10 Nov r 1815

Not Paul —First loose Extracts

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Gal. I. 19. ‘James the Lord’s Brother stiled an Apostle.

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Comes all that from him. This the whole purport of the Chapter especially v. ib. 12.

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Gal. II. 10. Peter &c it appears stipulated that Paul should give them part of his profit ‘Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

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James Peter and Barnabas in eating &c with the Gentiles ‘walked not uprightly’: i.e. after the agreement made, they robbed him of his customers Gal. II, 11 to 14

That seems to be the grievance, throughout the whole Chapter, and for this he vituperates the Galatians.

N.B. It seems as if Peter and his set to get these Galatians for their persuaded them that they ought to conform to the Mosaic law.

Though of the particulars a great part are mere nonsense, yet the general drift seems plainly enough visible.

Gal V. 3.

Peter &c urged them to be circumcised that they might belong to him: thus says Paul if you are you are bound to the whole law.

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Gal. V. 19 to 26. Works of the flesh: do of the Spirit. Same topic Coloss. III. See also I. Tim. I. 9 to 11. II Tim III. 2. to 7. Tit. II to III. 3. Gal. VI. 6. 10. Hints to

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contribute.

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Eph. IV. 9. His ascension ‘proves the he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth’: i.e. upon earth which is lower than heaven. In this may have been the origin of the ‘He descends into Hell’.

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Eph. IV. 17 to 31 (the end) V 1 to 33 XI 1 to 18 the precepts.

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VI 21. 22 He sends Tychicus (the writer) that ye may know my affairs and how I do &c. i.e Tychicus was to make the case for getting from them what was to be got.

N.B. Note the of Scribes he was able to keep.

9

Seeing that the comparison must be suffered the worst they need to fear many set up against him to preach Christ on their own account. For then himself in in Phil. V. 13 to 18.

10

He now sends to the Philippians Phil. V. 19 to 30 his trusty agent Timotheus and was for sending Epaphroditus ‘Your Messenger and he that ministered unto my wants’.

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Great abuse of persons not named, but manifestly well known to those to whom he was writing: They were of course of his Phil. III. 2.

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Multitude of his Agents and Subordinates Phil. I. 1 IV. 3.

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Thanks for pecuniary supplies: i.e. to get more another time. This the manifest and sole object of the whole Epistle Phil. IV. 10 to 19. From this it appears that he had contributions as far as he could from all the Christians.

List Coloss III

14

Thess. II. 5. 6. 9. 10. Boasts of disinterestedness.

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Forbids fornication IV. 3 to 7.

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Prophecy unfulfilled.

‘We which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them (the dead in Christ above spoken of) to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.’ Thess. IV. 17.

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I charge you by the Lord that this Epistle be read unto all the holy brethren II. Thess. v. 27.

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as elsewhere of those who are for or these converts the law of Moses. I. Tim. 1. 6 to 11

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Hymenaeus and Alexander— I have delivered over to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme: I. Tim I. 20

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He was a blasphemer, persecutor, and injurious: I. Tim. I. 13. See Tit. III. 3

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Bishops and deacons The already established distinct Orders 5. Timothy III. They should be husbands of one wife.

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Forbidding to marry are doctrines of devils 4 Tim 1. to 4. N.B. This shews how proselytism might be promoted by asceticism.

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Evidence— Against an elder (πρεσβυτερος — whence priest) receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

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Exhort the rich not to trust in riches but to be ready to distribute —to communicate &c. I. Tim. VI. 17 to 19.

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‘All they which were in Asia be turned from me … II. Tim. I — 15. IV. 10. Onesiphorus … oft refreshed me &c.

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‘Some have erred, saying the resurrection is past already.’ II. Tim. II. 18.

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Bishops and Elders the same. Tit. 1. 5 to 9.

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Give not heed to Jewish fables Tit. I. 14