of Faith 1s the Foundation, the fame Mctaphor 15 uſed 1 Cor.'4, 9. 23 And others - ſave / with fear 7, puiline them out Epir, 2. 20, 21, 22.& 1 Pet. 2. 5. * So he calls Fazth, as being the | of the fire. having even the * 82 Ms FI hy rh- means of purifying their hearts, and worxing holineſs in them ; and Aeſh TY S & * garment Ipourteu by Ing in oppoſition to the falſe Faith of the Hereticks he warns them a- | T1541 x. | ENT | | gainft, which did conſiſt with ſo much impurity. kþ This may be | 7 Thoſe that are further gone, not ſo eaſily reducible, and in underſtood cither, x. Of the Grace of Faith, and then that is com- | 8rcater danger. / 7. e. Labour to fave them, as intiruments under pared to tie Foundation, as being the firſt and principal Grace in 2 God. # By more ſevere Courſes, ſharper repreheniions, fecting bc- Chriſtian, and of greateſt neceſſity and uſe; and then they are here fore them God's Judgments againſt obſtinate Sinners, 1 Cor, 5. 5- bid to build themſelves up in other Graces which follow upon Faith, | # It 15 2 Provervial Speech, Zech. 3. 2. the ſenſe is, that as they as 2 Pet. 1.5. Or, 2. Of the Doftriae of Faith, that on which | *fat are 10 the-ire, and like to be deſtroyed by it, mutt not be their Faith it ſelf is founded; and then the meaning is, that they gently exhor ted to come out of it of themſelves, but ſpeedily and ſhould not reft ſatisfied in what meaſure of Faith they had already | forcibly pull'd out in conſideration of their eminent danger ; fo they attained, but {till be improving it, and making further progreſs in | *Pat are more ſtubborn Sinners, being in apparent danger of being it, not only hold faſt the Truth of the Goſpel, the right foundation | 4<ſtroyed by the Fire of their Luſts, and being, as it were in tic on which they had begun to be built, but get themſelves, by the due | Mouth of Hell, muſt be more harſhly and ſeverely dealt with, by ſtudy and meditation of the Wore, more and more confirmed in | ſetting the Lord's Terrors before them, (2 Cor. 5. 11.) and inflicting the Belief of it. 15. e. By the aſſiſtance of the Spirit, who teacheth } Church Cenſures on them. x It is an alluſion to that Ceremonial what'to pray for, and how ; from whom Faith, Fervency, and all | Law, Lev. 15. 4, 17. where he that touched a defiled Garment, was Praying Graces do proceed, Rem. 8. 26, 27. the Spirit makes inter- himſelf detiled. The ſence 15, either, 7. That where there 15 dan- ceſſim (prays) in us, to note the excitations of his Grace z here we | 87 of infettion from Hereticks, and obſtinate Sinners, all converſe
are ſaid to pray in the Holy Ghoſt, to note the concurrence of our Fa- with them, and any thing whereby the Contagion of their Doftcine ufdios. or Manners may reach us, 1s to be avoided : Or, 2. That when we
2 er {e ; 7 -_ | reprehend others, we ſhould do it with ſutable affe&tions and though Bp of rage elves in the love of God _ look we would fave themſelves, we ſhould hate their Vices, and any thing
ing tor 7 the mercy o of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt unto | t,t promotes them, or favours of them.
eternal life. | 24 * Now unto him thar is able to keep you from *rom. 15,
m i. e. In Love to God, or that Love whereby ye love God ; : Lolo : els» hofreccihe as this implies Love to each other, as the Cauſe doth the Effet. n Viz. falling y , and to preſent you faultleſs = betore the yer
By Hope; and ſo in theſe two Verſes we have the three Cardinal ſence of his cn = with exceeding Joy.
Graces, Faith, Hope and Charity. o The merciful or gracious Sen- | J From ſtumbling in your Spiritual Courſe, and fo able to make tence of Chriſt the Judge, . whereby he puts Believers in poſſeſſion | YOu Per ſevere unto the end. x Or, His Glorious Preſence, i.e. betore of Eternal Life, Matth. 25. 34. This reward of Eternal Life is pro- | himſelf, Eph. 5. 27. Having exhorted thele Saints to perſ-veratice miſed, but being promiſed freely, and out of Mercy, it is called | the Faith, he now tells them in whoſe ſtrength they inuit ftand, Mercy, 2 Tim. 1. 18. the Effect being put for the Cauſe. and to whom they are to give the Glory of it.
22 And of ſome have compaſſhon p making a dif | 25 To the only wiſe a Ged our Saviour 5, be glo- ference g -: | | ry <, and majeſty d, dominion and power e, both now þ Uſe them gently, mildly, reproving and admoniſhing them, and for ever, Amen. - that thereby ye may gain them. q He makes two forts of Offen- a Only wiſe infinitely, and of himſelf. 5 Either Ged, who- 15 ders, or miſled Brethren, who might be reſtored ; and that they | ſometimes called by this T1 le, Tit. 1. 3. and 3. 4-and 1 Tm. 2. 3: might, they ſhould be dealt with. in different ways, and ſutably to | Or rather Chrift, c See 1 Pet. 4. 11. & 5. 11. d Or, Mognificent, their reſpe&tive conditions and circumſtances ; the former, who | Heb. 1. 3. and 8. 1. it ſeems to fignifie the height and excellency of
might be diſcouraged with roughneſs, ſhould be handled with more | God's Glory. e Authority, and Right to Govern, which here is aſ- tenderneſs and compaſſion. : cribed to God, as well as ſtrength or ſufficiency for it. .
The REVELATION
O F
St. JOAN the Divine.
The Preface to the AnnoTations upon the Reverations.
Ate ſome particular Hereticks, ſuch as Cerdon and Mercion, have doubted the Divine Authority of thzs
myſterious piece of Holy Writ, and ſome better Men in the Primitive times doubted of it, the Manu{cri Wo Copy of 1t having been at firſt reſerved in few hands, and (as ſome think) in the fewer, becauſe of the Afirs and Fate -of the Roman Empire revealed mn it; yet beſides it general "ns as ſuch, by the Church in all late Ages there is in it ſuch an Harmony, both with Daniel's Prophecy in the Old Teſtament, and with the Types made uſe of by the Holy Prophets, ſuch manifeſt alluſions to the whole Order and Oeconomy of the Fewiſh Church, ſuch an jNc4 ment of the Dottrine contained in it, with the Doftrine of the Old and New Teſtament, concerning God and Chriff the Reſurrettion from the Dead, and the Day of Fudgment ;, and of the Promiſes and Thyeatnings contained in it. with the Promiſes and Threatnings in other parts of Holy Writ, that none who bath not aVanity toquarrel with the whole Canon of Scripture, can reaſonably diſpute the Droine Authority of this part of it.