cle, and ſo werendcr it, > Cor, 1.3. God even the Fatiier, (7c. or 1t we take it for a Copy _— as Epbeſ. 1. 3. | Ged is called 5.1 God of Jeſus Chriſt, accortin, to Chrift's Humane Nature, 48d bib Father accordins to h13 Divir 7 This ſhews the Fountain from WHRence Repencration, and - 4}! other ſpiritua! Eleffings flow, and excludes all Merit and 'Di; gnity 11 us, as the cauſe of t9 great 5
nefits. Abundant Mercy 15 the fame with Riches of Mercy, E7 2. + J Trantated us out of i ſtate of Sin and Mifery into a ttt
of Grace and Lite : And ſo Ge; landtifying in the former Verſe ; Oi Liie ; or rather, a lively hype 1s a trucoand eft<ttual
'ttem a7ain Here, 15. the | t Eitncr, 2 lively hope, nope, wil
as bene Ph trom a lively Faith, and 15 it kit produttive of Ve
anc Purity, AAm, 5.2. atid 1 Fon Jo. 3. in oOnpohitiion tg tC Vatli Hope of Worldly Men, which neither comes Bom Faith, nor tends to Holineſs, u Thijs may be” reterred either, 1. to Goa s v-;2tting us 4z.2zm, and tiien it 1mplt s$ the ReturreAion of Chriſt t be the
cans, or our Regeneration, we being raiſed to a ſpirity.; the Power of Chrift's Reſurres tion, aad our Vivi!!: CATION BC CITE alcribed to it, Rom. 4. 25 ands. 4, 5. and C: S Ephej.2.5. Or, 2, to the lively Hope to waich he be.cts us, whit depends upon, and ariſeth from the Faith of Chrift's ilurrection, Rom. 8. 11. and 1 Cor. 15. 17, 19. and I Thef]. 4- [3,1 Chrilt's Refurrettion being the Cauſe 'and Plicdge of ours, as the CENT! nty of ours depencis upon [:is. fo the Livelineſs of our hope loliows up- on tie Faith of it. Pofſibly the Apoſtle may have 1n the wes. vm, on which was then readv fo:
his Be 2
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Lube 24-26 but was again revived by their being well aftured of. —_ VOY. 33, 34+
On an Ie TIE > TE and thuac fadet! heaven þ || for you
x incorcuptible y., and un.ic- not away 2, Telerved @ 1
x So eternal Lite is cath d, Ethe/. x. 13. and elfevhere, 5 5212; a not as Wazes to Hirelin ><, but 45 40 Inheritance to Cit et born of God, and adopted to him. y Immortal, everlitiing, winca
"yl _ Over is Of 11G A eh - t4i. wit
beinz once pofſeticd, cannot te taken awav, nor pats * Both as beings pure in it ſelt, and havins nothin: to offc that enjoy it; and ltxewile as bens \ncap i! Vit” 4 any Poljution, ©: Defilement, contrary to witat is ſaid of the Land of Canacn, tine earthly Inheritance of the Jſraelites, Fer. 2. 7. Exch. 35. 17. 7; Always retains its Vigour, and Gratefuliieſs, ne ver cauſes weirinets or ſatiety in them that poileſs it. It ſeems tobe a Metaphor tak Cr from Flowers, provably the Amarantus (the very word here ui-
which ſtill keeps its Freſhneſs and Verdure, without any decav cr withering. a Laid up, Col. 1. 5. and 2" Tim. 4. 8. ſecured for the
Heirs, though not yet poſlefle q by them. 6b Ard
thereto TC {a 1iC,
and out of the reach of Enemics, This 1s on at d to the uncert:in aqua of earthly Poileffions, ſuch as Canzan was. co MN rein, for us, viz. whom God hath be-: often acain : Or tt. we read it, a5
in the Tes :t, fory-n, the Apoſtle may chan;;« the Perſon in order tc;
his Exhortation. I = & * PICY 8” EY YR,
J W ho arc _w_ "01 by the PC VEL Ol God | COL TOLD] fiith / unto ftlvation g. Ft ; + the Jait time #4.
d Leſt it ſhould be ol bjeQed , that, though the Inheritance bc in Heaven, yet the Heirs are in danzer here upon Erth, by rezjon of the Peer, and Stratizems of Enemies, and tnew own Impru- dence and Weakneſs ;, te adds, that not only their nahedange: -
ance
221.iw Hh + L. q T4 retdy 7” (OO DS ICY SUIU
(tor fo the word 1; WO azaintt acl Incurſions and Devices of the Devil, and the Worle.
! £ ' + ie, and therefore able to a» on.
e Which Pow Cr 15 wo and Invincth
woes them, Zohn 10. 22, 29, Rom. &.31, 38, 35, 2 Tm. I. 12. f Which reſting on the Power ct G Pod overcomes all their Enemies, the Fleſh, 1 7ohn 3.5. the Devil, Ep4. 5. 16. Chap. $. 9. and the
World, 1 Fohn 5.4. It implics, 5 at not only they themſelves are kept throu! zh Faith, whereby they rcly on the Power of their geey- er, and his Promiſes - keopi nz them, but that they and their bait! too, are kept by the Power of God. 2 177. Full and compleat 11 Glory, and not only b_ and imperte&t here. þ As beings al- ready purchaſed, prepared, and !11d vp tor them; aud fo he
mates, that their not as ye" poiictfing it, 1s not becauſe it is no ready tor them, but bcceautc the time of their hola 7 = in Pot- ſeſſion of it, is nat vet come. 7 It was laid to be xc) ven, ver. 4. kept fate; but ciofe too, as a rich Treaſure, the z ncts os it 1s not vet kno'+n, even to them on are the H [eus Of
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Col. 4. 3, 4. and 1 79&n 2. 2. Here he adds, ed, 2d made known to them to foonas the on 2 01 11S Mamfeitation ſhall come. + Simply, and abſolutely the lait,. _ the Day ©:
Judgment, which 1s called the laſt Day, Fobn 5. 39,40. and 11. 2 and 12. 49.
6 Wherein + ve greatly rejoyce /, though now tc; 2 ſeaſon m2 (if need need be 2) ye are in Ieavincls o, through manifold temptations p
þ This refers to the whole tOorezoing Sentence, ye your beins kept by the Power of God unto Salvation. - / word fi »nifies tomethinsz more than a bare Rejoycing, and theretore is added to a word that tiz-nifcs to repyee, MHateh. 5, I2. an pies = outward Expreffon of the 1nward Gladnefs ot the Heart. by Looks, Words, Ge<ftures, 7rc. Some read the word 1n the im- perative Mood by *: iv of mY, but the Indicative, accorid- ins to cur Tranflition, feers mott 2-rceable to Contcs _ in
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