I I"..A.,.r1l Jerm. [. ------------~~---------------------~ AN EXPOSITION OF THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE E p I S TL TO THE E E PH E SI AN Se SERMON t ~----------------------------------------------- VERSE r,t.. Paul an Apoflle of Jefm Chrift~ by the WiO of God, to the Saints which are at Ephefm, and faithful in Chrift Jefm. Grace be to you, and Peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jefm Chrift.' ALthough the matter of the two firfl Verfes is found almofl in every Epiflle, and is accordingly Expounded by e_very Interpreter; yet that there may not be an uncomely vawity at the very firfi en• trance, I lhall add fome Animadverfions upon the words of them. Patll an Apof/Je] The reafon why in his Epiflles he ufually pre– fixes both his Name and Office, is, Firfl, To afcertain them he wrote to, that the Ji:piflles were his own, or Genuine Epiflles ; as you may perceive his iritent to be by that clofure of h!s fecond Epiflle to the Thrf[alo11ians, :!. Thef 3· I?· The faltlfatton of me P a11/ with my ow11 hand, which u the jig11 or tokm m every Epif/Je: fo I write, &c, fothen thu !1z[criptiotJ is both a Jalutatio?J and a6/ef– fiug of thefe Ephejia~:s, of which afterwards. Seco.:dl), Headdshi~facredOffice, Alld mJ Apoflle]--Apoflleibip was an <?ffice extra?rdm~ry m the Church of God, appointed for a time for the firfl: teanng and goverdmg the Church of the New Teflament, and to deltvet that Faitbwbichwas but once to bt givrn to the .Sai?lfs, (as )1Jdt fpeaks) and tile. B Apoflle$
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