to theE P H E S I A N S. things. There will be one believing one thing, and anotber believing anoth~r w thing; and it will be fo to the end of the World.. In that Ro'!1·'>· there 1s th 1 s SermoiJ expre!lion in verfe 7· Lrt tu recove one a11othtr,fmh he, tU Chrrfl bath recetved XVIII. w totpegloryof God. When the differenceisbutinfuch things asthefe; In I...I"'V"..J G~d's name faith he, if one Heaven mull: hold ~s all, let Churches hold us all. At, feft" ' ]et'nqn~ dare to hinder the Children froo;~ that bread, the Children's Br~a/ wlJich ,Chrifl: left as his lafl: Legacy for all, whom he bath received at Il.refen;. Yea,[ays P.e, w;toglory: let the fame Land hold us All. Chrirt, faith Jw' hathrecetved,l"f toglory; even now wJ-ulfl: theSamts are as yet on Earth, wi~h their inliqnities and d1fferences, both fro,m h1mfelf and one another. If he think men meet for glory, and that the'f !hall live together,in Heaven; then, if the difference will never exclude them from Heaven, they may not be excluded fro~ the food of Heaven; how far off is this from what the Apo!lle faith here, Love to all the Saints 1 Verfe 16. Ceafe 11ot to give thm1ks for you, maki11g mentio11 of ) 'OU in my Prayfrs. In this Verfe are, r. The two 'Duties he performed for them: 2. The Conj/attcy of his perform•ne~ of them. . Firfl: The Duues : He prt!Js for them, andg1ves tbrmks for them, Seco~dly. The Con!lancy exwefl: twice l:!y tl{efe two words, [Atwaies,] and [I ~afenot.] Ge11tral fcope. Since I heard.] Mufcuhts obferves, that Paul had himfelf been the Infiru– mentof th,ejrConver,fion, asAfls I9• An~ he.u~cd to pray for thofe Churches which he had converted, as you may feel m h1s E-ptfl:les; as to the Philzppians alfo, Chap. I, and thatfo his meaning fhou d be, fay.s,he, my J?ray ers h~ve ever 6een for you. But,S~condly,,Since I heardofyour p~_rfevirance 10 Faith an~ Love, and increafe in both. I have been abundantly more enlarged, and hav~ added new Petitions to my Prayers, which follow after, as thofe which befitted thee– fl:ate of Grown and Sealed Chrifl:ians. And, Thirdly, I have givm tha11!ts ac– cordingly, and have been enlarged in that Duty alfo. Firfl: Duty, Prt!Jer. [J11 my Prayers.] Tis private Perfonal Prayer he means. My Praytr; fo in Philemon: In every Prayer of mi11e; not thofe PraY;ers 'l'hich he made in pub)ick, as the Mouth of thofe Congregations. To difl:inguifh it from which, he fays, My Prt!Jers; that is, which he made alone by hin;~felf, asalfoin Phii.J. Maki11g me11tio11 of you.] The word here fignifieth either Remembrance, or it fignifieth Mentton. When it is taken for Remembrance, then it is joyned with the word [to b,IVe] remembrance, lx_~~,,t.,, as you have it 2 Tim.r.~. but here that which is joyned with it is, making,""''""&, (and not havitJg :) For ro fay, to make remem6rm1ce of one, is not proper; therefore they tranflate it rightly, Makingmmtio11. Only this you mull: know, This fame word here ufed figni– fieth Remembra11ce, and fignifieth Mentio11, and are both applied to Prayer for others ; the one in 2 Tim, 1. ~. the other here. Obfervatiott I; Obferve out of it in General ; The remempr,111ce of another in Prayer, is as 06ferv; I. the I11ward part, \j'hich is a fpecial work of the Holy Ghofl:, 6ri11gmg to mind ' a man, or perfons, for whom he would have one to pray: And [mmt1o1t] is the Outwardprzrt, a praying forthem by name; as whom the Holy Ghofl: doth fet upon a man's heart, (as Paul telleth the PhJ!tppimu, how he prayed for them, and gave thanks for them, as he doth here, adds, And I h.tve you JJJ my heart, fays
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