1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2:1

EXhort] Or, desire.

supplications, prayers] Either these words are Synonymaes, all signifying the publike devotions of the Church in her service and Liturgie; or, they may be thus distinguished: by 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, are meant such prayers as we make in our necessities and distresses, to prevent and avoid evils that may befall us, or are come upon us; by 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, such prayers wherein we sue for good things at Gods hands, namely, spirituall and temporall blessings; by 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, such prayers wherein we intreat for the good of others.

for all men] That is, all kindes of men, Jews, Gentiles, bond, free, faithfull, infidels, friends, enemies, great men and mean ones, publike and private; or, as the word is often taken in Scriptures, as Matthew 4:23. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, all diseases, that is, all sorts of diseases, Luke 11:42. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, all manner of herbs.

1 Timothy 2:2

For Kings] He mentioneth Kings particularly, either because the Kings and Magistrates were then enemies to the Church, and persecutors of the Saints of God, and some might peradventure make scruple whether they ought to pray for such; the Apostle therefore resolves they ought; and yeelds a double reason for it, the former in this verse, that through Gods blessing upon their Government we may enjoy peace, (Jeremiah 29:7.) The latter in the fourth verse, because God excludeth no sorts or conditions of men from the means of salvation. Or, he nameth Kings in the first place, because they are highest in dignitie, and upon the good use of their power very much dependeth the safetie of the Church and Common-wealth.

authority Or, eminent place.

honesty] Or, comelinesse.

1 Timothy 2:4

all men to be saved] By as much as appeareth unto us by his will revealed in the Gospel, he excluding none by name, neither nation nor condition whatsoever, Matthew 28:19. Mark 16:15. Or, all, may be taken, not pro singulis generum, but pro generibus singulorum. Vers. 1.

knowledge of the truth] That is, the doctrine of the Gospel, as the word is taken, John 5. 33. & 8. 32. & 18. 37.

1 Timothy 2:5

between] Gr. of.

the man Christ Jesus] The Apostle doth not adde man to exclude the divine natue from his Mediatourship: for he is God revealed in the flesh, 1 Timothy 3:16. and God hath purchased his Church by his blood, which through the eternall Spirit he offered without spot unto God, Hebrews 9:14. but to expresse that nature in which he paid the ransome for us, mentioned in the verse following; and to shew that our Mediatour being a man, all sorts of men have by faith free accesse unto him and his offering, Hebrews 2:10.

1 Timothy 2:6

a ransome for all] All that do beleeve in him, Matthew 20:28. John 3:16. and John 10:15. Romans 1:16. and Romans 3:22.

to be testified in due time] Or, a testimonie. Gr. Tec. for all in due time. The word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, is left out in the Greek Copie written by Tecla, and the sense is full without it, Who gave himself a ransome for all in due time; but if we retain the word because most copies have it, the meaning is, That the ransome he paid was a reall testimonie of his Mediatourship betwixt God and man, whereby he reconciled both. Or the meaning is, That though their ransome were paid at one time, yet it is testified to severall Nations 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, at severall seasons appointed by God for their conversion.

1 Timothy 2:7

Whereunto] See 2. Tim. 1. 11.

ordained a preacher] Gr. Tec. trusted to be a preacher.

teach of the Gentiles] See Galatians 2:7-8.

1 Timothy 2:8

pray every where] Devotion is not now confined to one place as the folemn sacrifice and service was in the time of the Law; but as occasion is offered we are to pray every where, looking not so much to outward circumstances, as to the inward devotion of the heart, lifting up our hands to God in holinesse, charitie, and faith.

1 Timothy 2:9

women adorn themselves, &c.] See 1 Pet. 3. 3.

broildered hair] Or, plaited. Women ought to desire rather inward then outward ornaments, and in adorning themselves outwardly they must have a care that is be done in a fashion that may argue neither wantonnesse not curious nicenesse, not wastfulnesse, nor pride, 1 Peter 3:3.

1 Timothy 2:11

silence with all subjection] Gr. in. Learn of their own husbands, not to take upon them to teach them: but in modest silence to receive instruction and command from them, 1 Corinthians 14:34.

1 Timothy 2:12

I suffer not a woman, &c.] See 1 Corinthians 14:34.

silence] Gr. quietnesse.

1 Timothy 2:13

Adam was first formed] Adam had the prioritie in his creation, the woman was made after him, and for him, and of him, Genesis 2:7. 21. 22. 1 Corinthians 11:8.

1 Timothy 2:14

Adam was not deceived] Immediately of the devill as Eve was: neither doth the story it self say that Adam was deceived by Eye, but onely that he took the forbidden fruit of her and did eat, Genesis 3:6.

was in the transgression] The woman was first and deepest in the transgression, and means to induce her husband to sinne, wherefore also by way of punishment she was more straitly subjected to her husband, Genesis 3:16.

1 Timothy 2:15

in child-bearing] Or, by child-bearing. If 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 be taken, as it is most commonly, to signifie, by, or through, then the meaning is, That though painfull child bearing were part of the punishment inflicted upon Eve and her sex, for her first trangression, in eating the forbidden fruit, and tempting her husband to sinne likewise; yet she and all faithfull women shall be saved by Maries bearing the holy Child Jesus. For as 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, signifying creation, is taken by a metonymie for the creature, Rom. 8. 19, 20. 21. 39. so also 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, true, Rom. 8. 19, 20. 21. 39. so also 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, child-bearing, for the child born, the blessed fruit of the Virgins wombe, Luke 1:42. But if the proposition 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 be taken for in, as Romans 4:11. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and in many other places, then the meaning is, That notwithstanding by child-bearing and subjection to man, God hath imprinted on women the mark of the punishment inflicted upon Eve, and all women that conceive and bring forth children; whence some peradventure might have conjectured that in regard of this curse, there was no hope of salvation for women unlesse it were for the unmarried, or those were childlesse: yet the Apostle teacheth that this shall not hinder their salvation, if they abide in the faith, nor the bodily evils and sorrowers that they endure to stop the operation of the Spirit of grace in them. Or, bearing and breeding children is an ordinary way through which women go to heaven, Chap. 5. 14.