An Expojititm, with Notes Farher,when we do good, to do it with all our hearcs;lec the fpring be within us: /fa.58.1S.Draw out thy foul to the hungry 1 and then /atisfie the ~tjfliEled perfon. Vcrf. I 2•. But ahove all things,my bretkren,fwear not, nei· ther by heaven, neither !J..y the ttlrth,neither PJ an] other oath; Bnt let yonr 1ea, be ye~~, a11d your nay, nay, left yefall into condemruttion. For the Context; fome fay this is the coherence between the former matter, and the prefent verfe : men in affiidion are ufually impatient, and impatiency bewrayeth it felfby oaths and curfes: a conceit very injudicious, and no way complying wich the intent of the Apofile : we need not fiick at method and co'nnedion ; tis u{ual with lames and the other Apofiles, to divert from one mat– ter to another, according as the neceffity of che times did require, without any curiofity or obfervacion of the Laws of Method. In this verfe there is an admonition or difiwafivt from fwearing ; in which yon may note, J, The vehcmencie ofpropofal, BHt above all things. 2. Adirection propofed. I. Negatively, Swtllr not : wherein (ome forms of Oaths are fpecified,Neither by H~aven,nar by Earth,nor 6y any other Oath. 2. Pofitively' Let'-JoHrrea, brrea: and yoHr ntfty, nay. 3'· Here is a Comminatory reafon and enforcement, Left .Je fall into condemnation. . , 11 Ne yrttponaBut above all things. J 'lTe9 '7/"J.v'TNV itl'tXrpot, the Phrafe ha_th ·tis j~ram,ntu"! undergone feveral confirucbons, it properly fignifieth before all '~11<1m::;ig:;·bu things; ther~fore * Lyra incerpreceth the Apofll~ chns,do not fw.ear '€!1- ? • before all chmgs.; .before every word and promtfe ; the expofitton 1 Wefeplaufib}e~ ifthe pofiureofthe WOrdS were tJ-~. QfJ:VJi'Ti £~~11.~0~· 'rfre!J iJrrl.vT~v, .lldy brethren,{wear not be/oreall thengs ~ but. tts b~forealt things;my brethren, &c. Therefore I rather ·take tt fora form ofvehemency and earnefinef~, frequent in the ApoHolical E~ ~ • t ' :pifiles; Aboveall things t1-1b,t the jbield of.F~tith, Eph., 6. 16. So · 1 .Pet. 1· 8. . Above .all things h11ve fer'v'ent charity ~rmong your .[elvts. 'But youwill fay, why cloth hepr{{s this above all things . l The·que!Hon is graveand weighty, I fhall give {ome r~afons,whi~1 h 1 . Wl •
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