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In this chapter Paul treats,
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I. Of prayer, with many reasons for it,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:1-8">ver. 1-8</A>.
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II. Of women's apparel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:9,10">ver. 9, 10</A>.
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III. Of their subjection, with the reasons of it,
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IV. A promise given for their encouragement in child-bearing,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:15">ver. 15</A>.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
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prayers, intercessions, <I>and</I> giving of thanks, be made for all
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men;
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2 For kings, and <I>for</I> all that are in authority; that we may
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lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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3 For this <I>is</I> good and acceptable in the sight of God our
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Saviour;
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4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the
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knowledge of the truth.
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5 For <I>there is</I> one God, and one mediator between God and men,
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the man Christ Jesus;
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6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due
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time.
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7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak
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the truth in Christ, <I>and</I> lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in
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faith and verity.
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8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy
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hands, without wrath and doubting.
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Here is,
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I. A charge given to Christians to pray for all men in general, and
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particularly for all in authority. Timothy must take care that this be
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done. Paul does not send him any prescribed form of prayer, as we have
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reason to think he would if he had intended that ministers should be
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tied to that way of praying; but, in general, that they should make
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<I>supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks:</I>
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supplications for the averting of evil, prayers for the obtaining of
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good, intercessions for others, and thanksgivings for mercies already
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received. Paul thought it enough to give them general heads; they,
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having the scripture to direct them in prayer and the Spirit of prayer
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poured out upon them, needed not any further directions. Observe, The
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design of the Christian religion is to promote prayer; and the
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disciples of Christ must be praying people. Pray <I>always with all
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prayer,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Eph+6:18">Eph. vi. 18</A>.
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There must be prayers for ourselves in the first place; this is implied
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here. We must also pray <I>for all men,</I> for the world of mankind in
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general, for particular persons who need or desire our prayers. See how
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far the Christian religion was from being a sect, when it taught men
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this diffusive charity, to pray, not only for those of their own way,
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but for all men. Pray for kings
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:2"><I>v.</I> 2</A>);
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though the kings at this time were heathens, enemies to Christianity,
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and persecutors of Christians, yet they must pray for them, because it
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is for the public good that there should be civil government, and
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proper persons entrusted with the administration of it, for whom
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therefore we ought to pray, yea, though we ourselves suffer under them.
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<I>For kings, and all that are in authority,</I> that is, inferior
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magistrates: we must pray for them, and we must give thanks for them,
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pray for their welfare and for the welfare of their kingdoms, and
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therefore must not plot against them, that in the peace thereof we may
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have peace, and give thanks for them and for the benefit we have under
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their government, that <I>we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
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godliness and honesty.</I> Here see what we must desire for kings, that
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God will so turn their hearts, and direct them and make use of them,
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that we under them may lead a quiet and peaceable life. He does not
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say, "that we may get preferments under them, grow rich, and be in
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honour and power under them;" no, the summit of the ambition of a good
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Christian is to lead a quiet and peaceable life, to get through the
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world unmolested in a low private station. We should desire that we and
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others may lead a peaceable life <I>in all godliness and honesty,</I>
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implying that we cannot expect to be kept quiet and peaceable unless we
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keep in all godliness and honesty. Let us mind our duty, and then we
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may expect to be taken under the protection both of God and the
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government. <I>In all godliness and honesty.</I> Here we have our duty
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as Christians summed up in two words: godliness, that is, the right
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worshipping of God; and honesty, that is, a good conduct towards all
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men. These two must go together; we are not truly honest if we are not
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godly, and do not render to God his due; and we are not truly godly if
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we are not honest, for God hates robbery for burnt-offering. Here we
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may observe,
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1. Christians are to be men much given to prayer: they ought to abound
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herein, and should use themselves to prayers, supplications, &c.
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2. In our prayers we are to have a generous concern for others as well
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as for ourselves; we are to pray for all men, and to give thanks for
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all men; and must not confine our prayers nor thanksgiving to our own
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persons or families.
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3. Prayer consists of various parts, of supplications, intercessions,
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and thanksgivings; for we must pray for the mercies we want, as well as
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be thankful for mercies already received; and we are to deprecate the
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judgments which our own sins or the sins of others have deserved.
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4. All men, yea, kings themselves, and those who are in authority, are
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to be prayed for. They want our prayers, for they have many
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difficulties to encounter, many snares to which their exalted stations
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expose them.
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5. In praying for our governors, we take the most likely course to lead
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a peaceable and quiet life. The Jews at Babylon were commanded to seek
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the peace of the city whither the Lord had caused them to be carried
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captives, and to pray to the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof they
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should have peace,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jer+29:7">Jer. xxix. 7</A>.
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6. If we would lead a peaceable and quiet life, we must live in all
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godliness and honesty; we must do our duty to God and man. <I>He that
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will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from
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evil, and his lips that they speak no guile; let him eschew evil, and
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do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Pe+3:10,11">1 Pet. iii. 10, 11</A>.
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Now the reason he gives for this is <I>because this is good in the
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sight of God our Saviour;</I> that is, the gospel of Christ requires
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this. That which is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour we
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should do, and should abound in.</P>
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II. As a reason why we should in our prayers concern ourselves for all
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men, he shows God's love to mankind in general,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>.</P>
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1. One reason why all men are to be prayed for is because there is one
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God, and that God bears a good will to all mankind. There is one God
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>),
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and one only, there is no other, there can be no other, for there can
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be but one infinite. This one God <I>will have all men to be saved;</I>
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he desires not the death and destruction of any
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Eze+33:11">Ezek. xxxiii. 11</A>),
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but the welfare and salvation of all. Not that he has decreed the
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salvation of all, for then all men would be saved; but he has a good
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will to the salvation of all, and none perish but by their own fault,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mt+23:37">Matt. xxiii. 37</A>.
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He will have all to be saved, <I>and to come to the knowledge of the
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truth,</I> to be saved in the way that he has appointed and not
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otherwise. It concerns us to get the knowledge of the truth, because
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that is the way to be saved; <I>Christ is the way and the truth, and so
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he is the life.</I></P>
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2. There is one Mediator, and that mediator gave himself a ransom for
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all. As the mercy of God extends itself to all his works, so the
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mediation of Christ extends itself thus far to all the children of men
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that he paid a price sufficient for the salvation of all mankind; he
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brought mankind to stand upon new terms with God, so that they are not
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now under the law as a covenant of works, but as a rule of life. They
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are under grace; not under the covenant of innocence, but under a new
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covenant: <I>He gave himself a ransom.</I> Observe, The death of Christ
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was a ransom, a counter-price. We deserved to have died. Christ died
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for us, to save us from death and hell; he gave himself a ransom
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voluntarily, a ransom for all; so that all mankind are put in a better
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condition than that of devils. He died to work out a common salvation:
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in order hereunto, he put himself into the office of Mediator between
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God and man. A mediator supposes a controversy. Sin had made a quarrel
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between us and God; Jesus Christ is a Mediator who undertakes to make
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peace, to bring God and man together, in the nature of an umpire or
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arbitrator, a days-man who lays his hand upon u both,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Job+9:33">Job ix. 33</A>.
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He is a ransom that <I>was to be testified in due time;</I> that is, in
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the Old-Testament times, his sufferings and the glory that should
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follow were spoken of as things to be revealed in the last times,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Pe+1:10,11">1 Pet. i. 10, 11</A>.
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And they are accordingly revealed, Paul himself having been ordained a
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preacher and an apostle, to publish to the Gentiles the glad tidings of
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redemption and salvation by Jesus Christ. This doctrine of Christ's
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mediation Paul was entrusted to preach to every creature,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mk+16:15">Mark xvi. 15</A>.
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He was appointed to be a teacher of the Gentiles; besides his general
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call to the apostleship, he was commissioned particularly to preach to
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the Gentiles, <I>in faith and truth,</I> or faithfully and truly. Note,
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(1.) It is good and acceptable in the sight of God and our Saviour that
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we pray for kings and for all men, and also that we lead a peaceable
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and quiet life; and this is a very good reason why we should do the one
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as well as the other.
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(2.) God has a good will to the salvation of all; so that it is not so
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much the want of a will in God to save them as it is a want of will in
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themselves to be saved in God's way. Here our blessed Lord charges the
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fault: <I>You will not come unto me that you may have life,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+5:40">John v. 40</A>.
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<I>I would have gathered you, and you would not.</I>
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(3.) Those who are saved must come to the knowledge of the truth, for
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this is God's appointed way to save sinners. Without knowledge the
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heart cannot be good; if we do not know the truth, we cannot be ruled
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by it.
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(4.) It is observable that the unity of God is asserted, and joined
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with the unity of the Mediator; and the church of Rome might as well
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maintain a plurality of gods as a plurality of mediators.
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(5.) He that is a Mediator in the New-Testament sense, gave himself a
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ransom. Vain then is the pretence of the Romanists that there is but
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one Mediator of satisfaction, but many of intercession; for, according
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to Paul, Christ's giving himself a ransom was a necessary part of the
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Mediator's office; and indeed this lays the foundation for his
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intercession.
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(6.) Paul was ordained a minister, to declare this to the Gentiles,
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that Christ is the one Mediator between God and men, who gave himself a
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ransom for all. This is the substance of which all ministers are to
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preach, to the end of the world; and Paul magnified his office, as he
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was the apostle of the Gentiles,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+11:13">Rom. xi. 13</A>.
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(7.) Ministers must preach the truth, what they apprehend to be so, and
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they must believe it themselves; they are, like our apostle, to preach
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in faith and verity, and they must also be faithful and trusty.</P>
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III. A direction how to pray,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:8"><I>v.</I> 8</A>.
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1. Now, under the gospel, prayer is not to be confined to any one
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particular house of prayer, but men must pray every where: no place is
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amiss for prayer, no place more acceptable to God than another,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+4:21">John iv. 21</A>.
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<I>Pray every where.</I> We must pray in our closets, pray in our
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families, pray at our meals, pray when we are on journeys, and pray in
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the solemn assemblies, whether more public or private.
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2. It is the will of God that in prayer we should lift up holy hands:
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<I>Lifting up holy hands,</I> or pure hands, pure from the pollution of
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sin, washed in the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness. <I>I will
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wash my hands,</I> &c.,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+26:6">Ps. xxvi. 6</A>.
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3. We must pray in charity: <I>Without wrath,</I> or malice, or anger
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at any person.
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4. We must pray in faith <I>without doubting</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jam+1:6">Jam. i. 6</A>),
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or, as some read it, <I>without disputing,</I> and then it falls under
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the head of charity.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest
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apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair,
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or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
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10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good
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works.
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11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
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12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
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over the man, but to be in silence.
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13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
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14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was
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in the transgression.
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15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they
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continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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I. Here is a charge, that women who profess the Christian religion
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should be modest, sober, silent, and submissive, as becomes their
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place.
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1. They must be very modest in their apparel, not affecting gaudiness,
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gaiety, or costliness (you may read the vanity of a person's mind in
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the gaiety and gaudiness of his habit), because they have better
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ornaments with which they should <I>adorn themselves, with good
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works.</I> Note, Good works are the best ornament; these are, in the
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sight of God, of great price. Those that profess godliness should, in
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their dress, as well as other things, act as becomes their profession;
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instead of laying out their money on fine clothes, they must lay it out
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in works of piety and charity, which are properly called good works.
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2. Women must learn the principles of their religion, learn Christ,
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learn the scriptures; they must not think that their sex excuses them
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from that learning which is necessary to salvation.
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3. They must be silent, submissive, and subject, and not usurp
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authority. The reason given is because <I>Adam was first formed, then
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Eve</I> out of him, to denote her subordination to him and dependence
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upon him; and that she was made for him, to be a help-meet for him. And
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as she was last in the creation, which is one reason for her
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subjection, so she was first in the transgression, and that is another
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reason. <I>Adam was not deceived,</I> that is, not first; the serpent
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did not immediately set upon him, but the woman was first in the
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transgression
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+11:3">2 Cor. xi. 3</A>),
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and it was part of the sentence, <I>Thy desire shall be to thy husband,
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and he shall rule over thee,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+3:16">Gen. iii. 16</A>.
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But it is a word of comfort
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:15"><I>v.</I> 15</A>)
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that those who continue in sobriety shall be <I>saved in
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child-bearing,</I> or <I>with</I> child-bearing--the Messiah, who was
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born of a woman, should break the serpent's head
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+3:15">Gen. iii. 15</A>);
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or the sentence which they are under for sin shall be no bar to their
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acceptance with Christ, <I>if they continue in faith, and charity, and
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holiness, with sobriety.</I></P>
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<P>
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II. Here observe,
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1. The extensiveness of the rules of Christianity; they reach not only
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to men, but to women, not only to their persons, but also to their
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dress, which must be modest, like their sex; and to their outward
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deportment and behaviour, it must be in silence, with all subjection.
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2. Women are to profess godliness as well as men; for they are
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baptized, and thereby stand engaged to exercise themselves to
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godliness; and, to their honour be it spoken, many of them were eminent
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professors of Christianity in the days of the apostles, as the book of
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Acts will inform us.
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3. Women being more in danger of exceeding in their apparel, it was
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more necessary to caution them in this respect.
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4. The best ornaments for professors of godliness are good works.
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5. According to Paul, women must be learners, and are not allowed to
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be public teachers in the church; for teaching is an office of
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authority, and the woman must not usurp authority over the man, but is
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to be in silence. But, notwithstanding this prohibition, good women may
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and ought to teach their children at home the principles of religion.
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Timothy from a child had known the holy scriptures; and who should
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teach him but his mother and grandmother?
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ti+3:15">2 Tim. iii. 15</A>.
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Aquila and his wife Priscilla expounded unto Apollos the way of God
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more perfectly; but then they did it privately, for <I>they took him
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unto them,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ac+18:26">Acts xviii. 26</A>.
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6. Here are two very good reasons given for the man's authority over
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the woman, and her subjection to the man,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ti+2:13,14"><I>v.</I> 13, 14</A>.
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Adam was first formed, then Eve; she was created for the man, and not
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the man for the woman
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Co+11:9">1 Cor. xi. 9</A>);
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then she was deceived, and brought the man into the transgression.
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7. Though the difficulties and dangers of childbearing are many and
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great, as they are part of the punishment inflicted on the sex for
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Eve's transgression, yet here is much for her support and
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encouragement: <I>Notwithstanding she shall be saved,</I> &c. Though in
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sorrow, yet she shall bring forth, and be a living mother of living
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children; with this proviso, that they continue in faith, and charity,
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and holiness, with sobriety: and women, under the circumstance of
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child-bearing should by faith lay hold of this promise for their
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support in the needful time.</P>
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