1 Corinthians 6

1 Corinthians 6:1

DAre any,] hath hee the heart, and face to doe it A matter,] Namely a suite in any civill matter Goe to Law, enter an action against another Christian before unbelieving Iudges: to the scandall of them, the shame of the Gospell, and offence of Christian Charii. Now Saint Paul speaketh to the Plaintiffes, and not the Defendants, who are bound to stand to tryall The Saints,] Namely beleevers and members of the Church, chosen and accepted for friendly arbitrators.

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Shall judge,] as assisters to Christ the supreame Iudge: and partakers of the glory of his kingdome, they shall assist at the last judgment, concurring in minde and will with their heads sentence See Psalme 49. 14. Daniel 7:22. Rev. 2. 26. and 3. 1. and 20. 4.

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Angels,] Namely the wicked and apostated angels, the devills.

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Set them,] rather there commit this scandall of going to Law before infidels, make them judges betweene you, who are in the meanest state: Seeing that by your proceeding it seemes, that notwithstanding your great presumption of understanding and knowledge: you have not any one capable of knowing your differences.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Because yee goe,] the one giving cause for it, thorow iniquitie, and the others undertaking it too lightly thorow impatience for every offence, or dammage receaved: though according to Christian wisdome charitie and equitie, they bee not of any such qualitie, as that they should deserve these scandalous instances.

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The unrighteous,] which persevere in these sins without conversion Effeminate,] those are they who ende the unnaturall lust.

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Some of you,] whilest you were heathens every one of you were infected with some one of these vices, some with many of them, some with all, Ephesians 2 3 In the name,] by vertue of CHRIST, and of his obedience, and satisfaction, which hth beene imputed for your absolution and justification before God By the Spirit,] whose proper action and benefit, is sanctcation whereof he had spoken before.

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All thngs,] Namely the indifferent ones, which are not forbidden by any command from God. Now being ready to speake of fornication, hee first sets down thi rule concerning things indifferent, because that many according to the heathens error, did put fornication amongst the number of them. See Acts 15:20 Expedient,] Namely for commo edification, for charitie, and for the upholding of the weake, and for the peace of the Church But I will not,] that is to say, my desire of any thing shall not command mee so farre but that I will easily abstaine from it upon some reasonable respect. See Romans 15:2.

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Me tes,] fornication is not of the number of things indifferent, as cating of all sorts of meates, without distinction, of cleane, or uncleane; for though either action be corporall, the qualitie of the meate hath no morall relation to the soule, neither to the present holinesse, nor to the future happinesse of it, and makes no impression in it of any good or evill, Matthew 15:11; Matthew 15:17. yea meate is for nothing, but for the sustenance of life, by meanes of the Organs of nourishing: and finally by death, and by the passage to eternall life, all use of meates, and of those Organs is annihilated. But all bodily conjunctions out of wed-locke are forbidden by God, and vicious and contrarie to the end and use of our bodies, which is to belong to Christ as his members, and to be guided by him to serve GOD in all Holinesse, Righteousnesse, and puritie, and by this meanes to bee made partakers of hs everlasting glory, at the last and great Resurrection, opposite to the destruction of meates and of the bellie.

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Take the members,] shall I dismember my selfe from CHRIST by an unchaste corporall conjunction, incompatible with the spirituall conjunction which I have with him, taking away the right he hath over my body from him, and from my body it selfe the, happinesse of being governed and quickened by him, and by his spirit The members,] Namely a body bound, and hited to her, and altogether made use of and possessed by her.

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Which is joyned,] according to Gods first order, carnall conjunction is restrained within the Lawes of Matrimony: whereby whosoever doth abue it, entangles himselfe before God in a most stirct, though vicions and infamous bond, which is sufficient to untie or breake any other bond though lawfull and holy either corporall or spirituall.

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He that is joyned,] namely every beleever is united with Christ in body, and in soule, as by a bond of spirituall matrimony, in the communion of the spirit of holinesse, with which the uncleane conjunction of fornication cannot agree.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Every sinne,]ther sinnes, have not this property and power over mans body to seize it, and put it into anothers power, as fornication doth by which he is made the harlots member, by vertue of Gods first order, which is not annihilated by mans abuse.

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Yee are not,] to abandon your selves to whom you please, and to doe with your bodies what you will.

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Y are bought,] Christ] having ransomed you out of the bondage of the devill and sinne, with the price of his bloud, hath gotten an everlasting title in, and dominion over you.Glorifie,] that is to say give him honour therefore, and acknowledge this Soveaigne benefit, by consecrating and using your bodies in his holy service Which are,] not only by the right of Creation: but chiefly by that of redemption, and voluntary covenant and spirituall conunction.