- V1a s.t.. ~r&.~.~fi-~·~f&~lif~flsiltif~fl5i fi1MC-S Chap.IV. Verfe I. F'r.om whenee come Wars and fightings among you? come they not hmce, evenfromyour lt~jfs, that. war in yot~r members? · HE bad in the former Chapter fpok~~ agaitl'fl: ihifes, as proceeding from envy, and preffed: them eo an b0ly wif– dom; he cloth here fpeak againfr Ll:rifes and contentions, as proceeding fromother cart:Jallull:s,as amhitiGn,covet,.. ouinef~,&c. whjch ml\;de them vex; on~ anotl1~t, a111d mreaiv otU i9'tt)! u_nfe~mly br<\wlings : He proceedeth by way. of qneJ;liQt1 ~d: aoll1. viCl:ion, as appealing tq their Confciences. · · ]irom whence come Wars and figlJtings. among _p.u.t] Theft words,71'6M~ot ~ ~J:xru, Wars andfic_~htings, are ufually•::rr,plyed·to' - their private comemions; either fh-ifes·and contmcionsabout rtch.:s, greame{s, and outward pomp, or elfe vexatious hw-fuitS', and'tlht before unbelieving.'lu.dgu : And.the reafon alledged' fur tt\is Exl'O– lition is~ becaufe the Chrifi~anS:;of,. thofe times durfr not openly ·i·o· vade ooe another iq lln hoflile way; they.. muft: of necdficy tf!etr ha~e difimb~d tl1e peace Gf the places where tjley.wer'd fcauered~ But howplauflble foevet· this Expofidon may fee-m, to me .it"is-fH– volous: Partly becaofe 'cis harlh ~o render 71'0h<(l-~t ~ tJ.cix_ru by pri– vate firifes and contentions. Partly becaufe theCe wars the Apoflle fpcaketh ofdid go (o far as bloodlhed,,V. 'rf.2, Xe•k..if!, and dejire to have, ewd cam1ot obtai11; le fight ar.Jd \''ar, _andyet ye have not: And in the Epiflle to theH'- brews, they wem fo far as flandering, . the true ChriHians being fpoyled and rifled by theCounterfeit, Heb. 1 o. 34· And, 3. Hiil:ories fpeak ofWars and tumultuary Agiu– tions that then were between JewandJew; as AEts 5·37· See 'jofephm, Lb.I ~.l. cap. I. 4. & I o. and lib. 20. [ee Grot. in locum : And-inxhefe probably many of rt:eRfeudochrifiians were engaged. 4· The ApofHe out of his fpecial relation cloth in this Epill:le not only write: to the Bdievers, bm the whole Nation of 1[rael, as cloth appear by manypaifages ofthe EpifUe 1 :md hath been once and a'gain · cltarcd. (;o~~
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