Attributes and. Promiſes, Mark 11. 24, and'1,Fohn 5. 14. c Either not diſputing God's Power or Promiſe ; + or rather not -douttins. not ſtaggering through Unbelief, Rom: 4. 20, where the ſame Greeb word is uſed : So As 10. 20. nothing doubting; and Mark 11. 23. where it is oppoſed to believing, d - This notes cither the- Empti- neſs, and Unprofitableneſs of faithlefs Prayer, when Men's Minds are thus at uncertainties, toſſed to and fro ; the; Confidence they ſome- times ſeem to have,' like Waves, fall down.. and fails, and their Prayers come to nothing.- - Or, the Diſquiet, and Torment” Diſtruſt works in the Minds of, fuch Waverers, which are neyer. ſetted, till Faith - come, and fix\them, Ja. 57. 20. 11521 T9
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$8 A double minded man b 7s unſtable z in all his ways K.
þ Either, 1. an Hypocrite, who 1s ſaid to have a double Heart, Pſizl. 12. 2, Or, 2ly, rather he that js of a doubtful Mind, waver- inz, and fluQuating with contrary Motions, ſometimes of one Mind, ſometimes of another ; ſometimes hoping, ſometimes deſponding. 7 Either unconſtant, without any fixedneſs, or Confiſtancy of Spl- rit; as ready to dep.rt trom God, as to cleave to him ; or unquiet, troubled, full of inward Tumults. k By an Hebraiſm, Ways, for Counſels, Purpoſes, AMons, gyc. EE
9 Ler the brother / of low degree m: || TeJO1Ce 1n thar he is exalted K.
1 5. e. The Believer, ( for to ſuch he writes ) all Believers, or Saints, being Brethren in Chriſt, 1 Cor. 15. 20. and 1 Thef], 5, 25. and 4 Tim, 6. 2, m The Greek word fignities both lowlineſs of Mind, and Jowneſs of Condition (as the Hebrew word doth, to which it anſwers ) but here is to be underſtood of the latter ( as Like 1. 48.) but eſpecially of ſuch a low eſtate, as a Man 1s brouzht into for Chriſt's ſake and the Goſpels. n Either exalted to be a Eroth-r, a Member of Chriſt, a Child of God, and Heir of Glorv, which is the greateſt Preferment, or exalted to the Ho- nour of ſuffering for Chriſt. See Acts 5. 41. Rom. 5. 3»
10 Bur the rich » in that he is made low p, becauſe * as the fower of the graſs he ſhall paſs away 9.
0 Viz. Brother, he that is in an hizh, honourable, or plentiful Condition in the Werld. f Supp!'y from the former Verie, lct him rejovce im that he is n-ade low ;, not as to his outward ſtate ( for he is ſuppoſed to be rich ſtill ) but his inward Diſpoſition ard frame of Mind, God having given him a lowly Heart in an high Condition, and therchy prepared him for tlie Croſs, though as yet he be not under it, q The Reaſon why the rich Brother ſhould be humble in his greateſt Abundance, viz. becauſe of the uncer- tainty of his enjoying what at preient he poſſetleth; he 1s neither ſecure of his Life, ner his Wealth; he, and his enjoyments paſs away, and kis Pomp vaniſhcth as catily as the Flower of the Grals, which fades as ſoon as it louriſheth = | |
11 For the ſun is zo ſcorer riſen with a burning heat r, bat it withereth the grais, and rhe flower thereof tallerh, and me grace of the*faſhion of it periſherh : fo alto ſhall the rich man <s fad2 away in his ways 7.
r Or, the ſcorching Eaſt-wind, which in thoſe Countries was wont to riſe with the Sun, John 4. 8. s Either ſhail is here put for may, the Future Tenſe for the Potential Mood, and then the Apoſtle doth not ſo much declare what always certainly ſhall be, as what eafaly may be, and frequently is, the Profperity of rich Men, not being al- ways of {© ſhort continuance. Or, ſhal!, may be taken properly, as we read it, and then this is a gener] Propoſition, ſhewing the mu- table Nature, and ſhort continuance of rich Men, and their Riches, whoſe longeit Life is but ſhort, and Death when it comes ſtrips them of their Enjoyments; and though this Frailty be commen to all, yet be ſpeaks of the Rich eſpecially, becauſe they are ſo apt to bear themielves high vpon their Wealth, and put Confidence 1 it, t 7.717, 6.17. t Either in his Journyings and Travels for his Riches, or rather ia his Counſels, Purpoſes, ARions, P/al. 146. 4.
12 * ÞBictked 1s the man that endurerth x tempta- tation x, for when he is tried y, he ſhall receive t the crown of lite 2, || which the Lord hath promiſed a to them rar love him 6.
1 {4-1ds out apainſt the Afffaults and Impreſſions of Temptations vir Patience and Conſtancy, Chap. $. 11. Heb. 12.5, 7. x Afff- as ver. 2. ,y Approved, and found upon the Trial to be
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found pure.
z So the heavenly Glory is called, Rev. 2. 10. either
becauſe it is not to be had, but in eternal Life; or becauſe of its
Duration, and not fading away, 1 Pet. 5. 4.
a This ſhews on
what ground it is to be expeted, viz, on the account of the Pro-
miſe, and how ſure we may be of it.
b i.e. All true Believers,
whoſe Faith, and thereby Title to the Cro:vn 1s evidenced by Love,
which 1s the fulfilling of the Law.
Objef, Why not promiſed to
them that ſuffer for Chri!t, of whom he here ſpeaks? Anſ. That is implicd, for none love him more, or evidence their Love to him more than they that ſuffer for him.
Or, Evils.
13 Lz=r no man ſay c when he is tempted d, I am
tempted of God e: For God cannot be tempted with || evil f, neither tempteth he any man g.
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