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2 THE S. III. have been taught, whether by word, or our epiftle. 16. Now our Lord Jefus Chrift himself, and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlafting confolation, and good hope, through grace, 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good

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INALLY brethren, a pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free courfe [Gr. may run], and be glorified even as it is with you; 2. And that we may be delivered from unreasonable [Or, abfurd] and a wicked men for all men have not faith. 3. But the Lord is faithful, who fhall ftablish you, and keep you from evil. we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do, and will do the things which we command you. 5. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Chrift [Or, patience of Chrift]. 6. Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that ye withdraw your felves from every brother that walketh diforderly, and not after the

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† Col. 4. 3. 5 rael our Fathers, keep this for ever in the Imagination of the thoughts of the Heart of thy People, and prepare their Heart unto thee.

2 Rom. 15. 31. That I may be delivered from them that do not

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livered to them by the Mouth of an Apoftle? And if this be the Senfe, as they themselves muft allow it to be; let them prove that the unwrit ten Traditions, by which they pretend to establish Doctrines neceflary to Salvation, not contain'd in the holy Scriptures, were immediately deliver ed by, and received from the Mouth of an Apoftle; and then we Pr teftants will own that we are obliged to receive them. If any would fee this Subject more particularly handled, they may confult a Book pub Jifhed in the Reign of King James the fecond, Entituled, Pepery not founded in Scripture, written by fome of the moft eminent Divines in the Church of England, pag. 58. Dr. Bennett's Confutation of Popery, Part Chap. 5. Dr. Scott's Chriftian Life, Vol. V. p. 312, and Dir Whitby's Notes on Rom. 16. 17. I Cor. 11. 2. 2 Thef. 2. 15.

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tradition which he received of us. 7. For your felves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not our felves diforderly among you, J 8. Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travel night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9. Not because we have not power, but to make our felves an enfample unto you to follow us: to. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither fhould he eat. II. For we hear that there are fome which walk among you diforderly, working not at all, but are bufie-bodies. 12. Now b them that are fach, we command, and exhort by our Lord Jefus Chrift, that with quietnefs they work, and eat their own bread. 13. But ye brethren, be not weary [Or, faint not] in well-doing. 14. And if any man obey not our word by this epiftle, note that man [Or, gnifie that man by an epiftle], and have no company with him, that he may be afhamed. 15. Yet count him not is an enemy, but admonifh him as a brother. 16.

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the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Thef. 4. 11. That ye ftudy to be quiet, and to do 5your own Business, and to work with your own Hands, as we commanded you. Tim, 5.13. And with al they [the younger Widows] learn to be idle, wandring about from i10 Houfe to Houfe; and not only idle, but Tatlers alfo, and bufie-bodies, fpeaking things which they ought not. I Pet. 4 15. Let none of you fuffer as a Murderer, or as a Thief, or as an Evil-doer, or as a bufie-body in other Mens Mat

10. Gen. 3. 19. In the Sweat of thy Face fhalt thou eat Bread, ill thou return unto the Ground, 15 - Thef. 4. 11. The Words ander Ver. 11.

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Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always, by all means. The Lord be with you all. 17. The fa lutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epiftle: fo I write; 18. The h grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with you all. Amen.

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5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a "pure heart, and of a good confcience, and of faith unfeigned: 5. From which fome having fwerved, [Or, not aiming #], have turned afide unto vain jangling. 7. Defiring o be teachers of the law, understanding neither what hey fay, nor whereof they affirm. 8. But we know hat the law is good, if a man ufe it lawfully; 9. Knowing

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bles. Tit. 1.14. Not giving heed to Jewish Fables, and Commandments of Men, that turn from the Truth. Tit. 3. 9. Avoid foolish Questions, and Genealogies, and Contentions, and Strivings about the Law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

e are fo foon removed from him that called you into the Grace of Chrift,unto another Gofpel: Which s not another; but there befome hat trouble you, and would pervert the Gospel of Christ. I Tim. 5.3. The Words under Ver.10. 4. it Tim. 4. 7. Refufe proane and old Wives Fables, and exerife thy felf rather to godlinefs. 10 1 Tim. 6. 4, 20. -Doting about Questions and ftrifes of Words, whereof comech Envy, Strife, O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy Truft, avoiding 15 profane and vain-bablings, and op pofitions of Science fally fo called. t2 Tim. 2. 16, 23. Shun profane and vain-bablings; for they will increase to more ungodlinefs. 20 Foolish and unlearned Questions avoid, knowing that they do ingender Strifes. 2 Tim. 4. 4. They fhall turn away their Ears from the

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m2 Tim.1.3. I thank God, whom I ferve from my forefathers with a pure Confcience.2 Tim. 2. 22. Follow Righteoufnefs, Faith, Cha-; rity, Peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure Heart. 1 Pet. 1..22. Seeing ye have purified your Souls in obeying the Truth thro' the Spirit.

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(1) The Genealogies the Apoftle refers to, are not thofe recorded in the holy Scriptures, which are of great Ufe; but thofe kept by private Perfons relating to their own Pedigree, which they valued themfelves very much upon. Dr. Allix thinks that the Law of Mofes engaged the Jews in the Study of their Genealogies, that they might more certainly know that of the Melah. But Chrift being now come, and the Jews and Gentiles being to be incorporated into one Church, all fuch things as ferved to keep up the Diftinction between them, as Gircumcifion, Defcent from Abraham, &c. were to be laid aide. The Study of them was now no more of ufe, and they miniftred to many needless Questions, and put a stop to mutual edifying in Faith and Love.

Knowing this, that the (1) law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawlefs and difobedient, for the ungodly and for finners, for unholy and profane, for mur derers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for man flayers, 10. For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-ftealers, for liars, for perjured perfons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to found doctrine, 11. According to the glo rious goffel of the "bleffed God, which was committed to my truft. r2. And I thank Chrift Jefus our Lord, who

9. P Rom. 13. 3. Rulers are not a Terror to good Works, but to the evil.Gal. 3. 19.-It [the Law] was added because of Tranfgref: fions. Gal. 5. 25. If we live 5 in the Spirit, let us walkin the Spirit.

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haft heard of me among many Wit neffes, the fame commit thou to faithful Men. 2 Tim. 3. 14. Cone tinue thou in the things which thou haft learned, and haft been affured of, knowing of whom thou haft learned them. † 2 Tim. 4.3. The time will come, when they will not endure found. Doctrine. tot Tit. 1. 9. Holding faft the faithful Word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by found Do trine, both to exhort and convince the Gain-fayers. t Tit. 2. I. Speak thou the things which be come found Doctrine.:

† 1 Tim. 6.3, 4. If any Man teach otherwife, and confent not to wholfome Words, even the Words 15 of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and to the Doctrine which is according to godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing. 2 Tim. 1. 15. Hold faft the Form of found Words, which 20 thou haft heard of me, in Faith and Love which is in Chrift Jefus. 2 Tim. 2.2. The things which thou

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"(1) The Apostle's Meaning is not, that righteous Men are not bound to practife the Duties of the moral Law, the Sum of which is contained in the ten Commandments; but his Meaning is, that when Men tranfgreffed the natural Law, and did thofe things which their own Confciences accused them for, they being contrary to the Will of God, He in mer cy and love to Mankind inforced the Practice thereof by exprefs and pofitive Laws, which forbid the Commiffion of thofe Sins which wick ed Men were guilty of. Rightecus and good Men perform the Duties the, Law requires from an inward Love to holiness; and they abstain from the Sins oppofed to them, fome of which are here reckoned up by the Apoftle, out of choice, and would continue fo to do, had God never given out any pofitive Law. And now the Law is promulged, it condemns not the Righteous, but the Wicked. He that truly loves God, is under the restraint of an inward Law, which is confiftent with the higheft Liberty, and lays him under an agreeable Restraint to do every thing pleading to God.

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