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nation, 1 Tim. 3. 16. but by the preaching of tlic Goſpel, Scriptures in the Marzent. /{ Lait, in compariſon of the Tis of. 10, the Old Teſtament. The ſame as the fulneſs of Tim?, Gal. 4. 4. Tat He you with other Belicvcis might partake of Salvation by {im Th: truit of Chriſt's kedemption reacheth all Ages, but muc't more 4 un dantly the Times atter his coming in the Fleſh, The ſum of the Ar- gument 1s, Chritt was ordained from Eternity, promiſed to the ta- thers, but manifetted to you : Your Priviledge therefore bcin - -reat- er than theirs, 3/:t.13.17. //c5.11.39,40. you fhould be the more holy.
21 Who by him z &o believe in God, char raiſed him from the de2d, and gave him glory x, that vour taith and hope might be in God y.
u Both as revealing God to you, Matth. 11. 27. 7m x. 14. and making way tor you to God, who, out of Chriſt, is a conſumins Fire, fo that there is no con{ing to him, but by Chriſt, 7ohn 14. 5, Epheſ. 2.18. and 3. 12, Heb. 7, 25. x Viz. in his ReſurreQion, AC cenſ1on, fitting at the Right Hand of God, gc. Ph. 2. 9,10, 1:. Heb. 2. 9, 10. y That ſeeing Chriſt raiſed and glorified, ye mjght be fully confirmed in the Belief of a throuzh Satisfaction made to Divine Juſtice tor Sin, and perfe& Reconciliation wrought (for had not Chriſt fully paid the Price of Redemption, his Father would never have let him out of the Prifon of the Grave, in which his Juſtice had ſhut him up) from which Faith ariſeth an Hope which looks to the Reſurre&tion of Chriſt your Head, as the certzin Pledge and Earneſt of your Reſurretion to Lite, and Glory : Chriſt's Reſurre@on and Glory are the great Grounds of Faith, 45; 2. 32, 33- and 5. 31. and 10. 40. Rom. 4. 24, 25. and 1 Cor. 15. 17 17. and Chap. 3. 21, 2 22 Seeing ye have purified your ſeuls > in ohey- ing the truth a chrough the ſpiric þ,unto * unteigned c * love of the brethren 4, /ee ihat ye love one another ! with a pure de heart fervently 0. ,
7 7.e. Your ſelves: the whole Perſon is implied, the Soul beings the Principal Part. a In ſubjeRing -your- ſelves to the Truth of the Goſpel by Faith, to which the Purification of the Heart tx aſcribed, As 15. 9. not only as to Juſtification, and purging away the Guilt of Sin, hut as to SanRification, and cleanſing from the Defilement of it ; q. d. Seeing ye have bezun to purifie vour Hearts by Faith in Chriſt, ſet torth in the Goſpe), and made Santti- fication to them that believe, 1 Cor. 1.30, b By the Operation of the Spirit working Faith in you. c Without Hypocritic, and which 1s not in word only, but in Deed and in Truth, 1 7-bn 3. 12. a Love to the Brethren in Chriſt, and tor Chritt's ſake. This notes one great end ot cur San&ification, viz. the Exercile of Brotherly Love, whereby our Love to God is likewiſe maniteſted, when we love them upon his account. The whole clauſe may likewiſe be un- derftood, as an Exhortation to purific themfelves more and more by Faith, that ſo they might (being purged from carnal AffeRions) be the better able, and more diſpoſed to love one another. d As the Source and Fountain of your Love to each other, and from: whence it proceeds, 1 Tim. 1.5, and 2 Tim. 2.22. e Or, vebs- mently, and intenſely, and ſtrongly. The word ſcems to he a Me- taphor taken from a Bow, which the more 1t is bent, with the greater force it ſends forth the A\rrow; fo Love, tie more ferven: and ſtrong it is, the more abundantly it puts torth it ſelf for the Benefit of others.
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