44 Chap. 32. An Expoftion -upon the Book of J. o B.. Verf.6i Paul giveth Timothy fomewhat a ftrange warning (2 Tim;z. 22.)i Fleeyouthfull loft's. Timothy was young, but was he noted -for in- dulgence to any youthfull lulls ? what lulls loth hemeans.? furelyt not drunkennefle, nor uncleannefle,,nor any lode behaviour; for though the moll fober and temperate young men,. have in them the feed of all there, yeaof every lull, yet Timothy at that time . was a pattern, a mirrour,_ not only of fob. eery , but of holineffe ;, and Paul was.even,forced to bid him take more liberty in the ufe of the creature, then he ufed to allow himfelfe; Drill,no loner, water, butufe a little winefor thy and for. thy often. infirmities. Surely Timothy was a man that fled fuch youthfull lulls: fall and far enough when he drank nothingbut water,,andmull be, bid to drink a little wine (r. Tim: 5. 23. ) What lulls then were, they which Timothy was exhorted to.fiee ?. the words following (ver.23,24,25. ) feeme to cleare it ; that becaufe he was young, he should rake heed of rufhing into unneceffary Q;eflions and difputes,which young men are apt to doe in the heat of their fpi- tits; nor are there any lulls of the lower or fenfuall appetite,-to -which the heartofman is more intemperately and vainly carri .ed out, then-to,thofe of the underflanding; and, therefore the Apoflle counfelsTimothy. to avoid unprofitable (Queflions, knowiisg. that theft': genderfiri fe. ; (Thole ueflions cannot promote faith in or holinelfe towards God, which only flirre up and foment flrifeamong men) and.thefervants of the Lord:muff' not flrive, lust be gentle to all, andpatient. Thefe vernies, andgraces, are op- pofed chiefely to the youthfull tufts which Paul exhorts Timothy, to take heed of ; As if he had faid, Be. not too hot-headed andboy' as young menarc very apt to 6e) in purfuinq ofcontroverfseo and, entangling thyfelfe in the thickets of Opimonrflr, Elihuwas of an excellent temper, who, becaufe young, was afraid-and durfl not ¡hewhis opinion:_ Secondly, Note. It is good to'care, andfufpeftour own judgements, or, toflare that we may erre ; they feldomedbe or fpeak,ami f fewhofears they may:. An over confidence of being in the right, hath felled many in- a wrongway ; to be under a fence of our readineffe to fall, pre- erves us from falling, (Hofea 13. r.) when Ephraim fpall. . trem--
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