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…

Concerning this Timothy therefore, two things are observable:

1. That he being educated in an hopeful, godly way from his youth, and for the good report that he had in the Church of God, as appeareth, Acts 16. 2. ⟨p. 42⟩As also because of some Prophesies and extraordinary Revelations, what an useful instrument he would be in the Church of God, Paul took a great affection to him; and made him an Officer in the Church, while he was a young man. So that Timothy was in respect of his condition clean contrary to Paul; Paul a persecutor, a blasphemer, an enemy, and that for a long while; but Timothy hopeful, and a disciple from the youth up.

1. That he being educated in an hopefull, godly way from his youth, and for the good report that he had in the Church of God, as appeareth, Acts 16. 2. ⟨p. 42⟩As also because of some Prophesies and extraordinary Revelations, what an usefull instrument he would be in the Church of God, Paul took a great affection to him; and made him an Officer in the Church, while he was a young man. So that Timothy was in respect of his condition clean contrary to Paul; Paul a persecuter, a blasphemer, an enemy, and that for a long while; but Timothy hopefull, and a disciple from the youth up.

The second thing observable is, That though Timothy was thus brought up with godly Parents, and so knew the Scriptures from his youth. And as Calvin thinketh, because of that expression, 2 Tim. 5. where he was persuaded of the unfeigned faith that was in Timothy, as well as his Mother, that it doth relate not to Timothy at that time, who was no doubt an eminent believer, but to his infancy or younger years, yet that seemeth not coherent with that which Calvin saith in another place, viz.