z Tbi1,4r; a Heb.13.i8 6 .AêEs 24, is c lob Ia. d Marke 9.2.4 C H A P.q., In Expofitien vpon thefirfi V '1"`"" duties mull be examined: his true of all fuch, that Tau/ fpeakes of himfelfe,they = coin doe all things throrgh Chrifi that ftrengtbneth them; and in comfortable mealùre pra- erifewharfoeuer the Lord prefèribes; k flowing, belee- uing, louing,obeying the tiuth.So that it is meere hypo- crite that pretends abfolute difabiliry, Ability is of two torts. Fri}, complete, which is not incident into this life.Secondly, Competent for accepta. tion,wherof all taught of God are made partakers.Fiift, adefiring in all things to line honeftly.Secondly,bendenou= rngtokeepe good confcience before God arid man. Thirdly, efeheming eua,'!,and morking righteoufneffe. Fourthly, and d moormng for defeas in obedience. . VERS. O. 1 But wee befeeJ, you, Brethren , that je increafe more and more. He exercife of lone in this people, bath beery:. _ommend..d ; le& thecommone_ faction m ghe fcenze vnneceiiary, the A- ,i pofile carreas elfe, that they might not feeme to l.aue attained perfeftion;or in no refpcet to wane admon tion. there is in this verfe fomerhrng rending to their prayf è, as that to the Brethren of Macdonia, ti eir loue was extended : fotneching allo,wherein their d:fe& is noted, that to Macedonians onely, their countrymen, their loue was limited: wherefore they are exhorted to increaf more and more. The increafe of charity may be doubly conceiued ; It grooves, firfi, extenfiuely, fecondly, intenfuely. Excen- fin ely,when it enlargcth it ielfe to more perfons then at firft imbraced. Truth is, charity the larger arid wider it is, the better. Therefore ye may obièrue, refrained cha- rity Odfer.
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