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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88833	Gleanings and expositions of some, and but some of the more difficult places of scriptures: perhaps, but the first-fruits unto a more plentifull harvest / by John Lavvson.	Lawson, John, fl. 1644-1646.	1646 (1646)	Wing L716; Thomason E345_5; ESTC R200984	58,069	82

is said with so much lesse love by how much more love he showed unto them This peece of obedience the unlearned Antiliterarians of our dayes can practice without going to Schoole to learn it COLOSSIANS Coloss 2.8 BEware lest any man spoil you thorow Philosophy Not that Philosophy truely so called is vain deceit whether naturall or morall nor yet any other part of learning but usefull and profitable about Theology But if the meer notion of the Gospel it self together with love beleefe and admiration of the mystery and all good utterance of the same being known be severed from action and patience under the crosse of Christ for the Gospel sake it availeth not For the kingdome of God consisteth not in notion and locution only but in power Herod hoped to see some mighty work done by Jesus and one of the Kings of Israell none of the best delighted to hear the miracles done by Elisha reported unto him They counted Ezekiel as a very pleasant song or as one that could play well upon an instrument who would hear his words but would not doe them And Herod would hear John gladly but cut off his head Not but that Paul speaketh wisdome amongst those which are perfect and that not the wisdome of this world nor of the Princes of this world but the wisdome of God even in a mystery but the chief wisdom consisteth in doing and suffering the will of God not in neer knowing or speaking of it though with never so much excellency Col. 2.10 11 12. Yee are complete in him c. As if he should have said If there be any priviledge in being a Jew or in being circumcised you have that by baptisme putting on Christ who was a Jew and circumcised But great is the priviledge of the Jew and much is the benefit of circumcision All which priviledge and benefit you have by putting on Christ Col. 2.16 Or of the Sabbath which also may be understood weeks Ver. 17. Which are a shadow c. so that it is understood of such Sabbaths as were a shadow of things to conse not of that Sabbath which was morall I. THESSALONIANS 1 Thess 4.6 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God is a revenger of all such things What wicked practices man cannot discerne doe properly belong to God to revenge II. THESSALONIANS 2 Thess 2.4 SO that he exalteth himself above all that is called God or worshipped That he may fit that he hath 〈◊〉 or that he doth fit upon or in the Temple of God shewing forth himselfe as God Above all that is called God That is above all Magistracy for Magistrates are said to be gods after a sort Or worshipped 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is above all Augusteity Sebast●●s was an appellation given to Augustus Shewing forth himself that he is God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Giving out as we use to say In the Temple That is in that which he pretendeth to be the Temple of God I. TIMOTHIE 1 Tim. 2.8 I Will that males pray every where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The emphasis is not in the word every where as if the Apostle should bind or permit men to pray in all places albeit that is true also for then the duty should lie upon women aswell as upon men but the meaning is that males and not females should lead the prayer wheresoever prayer shall be made aswell in family as in Church Paul had declared before that in the Church none but males should solemnly prophesie ●e pray But now he further maketh known that in the family women must neither pray nor teach that is not solemnly lead or utter the prayer or doctrine whilest a man in presence is silent Where note that Apostle taketh for granted that Christians will pray and teach in their families An answer to them who require a warrant for family-prayer 1 Tim. 2.15 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Shee shall be saved through childe-bearing That is the pains and perill and child-birth is so great that she is hardly saved through that pains though shee be never so modest Christian and godly And seeing so great pains are laid upon her in childbearing Shee ought therefore amongst other reasons to be in silence S●rrowes are signes of sinne and must respectively be grounds of humiliation in both sexes The word saved implyeth a narrow escape of death or danger so that these words are a third reason of the former silence commanded 1 Tim. 4.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By the word of God and prayer The word of God commandeth former differences of meats to be nullified So the word maketh meats which were to the Jewes unlawfull now to be holy that is to be lawfull to Jewes and Gentiles Thus the word sanctifieth meats that is Gods ordination sanctifieth them As for prayer that sanctifieth on our part viz. when that which God hath decreed lawfull we receive with an holy fear thankfulnesse and supplication accompanied with faith that it shall be sanctified Prayer implyeth all the worship of God and covenant with God Lawfull meats are sanctified to none but to the holy none are holy but those which pray no prayer is accounted for prayer but that which it made by such as are in covenant with God though Christ 1 Tim. 2.9 The Lord knoweth who are his That is the Lord will know who are his before they shall come to be called by his name Christians which is done when they enter into that visible audible covenant with him by attestate profession I will goe downe now and know whether it be altogether according to the cry which I have heard and if not I will know Gen. 17.21 That is I will evidence it to Sodom's and all other mens knowledge Genes 22.12 God is not said to know till men know Now I know that thou lovest mee sith thou hast not with-held thine onely son from mee God the foreknower of all things knew whether Abraham loved him or no before Abraham sacrificed his son but hee doth not seem to know or take knowledge untill Abraham evidence it by obedience And Depart from mee ye workers of iniquity I know you not It is not for nothing that God sends us back to our brother to be reconciled when we bring our gift to the altar before our gift shall be accepted of him That what the Church bindeth on earth is bound of him in heaven and what the Church looseth on earth is loosed of him in heaven That Whose sins they remit they are remitted and whose sins they retain they are retained To whom they forgive any thing he forgiveth also Hence in the old Testament The Lord God of gods must know and Israel also hee shall know Josh 22.22 It is the speech of Reuben and Gad to their brethren of the other tribes which came to expostulate with them about an altar which Reuben and Gad had made 1 Tim. 5.23 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vse a little wine That is but a little wine Wee sold the land for