which agrees well with the inſtances of God's Vengeance before- mentioned, which was executed on wicked Men in tins World; and then the ſenſe is, The Lord knows how to deliver the Godly out of Temptations when he ſees fit, even in thisLife, and how to reſerve - thoſe wicked Men, whom he puniſheth with Temporal Judzments or here, to a much more ſevere and dreadful puniſhment at the Day of E Judgment hereafter, _ * Jude + 10 Butchicfly 6 * them c that walk after the fleſh E oe d in the luſt e of uncleannels f, and deſpiſe || govern- "injan. - Ment g. Preſumptuous þ are they, ſelf-willed 7, they are not afraid to ſpeak evil of dignities #. b The Apoſtle here applies the general Dottrine delivered, to falſe Teachers, whoſe Charatter he gives in ſeveral particulars ; the ſenſe is, That God reſerves all wicked Men to the Day of Judgment, but 4 thoſe eſpecially that ſecond their corrupt Doctrine with a wicked 4 Converſation. c The Verb reſerve is to be repeated from the tormer 4 Verſe. d To walk after Phe Weſh, is, Either, 1. To follow the ſ Condutt of the ſenſual Appetite, like brute Beaſts, which are led A by Senſe, not by Reaſon or Judgment : Or, 2. More eſpecially 1t 'N implies their giving up themſelves to filthy Luſts, probably unnatu- Fe ral ones, Jude 7. going after ſlrange Fleſh. e i. e. Through, or out I of, implying the Cauſe, or Spring irom whence their actual Unclean: ut, # neſs came, viz. their own Luſt. f Or, Pollution, q. d. 1n the Luſt, [; whereby they are polluted, or in their impure Luft. g 7. e. Gover- nours, or Magiſtrates ; as Brotherhood for Brethren, 1 Pet. 2. 17- h Gr. Bold, or daring, viz. becauſe they are not afraid to ſpeak evil of Dignities. 7 Stubborn, refraRory, addiQed to their own Ways, and therefore will not be ruled by others. k Or, Glories, viz. Ru- lers and Magiſtrates, whom God hath made glorious, or on whom he hath put the Honour of being above others, and made then his j own Lieutenants and Vicezerents upon Earth. : | it Whereas angels / which are greater #2 1n Power 1 Some and might z, bring not a railing accuſation o || agalall read, them p before the Lord. ; again/t 1 Good Angels, Jude 9g. m Either, greater than theſe audac1 p. themſelves. Ous, falſe Teachers, or elſe greater than the. fore mentioned D1gnt- ties. n 7,e. Greater in their natural Strength, and in their Dignity. o Uſe not reviling, reproachful Languaze ; the ſame with ſpeaking evil in the former Verſe. p Either, 1. Againſt Dignities, ver. 10. and then the meaning is, That good Angels, great and qpowerful as they are, yet bring not a railing Accuſation before the Lord againſt Magiſtrates and Princes, but when they have had any thing againſt them, yet have carried themſelves with Modeſty, and due reſpect | to that Dignity in which God had placed ſuch, having a regard to A : Civil Government as God's Conſtitution, and being themſelves at 26. ; God's Appointment, Guardians, and Keepers, even of wicked King- doms, as Dan. 10, and 11. Or, 2ly. Againſt themſelves, as in the 7 Margin, and then the ſenſe is, That Angels do not reproach, nor 7 revile each other, nay, not the Devil himſelf, as appears ud? 9. (which place may explain this) and therefore it did ill-become theſe - falſe Teachers, who were ſo much below Angels, to contemn, re- 1 vile, or rail on Princes, and Civil Magiſtrates, who were ſo much above themſelyes ; and had their Authority from God. | 12 But theſe 9 * as natural brute beaſts *, made to bstaken and deſtroyed /, ſpeak evil of the things that they underſtand not 7, and ſhall utterly perith
in their own corruption z. 2 | * q The falſe Teachers before-mentioned. r Beaſts which are void of Reaſon, and follow only their ſenſual Inclination. / Being made "7 for Mens uſe, and ſo to be a Prey to them, while they haſten after £ their Food, they are taken in Nets and Snares; and being taken, * $ ar2 deſtroyed. | # Either the great Myſteries of Religion, whereof F: they are ſtupidly ignorant ; or rather, Dignities before-mentioned j which they (not knowing, or not conſidering them to be of God, P and of fo great Uſe to Men) following the Inclination of their own 7 corrupt Natures, ſpeak againſt. # Or, ſhall be corrupted in their own Corruption, 1.e. ſhall be utterly deſtroyed by their own Fault £ and Folly ; penal Corruption (or Perdition) following upon ſinful. 9s 4 The ſum is, That as brute Beaſts which have no Reaſon, follow their 7 brutiſh Appet'te, fil] it lead them into Deſtruftion ; and where they { X ſought their Meat, they find their Death, Prov. 7. 23. fo thele falſe Teachers, not being guided by Reaſon, much leſs by the Light of the Spirit, but meerly by ſway of their natural Inclinations, in ſpeaking evil of that Ordinance which God hath honoured, ſhall bring upon themſelves that Deſtruction they have deſerved.
13 And ſhall receive the reward of unrighteouſneſs x, as they that count it pleaſure to riot in the day- time y : Spots zhey are, and blemiſhes 2, ſporting themſ:lves wirh their own deceivings a, while they
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x Under this general Term,: all the ſeveral Sins they are charged with are comprehended, y This is ſaid to aggravate their Sin, and ſignifies either their Tmpudence in it, that they had caſt off all Shame, and practiſed their Luxury by Day-light, whereas ordinary Sinners are wont to chuſe the Night for ſuch Works of Darkneſs,
| Rom. 13. 12, 13, and 1 Theſſ. 5. 7. Or their Security, that they | ſpent the Day of their Life .in their Pleaſures, placing their Happi- neſs in preſent Enjoyments, unmindful of a future Reckoning, and an eternal State. x Not only altogether polluted themſelves, but ſuch as defile others, and are Blemiſhes to the Church whereof they profeſs themſelves Members. a Some read Agapais inſtead of Apa- tais, leaving out the Pronoun, rendred, their own ; underſtand this of the' Love-Feaſts, in which they luxuriouſly gorged them- ſelves, This mizht well agree with Fude 12. but that the genera- lity of Greek Copies read Apatajs, which we turn Deceruings, 1. e. Either Errors, tzking the word paſſively, g. d. they do but make a Sport of Sin, and pleaſe themſelves with it. And this agrees too with * om 12. feeding themſe/v*s without fear : Or Cheatings, or Impofings upan others (taking Deceivings attively) 9. d. they ſport
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