upon the Epiflle~~ J A M E s. hand,and a God afar off; when you lofe your dwelling,you do not lofe your intereO: inChrifl; and you are every whereat home-, but there where you are firangers to God. Verf.z, My Brethren, count it all joy 'When you fall into divers - tempt~tions. 9 1111 Brethren,] An ufual Compellation in the Scriptures,and ve– ry frequent in this Epifile,pardy becaufe of the manner of the Jews, who were wont to call all of their Nation Brethren, and partly b~- caufeof the manner of the i< ancient Chrifiians, who in courtelie ~ ;:~ Tcrtul. ufed to call th~ men and women of their .soci~ty and Communion ;: J%}u:.%~!t: Brothers and S1fiers; partly out ofApofiollcal kmdnefs, and that the in fine ApiJI, 1. Exhortation might be feafoned with the more love and good:.will. et cleme:tr. A– [ Count it] That is, Thoughfence will not find it fo,yet inJPiritu- ~~~ani,.ltbcq~ al julgment you mufi fo efieem it, [Alljoy] that is, matter of J tumat, . chief joy, '71'ft~M, All is thus ufed in the writings of the Apofiles, as in the I Tim. 1.1). '7t'd.~n~ ~Jiox'ii~ li.~~~, worthy ofall accepta- .tion, that is, of chiefacceptation. [Whenye fall] The word fig- ~Td.V ~.;,.~-1 nifies fuch troubles as come upon us unawares, as fudden things do o-nle. moft difcompofe the mind; but however, fays the Apofile, Whenye fall, and are fuddenly circumvented, yet you muO: look upon it as a tryal and matter of great joy ; for though it feemeth a chance to us, yet it falleth under the Ordination of God. [Divers J The Jewil.b Nation was infamous, and generally hated, efpecially the Chriftian Jews, who,belide the fcorns of the heathens, were exercifed with fundry injuries,rapines,and fpoils from their own hrethren, and people of their own Nation, as appeareth by the Epifile of Peter,who wrote to the fame perfons that our Apofile cloth; and alfo fpeaketh ofdivers or manifold temptatiops, I Pet.I.6. And again by the Epifile to theHebrews~written alfo to thefedifjerfed tribes, fee Heh.I0.34• Ye tortk._joyfully the fpoiling ofyour goods, that is, by t~efury of the multitude, and bafe people, .againll whom the Chrtfiians could have no right. [Te·ntations;]So he calleth affiiCl:ioos, which to Beleevers are of that ufe and habitude. ' Obferwations. 1. My Brethren,] Chriflians are link§d 'to one another in the Oh[ervat 1 bo11d of brotherhood. It was an ancient ufe, as I lhewed before, · · 0 for Clirifiians of the fame Communion to call one another Brothersand Sifleri, which gave occafion of fcorn to the heathens · · - · C -- · then
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