But upon it observes, That it was no great wonder, if there were some such hereticks and false teachers in the church for it was no more than we should meet with in any great house, vessels, or utensils of different kinds, some to honour and some to dishonour as in the verse preceeding my text: In a great house (says he) there are not only vessels of gold, and of silver, but also of wood, and of earth and some to honour, and some to dishonour. ![]() that the resurrection was pass'd al|ready, as at our Saviour's resurrection or by turning all that was said concerning the resurrection into meer allegory, making it intend only our regeneration, or our being raised to newness of life or that the resurrection is only in procreation whereby the species is continued.Īnd now such erroneous doctrines, and such false teachers, the apostle exhorts Timothy to shun & avoid, if he would be a good minister of Jesus Christ. Hymeneus and Philetus, who had erred from the truth, and were for teaching their error to others, which was this, viz. More especially, it is a caution against his delivering any false doctrines, and spreading any errors in and by his Sermons which instead of promoting true re|ligion, would only serve to increase unto more ungod|liness and fill the world with corrupt principles, and false notions, to the destroying their virtue rather than to the promoting of it.Īnd here the Apostle to back his caution, instances in two that probably were teachers in the church, viz. _THE great Apostle of the Gentiles is giving many excellent directions, earnest exhortations, and solemn cautions and charges unto his son Timothy, in this as well as the fore|going epistle, in order to his faith|ful, acceptable and successful discharge of his e|vangelical office.Īnd among other things, in some of the verses of the preceeding context, he cautions him parti|cularly against profane and vain babblings that is in general against all vain, empty, and impertinent discourses in the discharge of the ministerial office, &c. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
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