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Ron. 9. 5. HEcere Chilitans had, that Chriit was indeed come, by that bleffed Tim, 3. Eric they found upon themſelves; wiz. a clear and lively Light,
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be drawn into Union with him, and to be ir him - Gr, which in eitecit 15 the ſame thinz (fo entire 15 the Oneneſs between the Fa- ther and the Son) we are in his Son Feſus Chriſt, who alfo is the true God, as Fohn 1, 1, and eternal Life, as he is called, Chap . $5.3
21 Little children, keep your ſelves from idols ”. Amen.
7.6. From thoſe idolatrous Communions with the Gentiles in their Worſhip and Feſtivals jn their Temples, which theſe Pſeumo-Chrifti- ans had Latitude enough for, as appears by the Apoſtle Saint Paul's Diſcourſes, 1 Cor. 8. and 10, 14. (cipecially if any danzer did urze) wherein, inſtead of that Communion wit! the Father and the Sr. which, Chap. 1. 3. he was inviting them to, they ſhould have Fel. lowſhip with Devi!s, as that other Apoſtle tells his Corinthians, 1 Cor. 10. 20, 21, And he might alſo have reference to the peculiar Tdo- latries, which this ſort of Men are noted to have been guilty of tor ward their great Set-maſler,
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\HL E elder @ unto the ele& lady b and her chil-| dren, * whom | love in the truth; and not I only,
but alfo all c they that have known the truth. |
a A general Name of Office fitly appropriated with Eminency here, he being the only Apoſtle, probably, now ſurviving on Earth. 6 This appears to have been ſome noted Perſon, whom both her ſingu- lar Piety, and Rank in the World, made eminent, and capable of having great Intluence for the ſupport of the Chriſtian Intereſt, c Which her general Value with all that had known the Truth, (i. e. the Chriſtians in thoſe parts) ſhews. The Opinion that a Church is intended by this Appellation, had its greater probability, 1s of no
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great Importance 3 and needs not be diſputed. 2 For the truths ſake which dwelleth in us 4, and ſhall be with us for ever. d The indwelling of Evangelical Truth, which 1s here meant, ſignifies its deep Radication, and powerful transforming Efficacy in the Soul, ſo as to be produQtive of Holineſs, as Zohn 17. 17. than which can be a greater Inducement among Chriſtians of + Gr. ſhall mutual Love, be, 3 Grace + be with you, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jeſus Chriſt the
Son of the Father, in truth and love e. e Such Salutations ſee explained, where they have formerly oc- curr'd: | 4 I rejoyce greatly that I found f of thy children * walking in the truth, as we have recetved a com- 2ndment from the Father. | f Some of her Sons, its probably conjeftured, he had met with, upon their Occaſions, at Epheſus, where, 'tis thought, he now reſided, and found them to haye a good Savyour of Religion, and to walk according to Rule, which was matter of great Joy to him. *xJoh.3- 5 And now I beſeech thee, lady, * not as though he 1 wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that + Joh. 13. : py . 24.8 15, Which we had from the beginning, T that we love one 12. another g. Eph. 5. 2. g He inculcates that great Precept, of which ſee 1 7ohn 2.
1 Pet. 4.8. 7, 8, = rJoh.3.23. 56 And this is * love, that we walk after his com-
X . . Joh. 15: q1ndments þ. This is the commandment, that + IO, > . . +1 Joh. 2. 4$ ye have heard from the beginning , ye ſhould 24s walk 1n it. h From this particular Command, he paſſes to what is more ge- neral; requiring in all things a ftrit and unanimous adherence to
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7 For * many deceivers are entred into the world, *:Jot. 4.7. who + confeſs not Jcſus Chrift is come in the fleſh : T 1% 4- this is a deceiver, and an anrithriſt z- Tos
7 See 1 Joh, 2.18, 22. and 4. 3.
Ss Look to your ſelves * that we loſe not thoſe * Gal. 3 4. things which we & || have wrought, but that we re- | vr, gain- ceive a full reward /. - A
k Such Changes of the Perſon, as we here find, are neither un- pos prot uſual, nor in Exhortation, inelegant; but ſome Copies read in the 7,;.:., ., ? two letter Clauſes [ y2.] He prefles to conſtancy in the true incor- j; Foy 7h rupt Chriſtian Profeffion. / That the expetted Recompence be not ws rug loſt in the wnole, or in any part, as. Gal. 3. 3, 4. - ae ory
9 * Whoſoever tranſgreſſeth, and abideth not in %. © the doctrine of Chriſt, hath not God ; he that a- * 1 Joh. a- bideth in the doctrine of Chriſt, hath both the Father 22: and the Son.
See I fohn 2, 23.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not , this doctrine, receive him not into your houſe, * nei. , —— ther bid him, God ſpeed. | x:
11 For he that biddeth him God-ſpeed m, is par- 11 & 16. taker of his evil deeds. pe
m Such as bring any contrary Doftrine (as Gal. 1. 8.) opzht Tit. 3. 10, not to be harbour'd, og; countenanced by any encouraging Salutati- on, leſt we inyolye our ſelves in the Participation of their Guilt, I Tit. 5. 22» . |
12 * Having many things to write unto you, I *3 Joh-:3. would not wr:te x with paper and ink; bur I truſt to | new gy come unto you, and ſpeak Þ face to face, * that || our + Joh. n7: joy may be full. | | =
n The latter, write, is not in the Greek Text; but the words 1 Joh. 1.2, bear this ſenſe, that having many things to write, I weuld not by Pas || Or, your. per and Ink , impart them to you (the Expreſſion being elliptical) but hope to come, (9c.
13 The children of thy eleCt fiſter 0 greet thee.
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0 They were, 'tis probable, with him at Epheſivs, and took the oc- caſion by him now writing, to tranſmit their Salutations. p This concluding Amen imports his Sincerity in what he had written:
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