1 Timothy 4

1. He rewards his subjects in this life: 1. He gives them inward peace and joy; a bunch of grapes by the way; and oftentimes riches and honor. Godliness has the promise of this life (1 Timothy 4:8). These are as it were the saints' wages; but besides, the great reward is to come…

2. Use all means for growth in grace. First, exercise yourselves to godliness (1 Timothy 4:7). The body grows stronger by exercise.

Guilt clips the wings of comfort; he who is conscious to himself of secret sins, cannot draw near to God in full assurance; he cannot call God Father but Judge; keep conscience as clear as your eye, that no dust of sin fall into it. 2. If you would have assurance, be much in the…

The Bible lies by like rusty armor, which they never use: They think it no great matter to omit family, or closet prayer; they can go several months and God never hear of them. These have nothing sanctified to them; they feed upon a curse; For every creature is sanctified by pra…

That which gives the soul the advantage to take hold of the person of Christ, is the promise of special mercy in which he is exhibited. It is not to be denied that the whole Scripture is serviceable to the faith of God's Elect; and it all some way or other leads to Christ; and f…

And what is not so appointed, neither does, nor can be any part thereof. Of this nature are the celebration of all other ordinances with prayer; for every thing is sanctified by the word of God and prayer (1 Timothy 4:5); of some of them indispensably in the assemblies of the Ch…

It is evident then that these appellations do not belong to one sort of ministers, not one more than another. And for what is pleaded by some, from the example of Timothy and Titus, it is said, that when any persons can prove themselves to be evangelists (1 Timothy 4:5), to be c…

(4) Acts 14:23. (5) Acts 13:2; 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 Timothy 4:14. Explication.

(5) 1 Corinthians 4:1, 2; 1 Timothy 3:15. (6) 1 Timothy 4:14, 15, 16. (7) Acts 20:18, 19, 20, 25, 26; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 2 Timothy 2:24, 25.

(2) 1 Timothy 3:5; Colossians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 10:4, 8. (3) 1 Timothy 4:11; Titus 2:15; 1 Peter 1:2, 3, 4, 5. Explication.

(2) Ephesians 4:8, 12, 13; Romans 8:15, 16; Galatians 4:6. (3) Acts 2:42; 1 Timothy 4:5. (4) Revelation 8:3, 4; Hebrews 4:14, 15, 16; Chap. 6:20; Chap. 10:20, 21, 22.

Q. How must officers be put into their places? A. All of them by solemn prayer to God, and with imposition of hands upon elders and deacons, and in the ordaining of elders with fasting also (Acts 6:6; 1 Timothy 4:14; 5:22; Hebrews 6:2; Acts 14:26).

Thus in the church of Thyatira, those cursed heretics who applauded themselves and were admired by their followers for the depths and profoundness of the learning shown in those heresies they broached — 'depths as they speak' (Revelation 2:24) — but if they call them depths, say…

Psalm 34:10; They that seek the Lord, shall lack nothing that is good. For, Godliness has the promises of this life, and of the life to come, 1 Timothy 4:8, And therefore David compares the godly man to the tree that is planted by the water side, which brings forth much fruit, a…

Daniel also was an extraordinary Prophet: yet (as we may read) Daniel 9:2, he studied with admirable diligence the prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. And Timothy, though he were a Disciple (Acts 16:1) and well learned: yet Paul charges him to give attendance to reading, to exho…

Yet, Titus 1:15, to the pure, all things are pure. No, the meat and drink and the creature which God has created, are sanctified to his use (1 Timothy 4:3, 4, 5), for every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctif…

This was the sign of the communication of healing virtue from the Lord Christ by their Ministry. Thirdly, Imposition of hands was used in the setting apart of persons to the office and work of the Ministry (1 Timothy 4:14; chapter 5:22; Acts 6:6); the Rite herein was derived fro…

If they are not, is it not the greatest folly and madness imaginable, while we seek after salvation, to set him aside on any occasion, in any one instance, who can save us to the utmost, and betake our selves to them who cannot save us at all? If they are able to save us in any…

He is the God that lives and sees (Genesis 16:14). And as he sees, so he judges, because he is the Living God, which also is the ground of holy trust in him (1 Timothy 4:10). This name of the Living God is full of terror or comfort to the souls of men.

Second Question. How may I know that the things I enjoy are mine by Christ, and that I do not usurp them? Answer (1 Timothy 4:4). Paul says that the creatures of God are good, and that the use of them is sanctified to us by the word and prayer. Then if we have the word of God to…

God knows what is best for himself, and how by his own institutions to keep up the repute of his nature and essence: when man presumes to be wiser than God, and leaves the certainty of God's institutions, for additions and innovations of our own, that please us better, because t…

We flatly say no, holding that lawful vows are certain props of God's worship and not the worship itself. For Paul says plainly in 1 Timothy 4:8: Bodily exercise profits little, but godliness is profitable for much. Again, as God's kingdom is, so must his worship be.

Collegium Presbyterorum, says Camero. The Presbytery whereof mention is made (1 Timothy 4:14). Tell the Church, that is, [in non-Latin alphabet], says Chrysostome, expounding the place: he means the Presbytery made up of Pastors and ruling Elders.

3. An Ellipsis of the particle [illegible], is no error, no not in members of an opposition, as (Colossians 2:23) much less in the distinction of a Species from the Genus. 4. [In non-Latin alphabet] without [illegible], is put for especially, as well as when it has [illegible],…

The word [⟨ in non-Latin alphabet ⟩] Presbytery we find three times in the New Testament, twice of the Jewish Presbytery at Jerusalem (Luke 22:66; Acts 22:5), and once of the Christian Presbytery (1 Timothy 4:14): "Neglect not the gift that is in you, which [⟨◊⟩] given you by pr…

Thirdly, this life is a life that is least indigent of all others: it needs least. Take a man that leads any other life, he needs many things; this is shadowed in that of Martha, and Mary (Luke 10:41-42): Martha busies herself about many things, she wanted many; but Mary had one…

2. Question. How may I know that the things I enjoy, are mine by Christ, and that I do not usurp them? Answer. (1 Timothy 4:4) Paul says, that the creatures of God are good, and that the use of them is sanctified to us, by the word and prayer. Then, if we have the word of God, t…

This further appears by another passage in that Epistle, where this act of the Apostles approving by the Spirit, and receiving perfect fore-knowledge what would fall out, and what they should do, is by him illustrated by the example of Moses, who [in non-Latin alphabet] fore-kne…

And so those terms, as far as the sacred Scripture is concerned, are unwritten (agrapha). Indeed, evangelical doctrine is called "the word of life" (Philippians 2:16), "the word of the cross" (1 Corinthians 1:18), "the word of faith" (1 Timothy 4:6), "the word of Christ" (Coloss…

"Sacrifices of the dead" is an objective genitive: sacrifices that were offered to the dead — that is, to gods who can provide help to no one, but are plainly like a dead thing, vain and useless, from which to expect any help or comfort is nothing less than extreme madness. And…

The study of theology, therefore, is nothing other than the effort, directed according to the norm of the divine word, to promote the saving light and the spiritual gifts in which this heavenly wisdom consists in the mind of the theologian. This Scripture itself teaches us every…

2 Declaring more plainlie the nature of temperance. All these must be sanctified by the word, with prayer before, and thanksgiving after, yes so used, as every one do it to the glory of God, without offence, and keep himself within his calling: as for the first part, the Apostle…

THE ORDER OF Hovsholde, methodicallie described out of the word of God, with the contrarie abuses found in the world. THE order of an houshold called oeconomia, it is an order for the government of an houshold according to the word of God (1 Timothy 4). Which governes his house…

Where the consequent is declared by two arguments. First, the subject ours; that is, such as we in Christ be heirs of, to use, being sanctified by word and prayer (1 Timothy 4; 1 Corinthians 3:22). The second by the adjoint, such as is both apt, and able by his blessing to nouri…

His titles according to the double use of them, simply, or in an oath, has double caution set down in the word. In the simple use, we must be prepared either by premeditation, or else by some occasion going before, which does stir up the several affections of the heart in the us…

Second: All skilled in the original languages, and all divines say that the particle "all" is taken pro singulis generum, vel pro generibus singulorum — all and every one of kinds, and for the kinds of all, though not absolutely excluding any kind. First, the word "all" is, in m…

If you have Christ, you have all the promises, for in him they are — indeed, and in him Amen — and they shall all be ratified and confirmed and established to you, and all the blessings of God are yours (Isaiah 1:3). He has blessed you with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesu…

Implying, that in hearing we shall find him, and in finding Christ we shall find life; be diligent therefore to hear, and when you have heard it go home, and search whether it be true or no; and if you have liberty be doing this often, be conferring about it, as you can have any…

Christ is the Savior of the Souls of Men; Ministers also, are spoken of in Scripture as saving Men's Souls. 1 Timothy 4:16. In doing this, you shall both save yourself and them that hear you.

Christ in the wilderness miraculously fed many; but near the city he sent his disciples to buy bread (John 4:8). When the church of God had need of able helps at first, gifts were miraculously conferred; but afterwards every man to his study (1 Timothy 4:15): Meditate upon these…

1. Sufficiency (Genesis 17:1): "I am the almighty God, walk before me and be you perfect." (1 Timothy 4:8): "Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come": of heaven and of earth (Matthew 6:33). "Seek you first…

For first of all, it is the express commandment of God (1 Peter 5:3): Be patterns of the flock. (1 Timothy 4:12): Be an example in word, conduct, love, spirit, faith, purity. (Philippians 4:8): What you have seen in me, that do.

And the reason is, because the dominion over the creatures, lost by Adam, is restored by Christ (1 Corinthians 3:22). And hence it is, that Paul calls the forbidding of marriage, and of meats, with obligation of conscience, a doctrine of devils (1 Timothy 4:1). The third freedom…

First, because God loves all his creatures, specially mankind, most especially the faithful, upon whom he does bestow the riches of his love, yea himself also: for though God be good to all (Psalm 145:9), yet in a special sort he is good to Israel, to them that are of a pure hea…

I answer, God never afterward so afflicted his Church, that the whole face thereof was abolished, as it fell out when the people were carried away captive into Babylon. For albeit Antiochus and others made terrible wastes, after which followed those revolts which Saint Paul fore…

On this principle John would rank higher than the Son of God; but, on the contrary, we ought to maintain, that bodily exercise profits little, but godliness is profitable to all things, (1 Timothy 4:8.) And yet we must not make this a pretense for giving a loose rein to the fles…

Now Christ has taught us, by his example, that we cannot partake of our food with holiness and purity, unless we express our gratitude to God, from whose hand it comes to us. Accordingly, Paul tells us, that every kind of food which God bestows upon us is sanctified by the word…

Whereas they, contrariwise, cry out and say, that it is not lawful for the lay people to read the Scriptures. And therefore if you are asked, whether you will consent and believe that the Pope is the head: answer, Yes: and [reconstructed: say] that you so take him to be: namely,…

For there shall arise false Christs and false Prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect. Again Saint Paul in 1 Timothy 4 has these words: The Spirit speaks evidently, that in the latter times some shall depa…

Section 31. If this is the condition of the command of holiness, how just and equal must it be confessed to be, and how highly reasonable that we should comply with it, and how great is the sin and folly of those by whom it is neglected — to neglect or despise this command is to…