Annotations upon all the New Testament philologicall and theologicall wherein the emphasis and elegancie of the Greeke is observed, some imperfections in our translation are discovered, divers Jewish rites and customes tending to illustrate the text are mentioned, many antilogies and seeming contradictions reconciled, severall darke and obscure places opened, sundry passages vindicated from the false glosses of papists and hereticks / by Edward Leigh ...

CHAP. III.

Vers. 1. MAy have a free course] That is, a speedy and uninterrupted passage; and be glorified] That is, purely and powerfully preached.* 1.1

Vers. 2. Vnreasonable] Absurd, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

And evill men] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, men desirous of trouble.

Vers. 3. Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evill] Stablish you in the faith,* 1.2 lest you fall from it; and keep you from evill, viz. the divell, lest he subvert your faith by evill men, as the instruments of his art. Estius. Or it may be taken more generally here for any evill. à Lapidè.

Vers. 5. And the Lord direct your hearts] The word signifies, by a right line to direct one to somewhat.

Into the love of God] we cannot waite on the Lord Jesus Christ except we first love him.

Vnto the patient waiting for Christ] That is, to endure in waiting for Christ, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 sustinentia, patiens expectatio rei desideratae.

Vers. 6. That walketh disorderly] Either without a calling, or idly and negligently in his calling. He explicates this in the subsequent words.

And not after the tradition which he received of us] What the Tradition was is ex∣pressed by and by after, Vers. 10. He which will not labour must not eate. This doctrine was written before when God commandeth every man to labour in his vocation.

Vers. 9. Not that we have not power] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, right, title,* 1.3 lawfull authority to take maintenance from his Auditors.

But that we might make our selves an example, &c.] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, as 1 Tim. 4.12. when ap∣plied to denote what tends to exemplary, it signifies the liveliest expression, and as I may term it, effigiation of that vertue or vertuous practice which we desire to ex∣emplifie. Dr. Sclater.

Vers. 10. If any would not worke] viz. in some speciall and warrantable calling.

Vers. 11. That there are some] He chargeth not the crime upon the whole Church, he saith not at all, or most of you, but some; loquitur quam fieri potest parcissime. 2. He speakes indefinitely.

Which walk among you disorderly] Not labouring but being busie bodies, living without a calling, or neglecting their calling, and going trifling up and down here and there, twatling and talking of what pertaines not to them. The word being military signifies one out of his ranke, one that is not in file to fight against his enemy.

* 1.4Working not at all, but are busie-bodies] There is an elegant Paranomasia in the Greeke, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which other languages cannot expresse; not working, but over working; not working at home, but overworking abroad. Idlenesse and curiositity goe together.

Vers. 12. And eat their own bread] That is, the bread which is procured and deser∣ved by his own just and honourable labour. As if he had said, He that doth nothing hath right to nothing, he hath no bread of his own to eat.

Vers. 13. Be not weary in wel-doing] Giving over and fainting, because he findeth not such successe and encouragement from men as he should.

Vers. 14. Note the man] judicially, that all may avoyd him; that is, excommuni∣cate him.* 1.5 vide Bezam. Some rather render notice, or signifie him: the word signi∣fies both. Note him with a brand of infamy, or notice him as infamous to the Church, that all may avoyd him. See Dr. Sclater in loc.

And have no company with him] Greeke, be not mingled with him, in intimate familiarity. See 1 Cor. 5.9, 11.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Id est, ut Evan∣gelica doctrina per nostram praedicatioum foeliciter ac sine impedimento propagetur ac proficiat; utque celebris efficiatur, atque de eo homines ubi∣que bene loquantur. Estius.
• * 1.2

  Observanda sunt diligenter illa verba 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. habent enim singularem emphasin; notant nempe vim & efficaciam gratiae, qua imbecillitas illa & inconstantia nativa stabilitur & con∣firmatur adversus omem insultum, quo debilitari alioqui & frangi denique sanctissimus quisque facillime posset. Cameron praelect. in Matth. 18.7.
• * 1.3

  See 1 Thess. 2.6.
• * 1.4

  Nihil agentes sed curiose sa tagentes. Steph. praefat. ad Nov. Test Nihil operantes sed circum operantes. Estius. Vide à Lap.
• * 1.5

  Baines his Dio∣cesans triall. Significat no∣tare, nota qua∣piam insignire, & in abquem animadver∣tere: ut censores apud Romanos notare solebant. Dicit ergo, notate ignominia, tanquam probrum, & pestem publicam: seu ut nos lo∣quimur, excommunicate, excludite Ecclesiâ & coetu vestro. Zanchius.