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A
COMMENTARY
VPON
THE
FIRST
CHAPTER
OF
THE
EPISLE
of
St.
P
A
V L
to
the
Epheflanr..
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A
P.
I.
V
Efi.
I.
P
A
V
L,an
Apo
file
of
lefusCeìrifi,bg
tloe
will
of
Gad, ta
the Saints
of
God
,te
the
Saints
which
tire
at
Ephefes,and
to
the
faithfull
inchrifl
lefus.
E
F
ORE
the words
be
entred,it
is
fit
to
pre
mife fome few words
concerning,i.the
Occa-
fion,z.
the
Scope,
and
3.
the Method
of
this
Epiflle. Pirft,the Occafion was
the
Rate
of
the
Church,
forr_feencby
Paal,.iüs
2,o. 2
Pet.s.t5
z.The
Scope is
to
teach
them theDoótrine
of
Gods moll rich grace,
and
to flirre them
vp
to
euery
duty,
in way
of
thankfulneffe.
The
parts
of
the Epiflle
are
three.
r.The
Preface,
in
the
two
firfl
verfes.z. The
Matter or
fubflance of
the Epiflle which
reacheth fromthe
3.verfc;to
the
z
t.of
the
fixt
Chapter. 3.The Con-
elution, thence
to
the
end.
In the Preface
3.
things are contained,
I.The
Authors
name,who
is
defctibed
by his
otlice,an
Apoflle,which
is
further
amplified;
firft, from the
perfon to
whom he appertained,
of for whom he
was
imployed
:
fecondly, from
the
efficient caufe by
which he was made an
Apotlle,the will
afGad
:
This anfwereth to our
fubfcriptions,for
we
write
ourowne names vnder
our letters.
2.
The
names
of
the
perlons
to
whom
he
writeth, who
are
firft
propounded
morebriefly,with the
place
they
wereat,saints at
Ephefus ;
Secondly,
it
is
expounded more clearely whom
he
meaneth
by
Saints,
not
Inch
as
art written
in
the Popes Kalendar, having Diuine honor done
them, but
fuchas
are faithfull in
Chrifl. Againe,thefe
words may
feeme
to
lay
downe
per
fons
,firft,tnorefpecially,
as
the
Saintsat
this
place
;
fecondly,
more
indefinitly and
generally,
as
true
bèkeuers
on
Chrid
euery
where; but
the
note
of
quantity wanteth to
make
this
fence
:
for Paulwould have fpoken
its
this manner.
To
the Saints
at
B
Eobelms