7 May this God diſpoſe, incline, and fit you for, may he finiſh — and fignifieth his purpoſe, Fhat if he guickly returns from and perſe8 in you Grace to perform all the fore-mentioned Duties, | © = again, then he would viſit them together with him. That the and every other good Work which he enjoyneth on you towards en ay” cg noteth, or fignifieth the diſmiſſi-n of a Perſon abou God, one another, and all Men, 2 Cor. 13. 9. Ephe. 4. 12. Tit. 3. 14+ Buſineſs, is ſeen, Affs 13.3, To which Interpretation the Subſcrip- 1 Pet. 4. 2. and $. 10. according to his written Will and Law, _ of the Epiſtle inclines ; and the Scripture is ſilent of any Trou- Epheſ. 2. 10. s Working in you by his Spirit continually, that all les or Reſtraint of 7:mothy at all, Phil. 2. 19, 20. . theſe good Works may fatisfie his ExpeCation, be a ſweet ſavour in 2 Salute Xx all them that have rhe rule over YOU. his Noſtril, and fo pleafing in hisſight, that his Soul mays delight in | and all the ſaints. They of Italy ſalute you. them, Phil, 2. 13. Col. 1.9, 10. that God's Good-will may return x He ſends his Salutations, which were good Wiſhes and Prayer: unto them, and he may reward them according to their Works, ch. | for the Peace; Proſperity, Health and Happineſs of their Souls and IT. 5,6. while all is rendred by 7eſis Chriſt, ſprinkled with his | Bodies, and ſucceſs 1n all their Concernments, firſt unto their excel- Blood, and perfumed with his Incenſe, chap. 10. 19, to23. As | lent Guides and Rwlers, v. 7, 17. that they may proſper and ſucceed they are to have all done through Chriſt, ſo through his Merit and | in their work among the Saints; and then unto the Saints them- Interceſſion, the Apcſtle begs all this from the Father for them. | ſelves, conveying the. Goſpel-peace, according to Chriſt's command, # To this God the Father inthe Son, and by the Spirit working all | Matth. 10.12. Luke 10.5. Which Saints were all of thoſe Hebrew; this good in them, and for them, be really, truly, heartily, and per- | diſperſt in ſeveral places, and there convening, and maintaining petually, throughout all Ages, aſcribed the Honour and Glory due to | Churel>Society ; and to whoſe Hand the Epiſtle firſt came they were him for the glorious Manifeſtation of his Perteftions in them, Epheſ. | to receive the Salutations themſelves, and tranſmit them to others , Z- 21. Phil. 4. 20, 2 Pet. 3. 18. Rev. 4. 11. and 5. 13, The firm | with his own he tranſmits the Salutations of ll that part of the Seal of this, from his believing Heart, is his Amen, longing for the | Church of Chriſt, which was in 7taly, to them. Which Salutations, Addition of God's Amen, fo be it in Heaven, to his on Earth. | though commonly abuſed, yet are of great weight and worth where
22 And 4 I beſeech you, brethren, ſufter-the word communicated, and received by the Churches, in which the Holy of exhortation ; for I have written a letter to you in | SP!Fit abideth., : tew words. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
u The Apoſtle now drawing to a cloſe, detires them eandidly to he pobonorhgr yr Epiſtles a 4 6 ThE as apy accept his Epiſtle , that, conſidering por Relation to him as Chriſti- He, like an Apoſtle influenced by he Divine Spirit, admiring > ce, ans, oy nes: he —ooHuggens "he Er A _—_ them, that they vouchſafed to himſelf, and heartily, and fervently wiſhing it doin Wwou y receive, entertain, and hold Tait, as well as bear with,or upon all, to whom he writeth, even all the Spiritual Fruits of God's ſuffer, all the Dottrine, Reproof, Exhortation, and Conſolation, | 27 vein Jeſus Chriſt, from EleRion to Salvation. And even his whole Diſcourſe to thems in this Epiſtle, which the Word he ſealeth up his Deſire Prayer and Declaration of this, upon implies. lic had 1o compriſed, ſummed up, and delivered the Re- |, all, who were the true Subjedts of it, with his Amen. Even velation of the Doftine of Chriſt, teſtified by Moſes and the Pro- fo let the whole Earth be filled with the Glory of thy Grace, O phets, in a very few words, and ſent them kindly and affe&ionately, Trinity of Relations in Unity of Eſſence, from heneeforth and for in the Form of an Epiſtle, or Letter to them, that it might not he E a p burthenſome, either for its | Matter or Length : Though how | =V<T* 77-
> 64 bo moſt profeſſing Chriſtians of the Qhorteſt heavenly Written to the Hebrews from Italy, by Timothy
23 Know ye t that our brother Timothy is ſet
The GENERAL EPISTLE
TAME S.
: The ARGUMENT.
HAT the Authorit 'y of this Epiſtle hath been queſt:oned by ſome anciently, appears plainly by Euſebius and Je- rom,who /j mor ſuſpiciouſly of it , and that it bath been denied by ſome more lately.is no leſs clear(to ſay nothing