© See 2 Pet. 2.13. d Feaſts uſed among the Primitive Chriſti. ans, to ſhew their Unity among themſelves, and promote and main- tain mutual Charity, and for relief of the Poor among them. e Un- reaſonably cramming themſclves, without reſpe& to God or the Church. f Empty, making a ſhew of what they have not, Prov. 25. 14. and inconſtant; See 2 Pet. 2.17, g He compares them to Trees, which having Leaves and Bloſſoms, make a ſhew of Fruit, but caſt it, or never bring it to maturity, or it rots inſtead of ri- pening ; ſo theſe here make a ſhew of Truth and Holineſs, but all comes to nothing. h Without any good fruit, ( which only deſerves to be called Fruit) brought forth b Followers, who never get any real benefit by them. 7 Wholly Dead ; Dead over and over ; Dead by Nature, and+ Dead by that hardneſs of Heart they have contracted ; or, that reprobate ſenſe to which God hath given them up. + And ſo never like to bear Fruit, and fit only for the Fire; it notes the incurableneſs of their Apoſta- cy, and their nearneſs to Deſtrufion.
13 * Raging waves of the ſea & foaming out their |
y them, either in themſelves or.
|| Either to diſtinguiſh him from Enoch the ſon of Cain, or, to ſhew the antiquity of the Prophecy. »s He doth ' not ſay writ, and there- fore from hence it cannot be proved that there was any ſuch Book as Enoch's Prophecies received by the Jews as Canonical Scripture, bat rather, tome Prophecy of kis delivercd to themby Tradition, to which here the Apoſtle refers, as a thing known among them; and fo ar- gues againſt theſe Hereticks from their own Conceſſion, as v. 9. So here, 9. d. theſe Men own the Prophecy of En:ch, that the Lird comes to Judgment, &c. and they themſelves arc in the number of thoſe ungodly ones, and they to whom the Propticcy is to be ap- plied. p Not that he did direfly and exprefly prophetie of them in particular ; but that his Prophecy of the Deſtruttion of thgWorld for the ſame kind of Crimes whereof they were ;,uilty, did reach
chem, and ſo he foretold what ſhould betal .them as well as others.
q Innumerable multitudes, a definite for an indefinite. y Holy An- gels, Matth. 16. 27. Dan. 7. 10. Zach. 14. 5. and 2 Theſſ. 1. 7. and Rev. 5. 1. Believers hkewife may be here included, as attendants upon Chriſt when he comes to Judgment.
15 To execute judgment upon all /; and to con- vince all that are ungodly among them 7. of 21l their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly * commirted, and of all their hard ſpeeches z which ungodly » fin-
ners have ſpoken againſt him:
/ Either upon all the wicked in general, who afterwards may ſeem to be diſtinguiſhed into different ſorts, or elſe the GreeÞ Prepofition Kata 1s put tor Peri, and the word all is to beunderſtood of all uni- verſally, good and bad; and the words may be read to execute judg- ment over all, 1. e. to judge all. # If we take the words in the lat- ter ſenſe mentioned, then he diſtinguiſheth thoſe that are to be judged into good and bad, and the Lord comes to execute Judgment over all, having convinced the wicked among them ; but if in the former, the ungodly here may he taken for thoſe that are more no- torjouſly ſo, thoſe that have obſtinately rejeRed the Goſpel, or wick- edly perverted it, ,or perſecuted the Saints, gc. * ;, e. With 2n ungodly Mind, willingly, delightfully, perſeveringly. « 3. e. Blaſ- phemous, Irreverent againſt God, his Truth. and Ways. x He ex- ecutes Judgment, though upon all the wicked, yet eſpecially upon theſe ungodly Sinners, 7. e. that are ſuch both in their Werds and Deeds againſt him, in his Truths, Ways, Ordinances, People, gc and therefore are the worſt of Sinners. OY.
16 Theſe are murmurers, complainers y, walking after their own luſt z; and their mouth ſpeaketh great ſwelling words a of vanity, having mens perſons in ad- miration þ becauſe of advantage.
y Either theſe two words ſignifie the ſame thing; or murmureys may be meant with relation to God's Decrees, Laws, Providences, and his Qrdinations in the Church or State, x Cor. 10. 10. and comm- plainers with reſpe@ to their own Condition with which they were diſcontented. x Minding neither the Law of Gnd nor Man, but ma- king their Luſts their Law, and being wholly ſubje& to them, led by them, 2 Pet. 2. 10. a Though they were meer Slaves to their own Luſts, yet they would ſpeak big, and uſe high and exotick ſtrains in their Language, that they might be applauded and admired ; Sce 2 Pet. 2.18, b Flaftering and magnifying the greater and richer ſort of Men, not conſidering what they were, ſo they could gain them to their Party, or ger Gain by them.
17 But beloved, remember ye the words that were
ſpoken before of the Apoftles c of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt; c Eſpecially Paul and Peter ; See As 20. 29. beſide the places in
the Margin. From this paſlage it appears that this Epiſtle was writ
late, and, likely after the other Apoſtles, except Fohn, were dead.
18 How that they told 4 you * there ſhould be *:Tim.4.1
mockers in the laſt time who ſhould walk after their hg 2 Pet. 3.3»
ungodly e luſts. - Whether in their Preaching or Writing. lineſs. An Hebraiſm, the vileſt Luſts. 19 Theſe be they who * —_— themſelves f, ſual g, having not the Spirit h.
e Gr. Luſts of ungod-
Love with their carnal Liberties, and loth to come under the Yoke of Chriſt's Diſcipline. g Or carnal, or animal, 1 Cor. 2. 14. Such as are meer Men, and have no higher Principle in them than Human Nature, which left to it ſelf, and being deſtitute of the SanRifying Spirit, is generally over-powzed by ſenſe, and inclines to Fleſhly Luſts. h The Spirit of God, by which they ſhould be led, and to which they ſo much pretend; having neither the Light, nor Grace, nor Comfort of the Spirit.
20 But ye beloved, building up your ſelves z on your moſt holy * faith #, praying in the holy Ghoſt /.
7 He compares them to an Houſe, which is to be built up, where- O.
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ſen- © Pr. 18,1.
« : Ezck.14.7 f Viz. From the true Dofrine and Church of Chriſt, as being in and 9. 10.
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