An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

3. That which is the principal and chiefest meaning of the phrase, is, to understand it causally, those sufferings we endure because of Christ: For owning his way, for continuance in his Discipleship. For the way of Christ being contrary to the course of the world, hence it is, that they are stirred up as so many hornets: They are the Serpents seed, and are of their Father the devil, who was a murderer from the beginning; and therefore if the godly will cleave to Christ, they must expect no mercy from the world.

3. That which is the principal and chiefest meaning of the phrase, is, to understand it causally, those sufferings we indure because of Christ: For owning his way, for continuance in his Discipleship. For the way of Christ being contrary to the course of the world, hence it is, that they are stirred up as so many hornets: They are the Serpents seed, and are of their Father the devil, who was a murderer from the beginning; and therefore if the godly will cleave to Christ, they must expect no mercy from the world.

The second thing in the Proposition, is the attribute [Greek or Hebrew], abounds: It ¹is not only [Greek or Hebrew] in the plural number, but also [Greek or Hebrew]. Chrysostom understands it comparatively to Christ, as if the meaning were, We suffer more then Christ. Christ indeed, said of his Disciples, they should do greater works and miracles then he did, but it is impossible they should suffer more then he did. For, his death was not only a Martyrdom, but a Propitiation, being a Sacrifice offered up for the sins of many. The word then only showeth, That the Sons of God may not only suffer, but their sufferings may abound, may overflow; so that both in number and weight, they may greatly exceed.

The second thing in the Proposition, is the attribute 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, abounds: It ¹