and then he pzTeth from the more ſpecial to the general. ſujecion he comprehends all tkoſe Ofices which the Younger owe fo the Eider; as, to reverence them, take their advice, be guided by them, 7/7c. Or, it 7» meer be taken in the former ſenſe, this Precept falls in with that of the Apoſtle, Heb. 13. 17.” þ Either Elders by Office, who were hikewiſe uſually Elders in Years ; the younger ſort heinz more rarely choſen to be Officgrs; or, rather Eller in Age. q 1.7. In thoſe mutual Duties which they owe to eh other, as Hu ands to Wives, Parents to Children, gc. Thoſe that are "upcri-ur to others, yet are not ſo "exempt trom fubjettt- on, as rot fy oc ſomes Duty, fee Phil. 2.-3. r Or, raft up, or covered with Humility, as with a Grment which 1s put on over other Garments, 4. d. Adgrn your ſelves with Humility as with a heautitul Garment or Robe. The Mctaphor ot pufting on is fre- quent, where mention 1s made of any Grace or Vertuc, AM, 13. 12. Eph. 4. 24. Col. 3. 10, 12,
6 * Eiumble vour ſelves therefore under the migh- tv : hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time z.
ft By this he means God's Omnipotence, which ſometimes 1s cal- Ied a ſtrong-hand, Ervod. Ze 19. 4 mighty hand, chap. 32, Il. Deut. 3. 24. the right hand of Power, Matth. 25. 54. By which he 1s able to beat down thoſe that are proud and hizh, and to defend or exalt thoſe that are humble and lowly. # Gr. in Sean, 4iz, That which God ſec: molt it and conducing to his own Glory, and your real Well-fare.
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Az%2 Burden. 1 Your Care for all forts of things, even ve ich corre this Life, that Care which wil otherwite cit and adr1ine your hears tas the Gre word lire and in FHatth. unports) an} he pre ong an tor nenting fo jou the aff irs of! his S-rvants, and jn whattoever h-fals them, and takes Gil ent ware that no pood thing be wanting to them, Pjal, 84. 11. Fl. 4. 6.
$ * RB» {ober 7, be vizilant 6, becauſe your adver- fre c the devil of, as areming Jyon e walketh abour { feekins whom he may devour 2.
2 Ser chop. 1.13, 40d 4. 7. 4.d. Ye have to do with a mad Ene- mv, 4 raving D<vil; ye had need your fſclycs he 1ober;, not only 1n Meats and Drinks, G7 but as to the carcs of this Lite, and what- foever it is that is apt to infoxicate your minds, and expoic you to him. 6 Spiritually watchiul, and circumipeR, careful ot your Sal- vation, and aware of Satan's Snares and Temptations, Matth. 24. 42. and 25.13. and 26. 41. and 1 Theſſ. 5. 6. c Or, that Adverſary of vours ; he that contends with you, is Plaintiff againſt you, Matth. ©. 24%, Inuke 12. 58, It anſwers to the Reb1ew word Satan, Zach. 3.1, d Your Accuſer, he that maligns you, calumniate: vou, inforirs againſt you, he is ſo called, Matth. 4. 1. and 13. 39. and cl{ewhere, becauſe of his accuſing God to men, Gen. 3. 4, 5. and men to Gori. Job 1. 7. and 2, 2. Rev. 12. 10. as well as each to other, 7b 8. 44. 7. e. Strong, Fierce, Cruel, eſpecially when hunzry, and fecking Fits Prey, and roaring atter it. f Is diligent and retiloſe in his attempts, either by circumventing or affaulting g Nor Thohtly hurt, but ſwallow up, and utterly dc ttrov. by Hale Tr or Ins Infiraments.
& Whom roll Hed Lit in the faith 7 knowing that the time allliftions + are accompliſhed / in your bre- thren which are in the world m.
h By not viding fo his Temntations, Eph, 4. 27. and by em- ploying your Spiritual Armour az.inſt him, Eph. 6.11, 12, 13, fc. fam. 7. 7 Either, 1. Hold your Faith, perſevering 1n 1t, which the Devil would fain bereave you ©, (as Soldiers uſed in War to look to their Shields, it being diſkonourable to loſe them) and without which yc will never be able to ſtand out againſt the Devi!; or, 2. Stedtaft or ſtrong by Faith ; intimating, that Faith 1s a Chriſtians greateſt ſtrength, it being by Faith that he engageth the Power of God, and Grace of Chrifi on his fide, whereby he comes
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to be Viorious over all his Enemies, 1 Joh. 5. 4. & Either, 1. The |
Devil's Temptations, which here he calls Afffi:&:ons, becauſe Belie-. come ' he that had been ſo hold before, to be ſo timerous now? Did this
vers are Paſſive in them, and count them the greateſt Afffidtions ; or, rather, 2. Perſecution, which though they come upon them immediately from the men of the World, yet it is by the Inſtiga- tion of the Devil, the Prince of the World, who hath a principal hand in them, and a&ts by men as hs Infiruments: fo that when men opprels them, they are to refiſt the Devil, who therchy tempts them. They have a Spiritual Enemy to deal with even in Tempo- ral Afffidions. / Or, fulflled, or perfefed, Either, 1. Others of
alotted them, for the mortifying of the Fleſh, and conforming them to Chriſt their head, as well as you are filling up vours, Col. 1. 24. Or, 2. He ſpeaks of the community of their Sufferings, 4. d. what Afffitons ye endure, others endure too, and therefore ye ſhould not grudge to ſutter, when ye have fo good Company in your Sufferings. m Either tins notes the Sufferings of the Saints to be tniverſal, fo as to reach them all, whereſoever they are diſper- icd throughout the World ; or, to be ſhort, as being conkned to the tmc oy of their abode 1h the World.
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10 But the God of all grace 7 who hath called us unto his eternal Glory o by Chriſt Jeſus p, after that ye have uttered a while 9g, * make ye perfect, ſta- bliſh, ſtrengthen, ſettle you 7.
n 1,e. The Author and Giver of all Grace, from whom ve have received what you have, and expe&t What you want. Thar Eternal Glory whereof Believers at the laſt Day ſhall be made par- takers, which is called God's Glory, becaule it is that which he hart!; promiled to them, and will at laſt put then in pofleffion of, ſee ver. I. Rom. 5. 2, and becauſe they ſhall, after a ſort, partake oO the Divine Glory which they behold. p For Chriſt's ſake, as the meri. tortous caufe of our effettual calling, and by him as the great 4 po- ſile ot our Profeſſion, Heb. 3. 1. Or, by Chriſt Feſzs may reter to Glory, Chrift being the caute of rheir Glorification as well as Callins, q This he adds for their encouragement, that whatſoever they ſut- tered would be but ſhort, as Chap 1. ver. 6. and 2 Cor, 4, I7. r Either, 1. Perfe# that which is begun, Heb. 13. 20, 21. Stabliſh
that which 1s right, 2 Thejſ. 2. 6, Strengthen that which is weak,