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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>S E C O N D C O R I N T H I A N S.</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. VII.</FONT>
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This chapter begins with an exhortation to progressive holiness and a
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due regard to the ministers of the gospel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:1-4">ver. 1-4</A>.
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Then the apostle returns from a long digression to speak further of the
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affair concerning the incestuous person, and tells them what comfort he
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received in his distress about that matter, upon his meeting with Titus
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:5-7">ver. 5-7</A>),
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and how re rejoiced in their repentance, with the evidences thereof,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:8-11">ver. 8-11</A>.
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And, lastly, he concludes with endeavouring to comfort the Corinthians,
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upon whom his admonitions had had so good an effect,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:12-16">ver. 12-16</A>.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>Progressive Holiness.</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=BOTTOM><FONT SIZE=-1>A. D.</FONT> 57.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
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cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
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perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man,
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we have defrauded no man.
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3 I speak not <I>this</I> to condemn <I>you:</I> for I have said before,
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that ye are in our hearts to die and live with <I>you.</I>
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4 Great <I>is</I> my boldness of speech toward you, great <I>is</I> my
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glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful
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in all our tribulation.
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These verses contain a double exhortation:--</P>
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I. To make a progress in holiness, or <I>to perfect holiness in the
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fear of God,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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This exhortation is given with most tender affection to those who were
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dearly beloved, and enforced by strong arguments, even the
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consideration of those exceedingly great and precious promises which
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were mentioned in the former chapter, and which the Corinthians had an
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interest in and a title to. The promises of God are strong inducements
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to sanctification, in both the branches thereof; namely,
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1. The dying unto sin, or mortifying our lusts and corruptions: we must
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<I>cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit.</I> Sin
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is filthiness, and there are defilements of body and mind. There are
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sins of the flesh, that are committed with the body, and sins of the
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spirit, spiritual wickednesses; and we must cleanse ourselves from the
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filthiness of both, for God is to be glorified both with body and soul.
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2. The living unto righteousness and holiness. If we hope God is our
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Father, we must endeavour to be <I>partakers of his holiness,</I> to be
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holy as he is holy, and perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. We
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must be still perfecting holiness, and not be contented with sincerity
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(which is our gospel perfection), without aiming at sinless perfection,
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though we shall always come short of it while we are in this world; and
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this we must do in the <I>fear of God,</I> which is the root and
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principle of all religion, and there is no holiness without it. Note,
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Faith and hope in the promises of God must not destroy our fear of God,
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<I>who taketh pleasure in those that fear him and hope in his
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mercy.</I></P>
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II. To show a due regard to the ministers of the gospel: <I>Receive
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us,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:2"><I>v.</I> 2</A>.
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Those who labour in the word and doctrine should <I>be had in
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reputation,</I> and <I>be highly esteemed for their work's sake:</I>
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and this would be a help to making progress in holiness. If the
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ministers of the gospel are thought contemptible because of their
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office, there is danger lest the gospel itself be contemned also. The
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apostle did not think it any disparagement to court the favour of the
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Corinthians; and, though we must flatter none, yet we must be gentle
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towards all. He tells them,
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1. He had done nothing to forfeit their esteem and good-will, but was
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cautious not to do any thing to deserve their ill-will
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:2"><I>v.</I> 2</A>):
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"<I>We have wronged no man:</I> we have done you no harm, but always
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designed your good." <I>I have coveted no man's silver, nor gold, nor
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apparel,</I> said he to the elders of Ephesus,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ac+20:33">Acts xx. 33</A>.
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"<I>We have corrupted no man,</I> by false doctrines or flattering
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speeches. <I>We have defrauded no man;</I> we have not sought
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ourselves, nor to promote our own secular interests by crafty and
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greedy measures, to the damage of any persons." This is an appeal like
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that of Samuel,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Sa+12:1-25">1 Sam. xii</A>.
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Note, Then may ministers the more confidently expect esteem and favour
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from the people when they can safely appeal to them that they are
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guilty of nothing that deserves disesteem or displeasure.
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2. He did not herein reflect upon them for want of affection to him,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:3,4"><I>v.</I> 3, 4</A>.
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So tenderly and cautiously did the apostle deal with the Corinthians,
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among whom there were some who would be glad of any occasion to
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reproach him, and prejudice the minds of others against him. To prevent
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any insinuations against him on account of what he had said, as if he
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intended to charge them with wronging him, or unjust accusations of him
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for having wronged them, he assures them again of his great affection
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to them, insomuch that he could spend his last breath at Corinth, and
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<I>live and die with them,</I> if his business with other churches, and
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his work as an apostle (which was not to be confined to one place
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only), would permit him to do so. An he adds it was his great affection
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to them that made him use such <I>boldness</I> or freedom of <I>speech
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towards them,</I> and caused him to <I>glory,</I> or make his boast of
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them, in all places, and upon all occasions, being <I>filled with
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comfort, and exceedingly joyful in all their tribulations.</I></P>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=BOTTOM><FONT SIZE=-1>A. D.</FONT> 57.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest,
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but we were troubled on every side; without <I>were</I> fightings,
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within <I>were</I> fears.
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6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,
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comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith
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he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire,
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your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced
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the more.
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8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent,
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though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath
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made you sorry, though <I>it were</I> but for a season.
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9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye
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sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly
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manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
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10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be
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repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a
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godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, <I>what</I>
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clearing of yourselves, yea, <I>what</I> indignation, yea, <I>what</I>
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fear, yea, <I>what</I> vehement desire, yea, <I>what</I> zeal, yea, <I>what</I>
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revenge! In all <I>things</I> ye have approved yourselves to be clear
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in this matter.
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There seems to be a connection between
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+2:13,7:5"><I>ch.</I> ii. 13</A>
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(where the apostle said he had no rest in his spirit when he found not
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Titus at Troas) and the
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+2:13,7:5">fifth verse of this chapter</A>:
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and so great was his affection to the Corinthians, and his concern
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about their behaviour in relation to the incestuous person, that, in
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his further travels, he still had no rest till he heard from them. And
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now he tells them,</P>
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I. How he was distressed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>.
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He was troubled when he did not meet with Titus at Troas, and
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afterwards when for some time he did not meet with him in Macedonia:
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this was a grief to him, because he could not hear what reception he
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met with at Corinth, nor how their affairs went forward. And, besides
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this, they met with other troubles, with incessant storms of
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persecutions; there were <I>fightings without,</I> or continual
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contentions with, and opposition from, Jews and Gentiles; and there
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were <I>fears within,</I> and great concern for such as had embraced
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the Christian faith, lest they should be corrupted or seduced, and give
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scandal to others, or be scandalized.</P>
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II. How he was comforted,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:6,7"><I>v.</I> 6, 7</A>.
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Here observe,
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1. The very coming of Titus was some comfort to him. It was matter of
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joy to see him, whom he long desired and expected to meet with. The
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very coming of Titus and his company, who was dear to him as his <I>own
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son in the common faith</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Tit+1:4">Tit. i. 4</A>),
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was a great comfort to the apostle in his travels and troubles. But,
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2. The good news which Titus brought concerning the Corinthians was
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matter of greater consolation. He found Titus to be comforted in them;
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and this filled the apostle with comfort, especially when he acquainted
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him with their earnest desire to give good satisfaction in the things
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about which the apostle had written to them; and of their mourning for
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the scandal that was found among them and the great grief they had
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caused to others, and their fervent mind or great affection towards the
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apostle, who had dealt so faithfully with them in reproving their
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faults: so true is the observation of Solomon
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Pr+28:23">Prov. xxviii. 23</A>),
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<I>He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he
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that flattereth with his tongue.</I>
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3. He ascribes all his comfort to God as the author. It was God who
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comforted him by the coming of Titus, even the God of all comfort:
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<I>God, who comforteth those that are cast down,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
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Note, We should look above and beyond all means and instruments, unto
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God, as the author of all the consolation and the good that we
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enjoy.</P>
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III. How greatly he rejoiced at their repentance, and the evidences
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thereof. The apostle was sorry that he had grieved them, that some
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pious persons among them laid to heart very greatly what he said in his
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former epistle, or that it was needful he should make those sorry whom
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he would rather have made glad,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:8"><I>v.</I> 8</A>.
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But now he rejoiced, when he found they had <I>sorrowed to
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repentance,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>.
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Their sorrow in itself was not the cause of his rejoicing; but the
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nature of it, and the effect of it (<I>repentance unto salvation,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:10"><I>v.</I> 10</A>),
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made him rejoice; for now it appeared that they had received damage by
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him in nothing. Their sorrow was <I>but for a season;</I> it was turned
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into joy, and that joy was durable. Observe here,</P>
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1. The antecedent of true repentance is godly sorrow; this worketh
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repentance. It is not repentance itself, but it is a good preparative
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to repentance, and in some sense the cause that produces repentance.
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The offender had great sorrow, he was in danger of being <I>swallowed
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up with overmuch sorrow;</I> and the society was greatly sorrowful
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which before was puffed up: and this sorrow of theirs was after a godly
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manner, or according to God (as it is in the original), that is, it was
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according to the will of God, tended to the glory of God, and was
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wrought by the Spirit of God. It was a godly sorrow, because a sorrow
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for sin, as an offence against God, an instance of ingratitude, and a
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forfeiture of God's favour. There is a great difference between this
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sorrow of a godly sort and the sorrow of this world. Godly sorrow
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produces repentance and reformation, and will end in salvation; but
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worldly sorrow worketh death. The sorrows of worldly men for worldly
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things will bring down gray hairs the sooner to the grave, and such a
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sorrow even for sin as Judas had will have fatal consequences, as his
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had, which wrought death. Note,
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(1.) Repentance will be attended with salvation. Therefore,
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(2.) True penitents will never repent that they have repented, nor of
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any thing that was conducive thereto.
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(3.) Humiliation and godly sorrow are previously necessary in order to
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repentance, and both of them are from God, the giver of all grace.</P>
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2. The happy fruits and consequences of true repentance are mentioned
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:11"><I>v.</I> 11</A>);
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and those <I>fruits that are meet for repentance</I> are the best
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evidences of it. Where the heart is changed, the life and actions will
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be changed too. The Corinthians made it evident that their sorrow was a
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godly sorrow, and such as wrought repentance, because it wrought in
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them great carefulness about their souls, and to avoid sin, and please
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God; it wrought also a clearing of themselves, not by insisting upon
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their own justification before God, especially while they persisted in
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their sin, but by endeavours to put away the accursed thing, and so
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free themselves from the just imputation of approving the evil that had
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been done. It wrought indignation at sin, at themselves, at the tempter
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and his instruments; it wrought fear, a fear of reverence, a fear of
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watchfulness, and a fear of distrust, not a distrust of God, but of
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themselves; an awful fear of God, a cautious fear of sin, and a jealous
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fear of themselves. It wrought vehement desires after a thorough
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reformation of what had been amiss, and of reconciliation with God whom
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they had offended. It wrought zeal, a mixture of love and anger, a zeal
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for duty, and against sin. It wrought, lastly, revenge against sin and
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their own folly, by endeavours to make all due satisfaction for
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injuries that might be done thereby. And thus <I>in all things had
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they approved themselves to be clear in that matter.</I> Not that they
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were innocent, but that they were penitent, and therefore clear of
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guilt before God, who would pardon and not punish them; and they ought
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no longer to be reproved, much less to be reproached, by men, for what
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they had truly repented of.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, <I>I did it</I> not for his
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cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered
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wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear
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unto you.
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13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and
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exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his
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spirit was refreshed by you all.
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14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not
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ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our
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boasting, which <I>I made</I> before Titus, is found a truth.
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15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst
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he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and
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trembling ye received him.
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16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all
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<I>things.</I>
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In these verses the apostle endeavours to comfort the Corinthians, upon
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whom his admonitions had had such good effect. And in order thereto,
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1. He tells them he had a good design in his former epistle, which
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might be thought severe,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:12"><I>v.</I> 12</A>.
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It was not chiefly <I>for his cause that did the wrong,</I> not only
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for his benefit, much less merely that he should be punished; nor was
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it merely <I>for his cause that suffered wrong,</I> namely, the injured
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father, and that he might have what satisfaction could be given him;
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but it was also to manifest his great and sincere concern and <I>care
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for them,</I> for the whole church, lest that should suffer by letting
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such a crime, and the scandal thereof, remain among them without due
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remark and resentment.
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2. He acquaints them with the joy of Titus as well as of himself upon
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the account of their repentance and good behaviour. Titus was rejoiced,
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and his spirit refreshed, with their comfort, and this comforted and
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rejoiced the apostle also
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:13"><I>v.</I> 13</A>);
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and, as Titus was comforted while he was with them, so when he
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remembered his reception among them, expressing their obedience to the
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apostolical directions, and their fear and trembling at the reproofs
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that were given them, the thoughts of these things inflamed and
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increased his affections to them,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:15"><I>v.</I> 15</A>.
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Note, Great comfort and joy follow upon godly sorrow. As sin occasions
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general grief, so repentance and reformation occasion general joy. Paul
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was glad, and Titus was glad, and the Corinthians were comforted, and
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the penitent ought to be comforted; and well may all this joy be on
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earth, when there is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth.
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3. He concludes this whole matter with expressing the entire
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confidence he had in them: He was not ashamed of his boasting
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concerning them to Titus
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+7:14"><I>v.</I> 14</A>);
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for he was not disappointed in his expectation concerning them, which
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he signified to Titus, and he could now with great joy declare what
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confidence he still had in them as to all things, that he did not doubt
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of their good behaviour for the time to come. Note, It is a great
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comfort and joy to a faithful minister to have to do with a people whom
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he can confide in, and who he has reason to hope will comply with every
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thing he proposes to them that is for the glory of God, the credit of
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the gospel, and their advantage.</P>
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