The word which we here translate Commandment, is [Greek or Hebrew], not the ordinary word [Greek or Hebrew], which signifies a Commandment; but [Greek or Hebrew]; and the word properly signifies, as Critics tell us, A charge given by Judges or Superiors, concerning somewhat to be done, or forborne; and thus 'tis used in Acts 5. 28. where the High Priests tell the Apostles, Did not we straitly command you, that you should not teach in this Name? Did not we straitly Command you? The Greek there is an Hebraism, in which St. Luke doth there express the minds of the Scribes and ⟨p. 5⟩Pharisees, Did not we straitly command you? [Greek or Hebrew], Did not we command you with a Command? which we very well render according to the sense of the Idiom, Did not we strictly command you? Or as Mr. Beza renders it, Did not we command you again and again? And in the very same sense doth the Apostle use the word [Greek or Hebrew] as the 18th Verse of the first of Timothy: This charge I commit unto thee. Why now if we should take the word Commandment in this strict sense, it may have a special reference to the third and fourth Verses going before the Text, whereas I touched before, St. Paul besought Timothy to charge some, that they teach no other Doctrine, To charge them, or to Command them. 'Tis [Greek or Hebrew], which is the root of the word which we render Commandment. I charge thee to lay this Commandment upon them. So we may well render it, I command ⟨p. 6⟩they teach no other Doctrine. As if he had said, the end why I besought thee to give that charge, or Command, was to promote charity: whereas those other Doctrines, did but breed questions, and those questions breed Contentions among the Churches, and among the Brethren, the End of the Commandment, the reason why I gave them that Commandment, was to maintain love among Brethren.
The word which we here translate Commandment, is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, not the ordinary word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which signifies a Commandment; but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; and the word properly signifies, as Criticks tell us, A charge given by Judges or Superiours, concerning somewhat to be done, or forborn; and thus 'tis used in Acts 5. 28. where the High Priests tell the Apostles, Did not we straitly command you, that you should not teach in this Name? Did not we straitly Command you? The Greek there is an Hebraism, in which St. Luke doth there express the minds of the Scribes and ⟨p. 5⟩Pharisees, Did not we straitly command you? 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Did not we command you with a Command? which we very well render according to the sense of the Idiom, Did not we strictly command you? Or as Mr. Beza renders it, Did not we command you again and again? And in the very same sense doth the Apostle use the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 as the 18th Verse of the first of Timothy: This charge I commit unto thee. Why now if we should take the word Commandment in this strict sense, it may have a special reference to the third and fourth Verses going before the Text, whereas I toucht before, St. Paul besought Timothy to charge some, that they teach no other Doctrine, To charge them, or to Command them. 'Tis 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which is the root of the word which we render Commandment. I charge thee to lay this Commandment upon them. So we may well render it, I command ⟨p. 6⟩they teach no other Doctrine. As if he had said, the end why I besought thee to give that charge, or Command, was to promote charity: whereas those other Doctrines, did but breed questions, and those questions breed Contentions among the Churches, and among the Brethren, the End of the Commandment, the reason why I gave them that Commandment, was to maintain love among Brethren.
