at this time were Pagans, and | 7 Two things make up an Heretick,according to the common ac- R om, 16 (a2 no Friends to the Chriſtians, in their Dominions, which might be a |ceptation of the Term now. 1. An Error in ſome matters of Faith, 17. : my tempration to the Chriſtians to rebel againſt them, -or at leaſt not | 2. Srubborneſs and conmumacy in the holding and maintaining of it, 2 Theff, Js 1d): Or. to yield them (o free, univerſal, and chearful an Obedience as they | whether it ſo fignified ſo early I cannot tell ; it ſeems to refer to the 6, 14. wand ought; therefore the Apoſtle prefſeth this Duty upon them, and [former yerſe, ſuppoſing ſome, that notwithſtanding all the endea- g Joh. 10; rh that nothere only, but Kom. 13. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 13. b By the for- |vours of Titus, would be ſtriving and contending tor niceties abour wh mer term he might underſtand the ſupreme Magiftrates ; by the Queſtions, Genealogies, &c. for ſuch (ſaith the Apoſtle) admoniſh ns latter, thoſe inferiour ranks, as he expreſſeth himſelf more particu- them onceand again ; if they will not have done, m Refuſe them, _ larly, 1 Per. 2, 13, 14. c Tobe free, and prepared to every Work [rej > them, Whether Excommunication can be certainly builded «Co which is acceptable to God, and honourable in it ſelf. upon this Text, may be doubred, aug rrouar fignifies no more in Tim. 2 To ſpeak evil of no man da. to be * no [chan to avoid, reject, or refuſe, : re .c brawlers, but gentle e, ſhewing all meekneſs- to all] 11: Knowing that he that is ſuch, is ſubverted », | © menf. and ſinneth o, being condemned of himſelf p. , d Gr. To blaſpheme no Man, Blaſphemy is a ſpeaking Evil, 1 "Er exmMeasy Ts turned out of the true and right way and road, ur whether it be applied to God or Man, though uſe hath fo ob-| oand is a tran{greflor, and p condemned of his own Conlcience z tained, That we only in common diſcourſe ſpeak of blaſpheming | for he who ſpends his time about Queſtions and Genealogies, and on God. e To be no Fighters, (dudyx;) neither with Hands, nor | ftrifes of Words, and little Queſtions about the Law, inſtead of he Tongues. e To be modeſt, fair, equitable Men, f Forbearing | Preaching Chrift, is told by his own Conſcience that he doth not ne | Wrath and Paſſion in their Converſe withall, _ : do his duty, Ml þ! Cor,6 3 For * we our ſelves alſo were ſometimes fooliſhg,| x13 When I ſhall ſend Artemas unto thee, or * Ty- »14,20,4, hat l diſobedient h, deceived 5, ſerving divers luſts, and | chicus q,be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis r, for fy PM. 2. T. pleaſures k, living in malice and envy /, hateful m,| I have determined there to winter s. = Ca '* and hating one another . q Of Artemas we read in no other place, but of Tychicus often, n _—_ z Without any Knowledge, Wiſdom, or Spiritual Underftand- they were gon un mw of _ _ _— to ſend to 5. ade ing, b The word fignifieth as well unbelieving, as diſobediens ; | Ke _— hy the UNOreh 1n hors nS ma —_ - whota 0 [9 neither perſuaded to aſſent to the Truth, nor yet to live up to the he wou 4 aye come to him to zcopo IS, WNETE NE MENEnced to take _ rule of the Goſpel. i Deceived by the deceitfulneſs of fin, & be. | uP his Winter Quarters; but being very loth that the Flock at Crere yo 8, ing ſlaves to our ſenſitive Appetite. 1 Suffering Wrath to reſt in| {hovld fora little time be without a Shepherd, he limits the time d, a” our boſoms, till it boiled up to a deſire of Revenge, and ſhewed it of 77rus his ſetting out towards him, till one of them ſhould come or ſelf in aRions of that Nature,and pining at the good and proſperity | 19 ©72te. | % oa 8 of others. m Deſerving to be abominated by good men, » and ha-| 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer, * and Apollos on _ ou ting good men, or ſuchas were our Neighbours ; and having been| their journey diligently t, that nothing be wanting « Ads 18 1d *Cola ſo our ſelves formerly, we ought to pity ſuch as ſtill are ſo. unto them, A Sha ', cap, 2, 4 But after that * the kindneſs o, and || love of God | , Of this Zenas we read no more in Holy Writ, but of Apollos we » l, our Saviour toward man appeared Þ- read both in the Acts, and 1 Cor. 3. 4, 5, 22. It ſeemeth they were iy Or, pity. © Xengv7ys, The Word ſignifies ones eaſenecſs t0 do good to ano- | about to goto Paul to Nicopolis. u The Apoſtle would have Titus Nus ther. That native goodneſs that is in God, rendring him inclinable| take care that they might want no necefſaries- that might accom- ful to love, and prone to do good unto the Sons of Men. This was | modate them in their Journey. Hd if in God from Eternity, p but appeared in his ſending Chriſt, and] x4 And let ours w alfo learn to || maintain good n then his SPirit, and in the application of Chriſt's Redemption to works x for neceſſary uſes y, that they be not + un- [[Or,t77r2. TC particular Souls, : fruitful z. feſs honeſt ct Rom, 2, P 5 * Not by m_ of righteouſneſs, which mp bevy der, Miniſters of the Goſpel, or thoſe Tr _ Kg, Gone q, but according to his mercy r he ſaved us 5s, by | that are Chriſtians, Jearr x in the Greek it is 10 excell, or tobe in ou 1.&11,6, the * waſhing of regeneratiorf rt, and the renewing of | the front, or to ſhew forth, or maintain, and each ſenſe hath its Pa- _ #xCor 244. the holy Ghoſt «. trons of Note » for the neceffary uſes of the Church, or of others, a" n) 13+3z q Not according to our works, 2 Tim, 1. 9. whether Ceremonial | 0r for their own neceſſary uſes, . I take their Senſe who would ex- © FP: 5:26. or Moral, r But from his own Bowels freely yearning upon Perſons | pound the Phraſe maintaining good works, by learn fome honeſt Trade, in miſery, s He hath pur us into a ſtate of, and given usa right to [£9 be foreign to the true Senſe of the Phraſe, 1, Eternal Salvation, t Waſhing us by Regeneration, as in a Layer, the io, : i5 All