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Ephefian.r,
Chap.
S.
V
E
R,14.
gteft.
Why
then doe many remaine
without light
e
.ilnf.
r.
All
wicked ones are
not without light, but
fore
have fo far light,
that
they are condemned
in
their confciences.
a Many remaine
blinde, becaufe they
keep
their
eyes
Phut
and will
not
fcc
by
the light.
Yfe.1
This doth
thew the
cattle
why the
wicked do
fo
malignethe light,
becaufe
it
is a
tel-tale,
which telleth their
confciences fuch things they
would not heare.
z:
And why the godly doe rcjoyce
in
it,becaufe
that
their worksare
not checked, but manifefted to their praifc,zoh.3.ai.
He
that
doth
truth,
commeth to
the
light,
that
his
deeds may
bee
made manifefl
that
they are
wrought
in
God.
VERA
I 4.
VERSE
14.
Wherefore he
faith,
Awake thou
that
fleepefl
and
drip
from
the dead,
and Chrifl
fhall
give
thee
light.
The
fumme
of
this verfe is, an
exhortation with
a
reafon ; and the
fcope
of
it is,
to
call us
from
our fleep and
death, to partake
in
the light
and life
of
Jefus
Chrift.
But
the coherence
and
words are
full
of
dif-
ficulty
:
The
coherence
is
taken three wayes.
r.
That
the Apoflledoth
here prove out
of
the Old Teftament, that
they who
are
light
in
the
Lord,
muff walke
as
children of the light
:
But
then
the Apoftle would
have told
us
what Chrift
had done for
them,
not what
he
would doe.
2.
Some refer
it
to
this
,
that light
maketh
things manifefl: But then
what
needeth
the
Apoflle
bring out this forme
of
folemne reproofe,
if
he
would thew
that Chrift who
is
the true light
did make
things
ma-
nifefl.
3.
The
bell
reference
of
this
[wherefore]
is
to the matter
of
the
verfe
before going
:
Reproofe hath going with
it manifeftation , therefore
reprove.
How
is
this
proved
! God
himfelfe rebuketh the world
of
fin, and
with
palling
reproofe,doth
fend
light
forth.
Now
for the
words: r.
We
mutt
fecke
who,and how hefpeaketh.
a.
What
is
meant by
[(leep]
and
[death.]
3.What
is
the
difference
betwixt
[awake]
and
[arife.]For
the
firft,verfe r
o.
What
is
acceptable
unto the
Lord,
[he
faith,]He
anfwereth,
ir
can be conceived but
foute
wayes.
r.
Either
in
tome
expreffe
Scripture, which it
is
not found
in
by
perfonall fpeech before this
not recorded:
as
Ails
20.35. Chrift
faid,
It
is
better
to
give
then take.
a.
But
this
is
not tobe granted,
becaufe the
matter
of
this
is
every
where written,it
being
the
fumme
of
the Gofpell,
Repentance
from
dead
works,
and
faith
on
Chrifl.
3. By affiftance,
as
vll7s
17.30.
God
now
admoni
fheth
every
one
to
repent,
he whole
fpirit
rather
fpake in
them,
as
Chrift faith,
then they
themfelves.
Or
q. All abroad,not
in
any one place
of
the
Scripture written
:
and
either
of
three
fenfes
is
fafely taken.
2.
[Sleep]
and
[death]
lignifie one
thing(viz.)
the fpirituall
fieep,
which