it appear to the 1att, that they do not tuffer. as evii-door:, p O; . who 4. Creater, 15 abl: to RCEp wWi't they commet fo hin. andthe ing taithtul in his Pronutes certainty will do:. == ' S {£ \ J CHEF Y: ' . f. p » 1 o Fo ” - Flacys muſt auly fred the fock of G f, to fwch a Cromn of Glary is pre- mijed, Im}. The ) lg mus} he {lt iut % ot; Ht and £71 "71, V a! a C<t "
ry one muſt caſt his care on od, 5-7, The (ubiiity and proces of Satan we muſt waTrc againjt, His piayer, for them, and Doxolo: y, Mutual Salutations, and the Anrgito(:cal Benedidion, 8 1 4. ; "11 EF elders q that are ams 5 vou-T exhort, who £ am allo * an elder 7, anJ.4 witneſs / of the ſut- *Phi'em: rerings of Chriſt, and allo + x partaker of the glory T5* 6 - c _ _ - Iw y that ſhall he revealetd 7. q Viz. Thofe that were ſuch, not ſo much by Ace as by Oe as appears by his exhorting them to f-ed the Flock, t, 2. he Meds the ordinary Minifters of the Churches among the Felicvin, Yon r Elder is a gencral Name compreheading under it even & fg{1 ic; tiemſelves, who were © Elders, thouvh cvery Eſter were not i Apoſtle. { Either, 1. In his Do#trine, in which ho held for! Chriſt's Sufferinzs whereat he had been an Ever. itnofe, i v "TI reſpeR the Apoſtics are often called iy{trefſes, Duke 24. 32. 1 110 22. and 2. 32. Or, 2. In his Example, in that he by 13: vr much for Chriſt, did pive an ample Teitimony to the reality 0 Chriſt's Sufferinzs, and that Chriſt had indeed ſufercd ; or, both may well be comprehended. * Viz. at Chrift's laft comin, (9:2. 1. 5. and 4. 13. and Rom: 8. 17, 18. fo - 2 Feed # the flock x of Gol || which is amons vo: y, taking the overfigat 2 zherecf rot by contra) 2, but willingly 'b; not for filthy lucre ©, bur of a 3-2 5 ready mind &. | # Teach and Rule, atth. 2. 6. Foh. 21. 15, 16, 7. AF. 25 28. x The Church, » Which is with you, or committed to ve uz Charge; intimating that the Flock, not being their own, they were to g1ve an account of it to him-that had f-t them over it. { Or, Being Biſhops ; or a&mg as b:ſÞ»ps over ir, i. e. ſuperintend- ing, inſpe&ing, and watching over it with all care, 4A. 20. 28, 25. a Not meerly becauſe ye mutt : what men do out of compultion they do more {lightly and perfunttorily, as thote that would not do it 1f they could help it; fee the like cxpreifion, 2 Cer. g. 7. b Chearfully and freely, as Exod. 36. 2. Pal. 54. 5, compare 1 Cor, 9. 17. ' c Not out of Covetouſneſs, or a defizn of makin- 2 94imn of the Work; it being a ſhameful thing tor a Shepherd to feed the Sheep our of love to the Fleece, fec Tit 1, 7. and x 7 3 2: 8. d Out of a good affeftion to the Welfare of the Flock, in op- poſition to the private gain before mentioned. He doth not do h's Work freely, and of a ready mind, who is cither-driven to it by Neceſſity, or drawn by Covetoutne is. Eng 3 Neither as ||being * lords e over Ga {'s her”. mo £ bur + being enſamples - to the flock. ws e Not exerciſing any ſuc!: Lord!Iip or Dominion over the Pec- * 8 Cor.
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ple, as Temporal Lords aid Maviftrates exerciſe over theirs Sub- 5 jets, Matth. 20. 25, 26. 4c. Luke 22. 25, compare 2 Cor, 1. 2
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f The Lord's Clergy, the ſame as F':ch before ; the Grevb word 5c Plural, and ſo it fignifies the ſeveril Churches or Flocks which were under the charge of the ſeveral Elders or Paſtorss The Church of Iſrael is often called God's Inheritance, which as it were tell to him by lot (as the Greeb word fignites) and which was as dear to him as mens Inheritances are to them: See Dent. 4. 20. and 9. 29, and 3 2+ 9. Pal. 33. 12. and 74. 2. and 78. 71. Accordingly now « the Chriſtian Church ſucceeding it, is called God's Inheritance
and the word Clerus is no where in the New-Teſtzment peculiarly
aſcribed to Miniſters of the Goſpel. This Title given here to the
Lord's People, implies a reaſon why the Elders ſhould not lord it
over them, 77. Becauſe they are fti!l the Lord's Inheritance, and
not their own ; God having not given them a Eingdom but a Care.
and ſtill retaining his Right to his People. 2 In HolineG of Life, practiſing before their eyes what vou preach to their eais, Phil. 2 17. and 2 Theſſ. 3. 9. Tit. 2. 7. E
4 And when the chief Shtepnerd þ ſhall anpnea; 7, ye ſhall receive & a crown ct gory / that | : not awav 2.
þ The Lord Jeſus Chriſt, the only Prince of Paſtoure, calied th
great Shepherd of the Sheep, Heb. 13. 20. as here the chief Shovherd not only for his ſuper-eminent Dignity over 2?! other Paltor-. becauſe of the Power he hath over them, they being ai of ©; ſubje& to his Authority, receiving their Charge from him, ; erciſing their Office in his Name, and being accountable to him for their Adminiſtrations. 7 Sec chup. 1, 7, 12. and carry away, viz. from Chrift, who, as the Judge, ſhill award it to you. / Either, 4 glorious Crown , or, that Glory which fhall he as a Crown to you. It 1s called a Crown of Riprro uy neſs, 275m 6, a Crown of Life, Jam. 1. 12. m In oppoiition. fo thoſ C-owns which were given to Conquerors in War, and in mublick Game: which were made of periſhable Flowers or iferbs. Sec ; and x Cr. 9. 25»
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