~ . ~use "bear~ ~dC.-w) is used in t1N)'. dlifment ~ W :Yel'- .2 and Vlll', S: "Cljl,P11fnot ~e,.U mm.," and "didst en- d.,-a ii~-- ·. ,,_,(co_·1PR.r_J_.,oonh~~ ~vi. 12). •~$1, ill ~~ aet over the t.11.inga 9£ God that one ~ ,~~,: po prece_p~ !ulfil !l.o work well- Jl.l!!ll&wg to the Lord; .if eatranged from. it. The:gooci 'of it even. they who live outii.ide it ho'ilouz with ihe name of highest virtue. • ., •_Grand testimony this ill to it. in tha.t it incitfe e.veii the vain schoola ol the world 1JD.tcijlrame .&lld gloiv, ... ill' ill it -i-a.ther ~ in· in. that a ·t1ili:!g ·J)ivfue i11. ba.ndie«l ~~~ worldlv ilpieji,088" ('t'ertuijia~ •Det>a(,'i,;). ·, ;~ ·· · , · ,l'er~ 4:.-Butlban(tli,ia)ag~thee,~ thou didst lea'V'• ~ 1int love. The Autho- rized Versicin unwarrantably sofiens the cen- • ~ by inaerting "BQipewhe.t;" the Greek ~~ •rather,. "I ha.v.e (this . gr11,ve th~g) &DIABi thil8.~ In "bath aµgh~ agamst '_4118_~ (Matt. v. is) and," ha_.v~ aught &JQJ._•nst ~y"j (M;ark;:rl. 25),.Jhe, "_aught" ~·n) is ~~ -~ the ~reek; .. h~ ~~biog,_ is ,~~-'" ~:'!liY fll'llt love" is ~preseed yezy:emp)iaUc,llly with the arlicl!l repea~; u~1 loye, thy finlt one." . Thi;, meaning of it.,., · m'IIC4 disputed... .It eanno~ ,mean " thy foill;D.er. ge11tle11ess tow&{da evil men and fJ!.ffle: apoatlell.'' It may mean '' thy l_ove of thct:!npth:re~," eo much .insieted upon i:p. St, ;i:~•,. First Epistle. M;oreprobablyitmeana '' ~by ,,§.ni fo.v~ fo~ me.'' C},),ri,at, jli he~ •~.a.a the Bridegl'!)Om, and a d ~ ~liif{lli\llOh, of ,Epheeu11 as his bri\i!l (O(IJDp. J.ef,. p. ~is_>; Th~ thought wou).d be ta.imnar_,. $0: the E_.phes1a1;11_1 from_Jlt, Paul'i ~pig{.$.Rh. v. 23~33). It .show• s~nge ~ o e of h1llDll,Il frailty and of jlist.ory t9_,¥,gtle that "a _generation ~ least.mus; ~ v e ~ i!,~y,and tli,e_~rty yean_from ~"'° ,'9 Domitian ~uat, h,ave ela.psi!d,_ ere ~ eh~~ ,here ~!ltfld could, OOD}<!" ~ paae.' ~ . ~ wri~ fprget the l!lp~Ue ~ th~ ~ • ? In•,fflYf~7ca~tli.e,Qhurohe1 o( !Ja}a~ bad let\ .fl/-81? first Jove. 'l'he :(reqnent ~ rapid 1a~- of. Israel in.to iiqlatry ~ ;th~ •118,m& thing fi9m the time wlien ~ - ~ t4e calf do'@ Jo the O..~vi,ty~. Thia~"' certainly noo&itacle w. the theory:, i ~ ,~ A~::rp,e ~ !IQ'?.~ ,e,boiµ; .&.D, 6!l.·," ,'' .: ' .. . }{~ .5.-'J;'4e e~tati.on •llli ~ t IL1'\l oh!a, p vompe~t!ls: "Rewi1'bel'., ,epoot, ~ ~ - ~ , I : will ~t~ •and_ l'8JI\OV8 ~~ ,,6. ~gdl!J'll heatheq __ ~ilo1K1phy ~ 118 ~ t ,in thi8, world iQ .!t&PPY pe iii •· forget. Thai is .not the 1ellclliq_g qf O ~ . Tb,e.past ia both.an eij.co~~l)ni ~d • w~ing t.o us; tlu~refore. ''. ~ID'!lll~~~ ~hilve to remember heights from. '1'hfcn they have fallen i -0then, dep~ from -W:1¥<\D- they have beau raised; others again. bo~. Ci08f0 (' Ad. A.tt.,' iv. 16) would remembOf cm..n. 1......29.] THE. REVELAT~O¥ 01!; ST. JOHN ,1THE .pIVINE. 59
moral. •~bnlints.,of the Law had been a~l'l>~+!d by· t'h~ ~I. n~ 1~18 than _the .cereinoi,rlal. :The · apeoia!. mention o( .': the 1191Iu,ti6:Ytii .,f(-idol~i'.", and ~ forniQB.tion," in the ~ or ~- Council. of Jerusalem (Aots·•~v•. io~ 29),-~. to show that. this Jie~o1111 do~tpne wa11 ~~d;y in exis~~ 1n i~fL.:· _,I11r,.2. fet. _11. awl as"' , · evil is. denoun~d, _l;t a.pp~ in .. Jude.7- . 1~, oth81' )lare1;iCII,]. seo(;II. !)SJ>80!:f1,lly tooee· of G~aw;ic.: ory;m, e:'g. 9erin~ Oamites, ~ t i a n s . · In this way :I.Vil ma: explain the .s~tement of Eusebjns CRist.. Ecol.,' ilj. 29h)liai th~ N1CC1:\a.i~ ~resy iaated only for i,; abort tune; i.e. ita religious libertini11111 did 'not die. out, but peaseq. over iµ tQ other &!)Ota•. N<i'Ee that it. is "the UJO:Tka of the Niooiaitan,s.'' not -~. men ~emselves, that Obrist hates. lie' loveii the sinner, while he hates .11!:~.. !li.n, ..•• 1~ would. have been 1 well with the Chui:ch bad this always been remembe?e!l" (Alford). . . . . \:er•. 7.-:-::e:o ,tJul.t ~t)l 1U1-. ear, ,let him ~ ; Tb,ese .solemn conclusions of these epis~ . renµ~q "nl aj'_, .t)le . ooµ.clysipn of 11!!-PY.. ofJJ~ .. ~s..l!@~l~ w.ait. xi, 15; . XIIJ-~~;43 ;, . Ji: ,1v, ,9~_23, (vn. .16]; J,nk!) vfu. ~--; J'ilV•.. ;_:i+ot.in St, John's.,G;ospel, in "'iji!lli,~re ,are,no pfll'a.ble_11). _.• l~ js,,very ' notew9r\~y ..that, althollgh tho. epist,1.e .w addresseji ,in .each ~se.¥> a Churo4 iJ the person of N<I a.nge~ ye~ the 4!(100,lµding ex,- hortation ~d .p~omise are IIJ, ways ~ssed to. tpe .i,ndividu&l ~s~u•. ])]a.oh !llUsi . heM for,himBlllf. Hµi, Oh\lli'oh, may pe:tish, yet,.,if, hf! _oye~es,.,hEI s~ll. live. . His Ch1u,.04 may be orown1;1d wHh eternal Ufe, yet. 1f b,e Js. overoollle, he will lose thtu·e- ward. Wbt.thl! IJpirit aa.4h, to th!),(l]iui:ohea; n_ot uwhat he 114,ith. to U+~ .Ghurch," The contents of each. epistle are for all: for .ea.oh b;ld,iv~i).)l&l, (i)hria~n an4 for the Chwcll at larg'I,. as well as f\!r the. ~eulat Cb.Ul'Cb a4dresaed in. the: epil.\,tle. . The epistle in es.ob. 1)&80 ls 11ot fmm John, who is OJJ.ly the i ~tr;ament, bpt f.n,>,111 the iSol), .pt', (Joq and from the f:¼iirilt of Goll (eh. L. 11).. In. the first ~~epis~es the exp.ortation to hes.rken p r ~ \he promise to. the victor.; iJi tl).e fou, -~~ it /olJ,o,uia the p.wmise. and close,s ~ E!Pis~; Is this. Qhal).ge of 11-nang~l)t aooidental or deliberate? There shou.ld 'be a full· aiop at "Ohnro4es." In tlui Auiho- ~~ .V~1'.Siou ~tJook:s ,as if" what the Spiri.t. sait~" WilYf! .confil).ed to the promise in the ~ half of t~ verJ!e, This error w1111 avoi-fuli by Tyndal.a a.nd:~mer. It oomet1 ~lll the ~nev:AA 11ou4. '1ie Bhemi,sh: Ve:i:- 810);1.\1, . The. verb '°· ~o,ercome" or .".llOU· , quer•~.(v11tii'v) is stJ;on~y charaete~tio. Qf St.:. ,lohn. lt occurs ll8V01l. tmies in· the ~~ ~d. the F~ Epistle, and ·sixteen times .ll\ .the Revelation.; elBewhere only in Luke :¥:i. 22; Rom. iii. 4 (qnota.tion from '60 '!'HE REVELATION OF BT. JOHN ·THE DIVINE. [<JH, II. 1-29,