BpOkofS. PadtoTitra. CHAR3.I. CHAP. III. PVt them in remembrance that theybefubic t to the principalitiesandpsw- ers,and that they beobedient,and ready to euery.goodworke. N the former Chapters che,Apollle.hath beene care- full , that Titus {hould in his minifieriepropound the feuerall oflices,and duties of Chriliianity vnto feue- rail cu ates and conditions of men.Now in this Chap- ter, he will haue him teach more general! ,and more publike duties , which concerne no efiaremore then other,buc all Chrillians of what eftate and condition foeuer they be:wherein he takethvp the greacefi part of the Chapter,vnto the 9. verse. The fecondpart of theChapter war- j neth Titus, how to carrie himfelfe more refpe6f.iuely, .t. in contentious queliions. z.indealing with heretikes : both which abounded.in chofe dayes:in the 9. /o. and t t. verses. The third part containing the third part,namely,theconclufion of thewholeEpüile,remembreth some pri_ nate and perfonall mattets;which is ended with the acculiotned apollo Heal! falutation. Concerning the firfi ofthem :Theregenerali duties are, t. propoun- ded in a .and a.verfes: and z.confirmed andurged in the fixe following.' They are propounded in this method& order.Firfl,Ticus mull inllrué2 aliChrilaians in their duties towards Magi rates. Secondly, inthe.mu- tuailduties one towards another. The former taketh vp thefirfi verfe, wherein two things are tohe considered. i. the manner of propoun- ding the precept. a.the fubliance ofthe doëirine it felfe : wherein wee mull fpeake, t.of theduties required,which are two,t.fubie&ion, a.o- bedience. Secondly, ofthe perlons, r.towhome. 2. fromwhom they are due. But firif we mull returne to the manner of propounding this leffon;in thefewords,Pat them in remembrance. LaepiMnm TheApofile faithnot, teach them,or exhort them as before, but put them in remembrance: whereinTitus isinioyned two things. i.To call backe into their minds this lelfon,euen the old doCirineconcerningau- thority , and fubie6tionvntomagiilracy ,which isnot abolifhedvnto The doiarneof' fubieetinn must beleeners;implying that it is nonew doó3rinc,butrenewed. a.Often to be often infor. inculcate andbeat vpon this point,for great andwaighty reasons. For ced,andwhye t.by nature all men define liberty,and to call off the yoke of God : cor- rupt reafon will be ready toconceiue all menone manschildren,&why thould not onebens good as an ocher?we came allout ofone Arke:and per- 539 W
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