The bulld-ther, prepared for "his building; and drawn ing of By the engine of the cross, &c. Pearson. up on high by the cross of Christ, as by an enginc. 11 Using the Holy Ghost as the rope; your faith being your support; and your charity the way that leads unto God. 12 Ye are, therefore, with all your companions in the same "journey, full of God; his ib, part 2. spiritual temple full of Christ, full of holiness; adorned in all things with the commands of Christ. cap. 12. z Carries y These things I write. 13 In whom also I rejoice that I have been thought worthy by this present epistle to converse, and joy together with you; that with respect to the other life, ye love nothing but God only. z Be ye firm. CHAP. III. 1 Exhorts them to prayer; to be unblameable. 5 To be careful of salvation; 11 frequent in public devotion, 13 and to live in charity. PRAY also without ceasing for other men; for there is hope of repentance in them, that they may attain unto God; let them therefore at least be instructed by your works, if they will be no other way. 2 Be ye mild at their anger; humble at their boasting to their blasphemies, return your prayers to their error, your firmness in the faith when they are cruel, be ye gentle; not endeavouring to imitate their ways. 3 (Let us be their brethren in all kindness. and moderation, but let us be followers of the Who has Lord: for who was ever more unjustly used? more destitute? more despised?) been more, &c. 4 That so no herb of the devil may be found in you but ye may remain in all holiness and sobriety 'both of body and spirit, in Christ In Jesus Jesus. Christ both bodily and spiritually. 1 с 34. Cor vii. 5 The last times are come upon us: let us therefore be very reverent, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it be not to us un-mains. to condemnation. or, for it re 6 For let us either fear the wrath that is to come, or let us love the grace that we at d Is present. present enjoy; that by the one, or other, of One of the these we may be found in Christ Jesus, unto that we may true life. A two, only be found, &c. him. g 7 Besides him, let nothing be worthy of Without you; for whom also I bear about these bonds, Become those spiritual jewels, in which I would to. God that I might arise through your prayers. 8 of which I entreat you to make me always partaker, that I may be found in the lot of the Christians of Ephesus, who have always agreed with the Apostles, 'through the Assented power of Jesus Christ. 9 I know both who I am, and to whom I write I, a person condemned; ye, such as have obtained mercy; I, exposed to danger; ye, confirmed against danger. h i to. j In. of. 10 Ye are the passage of those that are killed for God; the companions of Paul in the mysteries of the Gospel; the holy, the mar-A Witnessed tyr, the deservedly most happy Paul: at whose feet may I be found, when I shall have attained unto God; who, throughout all his epistle vid. Cotemakes mention of you in Christ Jesus. i i ler. in loc. Pears. Vind. Ign. par. 2 11 Let it be your care therefore to come cap 10. more fully together, to the praise and glory of God. For when ye meet fully together in the same place, the powers of the devil are destroyed, and his mischief is dissolved by the Destruc* unity of your faith. 12 And indeed, nothing is better than peace, tion. * Concord. ing of God the Father. น D The bulld-ther, prepared for "his building; and drawn up on high by the cross of Christ, as by a enginc. By the engine of the cross, &c. to Pearson. 11 Using the Holy Ghost as the rope; your faith being your support; and your charity the way that leads unto God. 12 Ye are, therefore, with all your compan ions in the same "journey, full of God; h ib. part 2. spiritual temple full of Christ," full of ho ness; adorned in all things with the comman of Christ. cap. 12. = Carries y These things I write. 13 In whom also I rejoice that I have bee thought worthy by this present epistle to co verse, and joy together with you; that wi respect to the other life, ye love nothing b God only. Be ye firm. CHAP. III, 1 Exhorts them to prayer; to be unblameable. 5 To be careful salvation; 11 frequent in public devotion, 13 and to live in char PRAY also without ceasing for other me for there is hope of repentance in them, t' they may attain unto God; let them theref at least be instructed by your works, if t will be no other way. 2 Be ye mild at their anger; humble their boasting to their blasphemies, ret your prayers to their error, your firm in the faith when they are cruel, be ye g tle; not endeavouring to imitate their way 3 (Let us be their brethren in all kindn and moderation, but let us Who has Lord: " for who been more, &c. more destitute 4 That so no in you: but ye ever i desp of the .main 'lowers of < 1 Cor. i. 20. d Carried. e But by. unbelievers, but to us is salvation and life eternal. 8 Where is the wise man? Where is the disputer? Where is the boasting of those who are called wise? d 9 For our God Jesus Christ was according to the dispensation of God conceived in the womb of Mary, of the seed of David, by the Who was. Holy Ghost: he was born, and baptized, that through his passion he might purify water, to the washing away of sin. 10 Now the virginity of Mary, and he who was born of her, was kept in secret from the prince of this world; as was also the death Mysteries of our Lord; three of the 'mysteries the most spoken of throughout the world, yet done in Silence, or secret by God. of noise. quietness. See Rom. xvi. 25. a disorder. 11 How then was our Saviour manifested to the world? A star shone in heaven beyond all the other stars, and its light was inexpressible, and its novelty struck terror into men's minds. All the rest of the stars, together with the sun and moon, were the chorus to this star: but that sent out its light exceedingly above them all. There was 12 And men began to be troubled to think whence this new star came, so unlike to all the others. j Novelty. * Them. ed. 13 Hence all the power of magic became dissolved; and every bond of wickedness was Disappear destroyed; men's ignorance was taken away; and the old kingdom abolished; God himself appearing in the form of a man, for the renewal of eternal life. " Being made manifest. 14 From thence began what God had prepared from thenceforth things were disturbed; forasmuch as he designed to abolish death. |