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watching thereunto, with all perseverance, and supplication, for all saints:

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel:

20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

PARAPHRASE.

spirit, attending and watching hereunto, with all perseverance, and supplication, for all the saints; 19 And for me, in particular, that I may, with freedom and plainness of speech, preach the word, to the manifesting and laying open that part of the gospel, that concerns the calling of the gentiles, which has hitherto, as a mystery, lain concealed, and not been 20 at all understood. But I, as an ambassador, am sent to make known to the world, and am now in prison, upon that very account: but let your prayers be, that, in the discharge of this my commission, I may speak plainly and boldly, as an ambassador from God ought to speak.

SECT. XII.

CHAP. VI. 21-24.

EPILOGUS.

TEXT.

21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things.

PARAPHRASE.

21 Tychicus, a beloved brother, and faithful minister of the Lord, in the work of the gospel, shall acquaint

TEXT.

22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

PARAPHRASE.

you how matters stand with me, and how I do, and give you a particular account how all things stand 22 here. I have sent him, on purpose, to you, that you might know the state of our affairs, and that he 23 might comfort your hearts. Peace be to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, 24 and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all those that love our Lord Jesus Christ with sincerity

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NOTE.

24 'Ev aplapola, "in sincerity," so our translation; the greek word signifies," in incorruption." St. Paul closes all his epistles, with this benediction, grace be with you;" but this here is so peculiar a way of expressing himself, that it may give us some reason to inquire what thoughts suggested it. It has been remarked, more than once, that the main business of this epistle is that, which fills his mind, and guides his pen, in his whole discourse. In this to the ephesians he sets forth the gospel, as a dispensation so much, in every thing, superiour to the law; that it was to debase, corrupt, and destroy the gospel, to join circumcision and the observance of the law, as necessary to it. Having writ this epistle to this end, he here in the close, having the same thought still upon his mind, pronounces favour on all those that love the Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption, i. e. without the mixing, or joining any with him, in the work of our salvation, that may render the gospel useless and ineffectual. For thus he says, Gal. v. 2, "If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing." This I submit to the consideration of the judicious reader.

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INDEX

TO THE

SEVENTH VOLUME.

N. B. Where an asterisk, &c. are added to the Numbers, they refer
to Notes at the Bottom of the Pages.

A.

ABIDE in the same calling, how
this phrase is to be understood,
p. 126, t.
Abolished, how the law of Moses
was abolished by Christ, 462, *.
Accursed, to whom the apostle ul-
timately applies this, (Gal. i.)

Bondage, what it signifies, (2 Cor.
xi.)
257, 11.
Born after the flesh, and spirit,
beautiful expressions, 64, S.
out of due time, the apostle
Paul's saying so of himself, ex-
plained,
185, *.
Brother, why Paul called Timothy
206, *.
32, . By his own power, how to be un-
Adam, all men became mortal by derstood,
120, t.
his sin,
323, *. By, sometimes signifies, in the time
Adoption, belonged only to the of,
468, §
jews before Christ's coming,
440, t.

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C.

CALLINGupon Christ, the mean-
ing of that expression, 384, t.
Clear in this matter, what it signi-
fies,
238, .
Covenant of grace and works, how
they differ,
452,
Covetousness, used for exorbitant
lust,
479, t.
Created all things by Jesus Christ,
what that phrase means,470, §.

2 K

D.

*

DEAD in trespasses and sins,
meaning of that phrase, 455, ‡.

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EAT and drink unworthily, (1
Cor. xi.) what it signifies, 158,*.
Election, what it signifies, (Rom.
xi.)
339, t.

Ends of the world, what that ex-
pression means,
144, .
Endured with long-sufferance,
what that expression implies,

378, *.
Enemies, how the unbelievingjews
are so called,
394, t.
Epistles of Paul, causes of their
obscurity,

IV. &c.
expositors often put their

own sense on them,

G.

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XI.

it,

the author's way of study-
ing, and method of interpreting
them,

XII

Esau have I hated, to be taken in
a national sense,
374, .
Establishment of the gentile chris-
tians, how taken care of by St.
Paul,
279, t.
Every soul, the meaning of it,

(Rom. xiii.)

405, *.

Examine, (1 Cor. xi.) how to be

316, t: 320, t.
how God is the father of it,
449, †.

God, in what sense it is said God
is one, (Gal. iii.)
51, t.
Gods many and Lords many, in
what sense to be understood,
133, +
Grace how it is said much more to

abound, (Rom. v.) 317, t.
what it is to be under grace,

understood,
159, t.
Expedient, (1 Cor. vi.) what it re-
lates to,
118, §.

337, .
the glory of it appeared pe-
culiarly in the first converts,
444, †: 456, *.

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