AIAR.a. Ep/letotheHEB rvs. fpoken unto, but the thing fpoken of Nor do the f.XX. in any other place render P14, by aapapptw, butby ígt.2eiaw, as in the next Chapter, v.2 i. and words of thelike fignification ; to decline, draw back, give over by negligence or wearinefs. Other Antient Tranflations read, né decidamus ab henejiare ; that wefall not from Honefy ; and nequaguam rejiciar ; and byno means to rejei"t. What fink ofthe Word is molt pre,- 'per to thePlace, we [hall afterwards confider. Verfe is Therefore (for this cäufe) the more abundantly ought we to attend ( or give heed) to the thingsheard (by us) le,at any timewe fliould flow óut (orpats away. ) nta seta, For this Carafe; asmuch as ,tea, therefore, wherefore ; There is in the words tlra o anIllation from the precedent Difcourfe s and the whole verte is anhortatory Condit- lion from thence: From thePropofition that hehath made of the Glory and Excel- iency of the Author of thedofßel ; he draws this inference, therefore ought we for the reafonand caufesinfiftedon. And thus the word aapappe o,, Pm out, exprefferh theirlofng by any wayes or means the Do6trine of the Gofpel wherein they had been inftruded, and the Benefits thereof. Seeing the Gofpèl háth fuch a bled E1ú- thor, we ought to take care that we forfeit not our interell in it. But if we take Fapapóvw tr, in the fenfe chofen by Chryffrom, to exprefs the fall, andperifhing of them that attend not as they ought unto the Word, ( which Interpretation,is favoured by the SyriackTranflation )Then the word, therefore, forthis caul, refpeébsthe Commination or Threatningincluded therein. As if the Apotìle'hadPaid, therefore oughtyou to attend; that is, look to it , that you do attend, left you fall andperifh. I rather embrace the former fenf, bothbecaufe the Interpretationof the word ufedby Chryfoftom is 'trained, as alto becaufe the Apoltle dothevidently in thefe words enter upon an Exhdrtation untoObedience, upon his former difcourfeabout the Perlon ofChrift; nor without an efpecial regard thereunto, had he laid any foundation for fuch a Thréatning unto Difobedience, as is pretended to be in the words; of which yet farther afterwards. Lai dais, Ought we; thePerron unto whom he makes the Application of hïl Do- Get ¿sine, anddirecys his Exhortation. Some think that Paul joyns himfelf herewith all the Hebrews upon the account ofCognation andCountrey, as being himfelf alto an He- krew, Phil. . 8. and therefore affectionately refpeding. of them, Rom. 9.03. But the Expreliïon is to be regulated by the words that follow ; all we, who have heard the Gofpel preached, and made profeffton thereof. And the Apoftle joyns himfelf with them, not that there was any danger on his part left he Mouldnet confiantly obey theWord,, or were of them whofe wavering and inftability gave Occafion to this Caution ; but (r.) Tomanifelt that the Duty which he exhorts them unto, is of generalconcernment unto all to whom theGofpel is preached, fo thatbe layes no fingoe- lar burden on them ; and (a.)That he might not as yet difcover unto them any jealoufie of their Inconitancy, or that he had entertained any revere thoughts concern- ing them : Apprehenfions whereof, are apt to render Exhortations fulpeeled ; the minds ofmen being ready enoughto difregard that which they are perfwaded unto, if they fufpec°t that undefeerved blame lyes at the bottom of the Exhortation. The like Condefcenfionhereunto, upon the like accoúnt, we may fee in Peter, r Pet. 4. 3. Therearethe PerronToken unto ; That which is fpoken to them conffts in an Ex- hortation unto a duty, and an efpecial Enforcement of it. The Exhortation and Dutyin the firft words, the moreabundantly to attendunto the things heard; and the En- forcement in thedole ofthem, left at any time we fhottld flow out. In the Exhortation is expreffedan efpecial Circumftance of it, the Duty it Pelf, and . the mannerof its perfortüance. The firit is included in that 'Wordmore abundantly; which may refer either unto the Caufes of theattendance required, or unto themanner of its performance. In the words as they lye in the Text, dttie añr, aettaóorípa,v 8tit ,rode aroaí:xety, the word orsproon -Épws, more abundantly, is joyned unto etd situ, therefore, for this caufi, and feems immediately to refped it ; andfo to intimate the excellent and abundant Rea- fon that we haveto attend unto the Gofpel. But ifwe tranfjofe the words, and read q them Nh
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