242 C H A P. 3. Expolitiort vpon theecoxd VE R.5, ° Roaa.r.3o. but to whatfocuer his Miniflers inioyne according to God. Will you fay ? If Apofiles ? Refÿ. t Siluantzs and Timo_ 'thee were not Apoflles, 2 And the charge is extended to all whofoeuer bath the ouerfight of vs. He6. t 3.t y, VERS. 5. eA el the Lord direFI your hearts into the lone of god, and into the patient waiting for Chrifit. THe third teflimonie of Tauls loue,his prayer to God for them : yet conceit not here diff,,latus fcoptss. Re- ference is of this prayer, as of former teflimonies, to the maine of their comfort. And as I conceiue, points them to the meanes of their eftablifhaient, and preferuation, meanes then which none are more potent: i Loue ofGod. 2 Patience of Chrifl : which becaufe they are out of the compaffe of natures power, 'Paul prayes to bee giuen them. In the prayer it Idle two things obferuable : i The generali matter direFli on, or ferting fireight their goer£ and crooked hearts. a Whereto,if you aske; to the r loue of god, and 2 patience of Chrif <t , meanes aloft auaileable to their efablifhment, and preferuation. The Lord dire Fl your hearts to the lone ofGod; r as ifthe heart of man in nature, rvere auerfe from the loue of God; 2 and as ifin the regenerate,remained firme part ofnatrìrall auerfene f fie from it. `De primo. a Haters of God, we read more then once in Scripture; perhaps conceiting it the Hile of Tome extraua- gants in nature. That may well bee, in the meafures and notorious expreffïons; howbeit, prcfents vs with what euery mans nature inclines vnto. It bath beene queflioned, whither hatred of God the chicfe good, be poffibly inci tent into mans nature. Rest. Nothing ptefented and apprehended vnder the notion, and rcafon of goodneffe, can be hated ; u248,0 the name
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