CHAP.1.f . t 4Cotramentarieupon the 74 of grace and merde: force fhamelcfly fay, the world was better when we hadnone of all this pieachiñg,but there was morepeace: others are fecure in a peacewhich hat) beginning in the fle(b,and =tech front the fudden feelingof tome worldly delighr.But let vs onlyaffect that peace, which i; an effeti ofGods merde inChrill,which arileth from forrowe for finne, and which isa fruit ofrighteoufiteffe : for fo it (hall come to 1ob1 . pafle,that when the wickedsmite counfellcafleth himdowne, we (hall be able to fay,There,there are theyfalien, but we fiandvp, becaufe their peace was in the face, ours rooted in the heart : there was an heritage heftily gotten,and fuddenly forgoneand forgotten, but our peace and ioy,(hall none be able euer to take away. Verle. S. For this caafe left I thee in Creta,that thoufhouldeftcontinue to redrefre the things that remaine,andfheuldefî oreiaine elders ineuer ci- tie,as I appointed thee. Now we come to the fecond parr of this Epifile,whichcontainer) the sew-ration, and the fubieft matter ofit. Wherein partly to authorizeTi-. ttu,ar..d partly to encouragehim: 1. the Apotilemaketh a declaration of the place and dude to which Titus wasdellinared , and vnto which bee was inciccd,from the finali canto [beeingtherefore left in Creta.] a. hegi- ueth him direó1'on,how toCarrie himfelfe in ir. The duneenioyned Titus, is twofold. a.Generall, to Correll things that remain. 2. Special], toordain: Elders,that is, to inlltute Minitiers, and Paflors,and that inentri: Citie : that is , where there was a bodieof people to let them euer. Thedirettinn is alto twofold. t .snore generali,Ár Icommanded thee. 2.more fpeciall,if any be vnrepr.oucable,&c. Before we come to fpeakeof the 2.branches ofThud his duty; weare to confider the entrance thereco,in thefe words , For this caufe heft the: in Creta: which words offer vow vs Comeconfidcrations. a. Note. That theApotilehimfelfe continued not long in Creta after there appearedanoutward faceof aChurch,but went elfewherc to ga- ther men to the faith; wherein his faichfulnetle appeared, in the diligent performance ofhis owne adminitiracion : for the office of the Apotile was co plant Churches , and to kaue them toothers towater : to found the houfeofGod,as matter builders but other labourers mull build is Co33 to vp: to trauell in birth till the Churches of God were formed, but left Match. 33.19. them to others tobring vp,to makeDifciples,but others mull confirme I them. The difference Which lCt5vs fee the difference between the \poffle,nd thePallor. bc,wecaean The formerisas theLords leiftenant to let Chri,i in thepoffetlion of his A Patios:. and a ! kingdome the latter is as a deputie to keepe him in o(feffron. The Is- Nmt:. r P P P poEile
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