270 Ephefans,Chap. z., V E R. tI. But youhath he quickned : Ergo, &c. Now this is fet down by way of Exhortation and Application. Remember.] And that he might the better imprint the benefit, he doth amplifie it by their former condition in Gentilifine. In this verfe Analyfis. and the next, theirformer condition is fet down, either generally, or more fpccially : Generally, they were Gentiles in the flefh ; the fpe- ciall differences following upon it; 1. Theyhad not the foal of Gods Covenant. a. Theyhad not the foundationofGods Covenant. 3. Theyhad no communion with the Church. 4. They had no propriety in the Covenant, or promulgation of the Covenant. 5. Without the benefit of the Covenant, the thinghoped for. 6. Without God. Now in this Verfe we are toconfider ; t. Of the generali difference of the Jew and Gentiles in the flefh. a. It is to bemarked that theyare called [Yncircumcifion;] whe- ther they were rightly fo called. 3. What was the principali note ofpeople, diftinguilhed from people; the Sacraments. 4. The defcription ofCircumcifion, therebeing two parts or kindes; inward and outward. The thing is a. propounded ; a. proved from verfe 4. to the 19. 3. amplified. Propounded,in Chrifiyou are near. Argument t. a. He who is the Author of all peace twixt man and man, in him you are made near: But this is Chrift. 2. z. He whobath madeus into one, and abolifhed all enmity twixt man and man, andGod and man, That hemight make tee one man, and reconcileue to God ; he is the Author ofour peace: But this is Chrift, verf 14, 15,16. 2. He thus proveth it, Whofoever hath publifhed our peace, verf.17. 3. He, in whomwe findeentrance to the Father, he is our peace, verf. 1$. Dáár: In generali obferve There mu be a remembrance ofour mi erable Remember shy miferable con- airionby na_ , condition b nature. The Lord for this caufeone] dothleave a flink y y offin in us, which may break out often to our heavinefie. Now in turc. fteadof frtting down this by wayof Conclufion, he delivereth it in an Apoftolicall Exhortation, with Application to the perfons whom he exhorteth. a. The thing he would have remembred, two-fold: a. What they had been. 2. What they Were. Now this latter part in the Verfe, to the end of the Chapter, is proved and amplified : proved to the 19.Verfe; amplified from thence to the end. . Doll. Here then firft in generaliwe fee, What is the dulyofthe r inifters of
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