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When in one place (Jude 3.) Christians are exhorted to contend earnestly for the Faith; and in another, (2 Tim. 2. 24.) we are told the Servant of the Lord must not strive; 'tis plain there is a Contention for Religion, which is a Duty, and there is a Contention, even concerning Religion too, which is a Sin. And that Sin the Apostle in this Context, out of which our Discourse arises, doth deservedly expose by the Name of Flesh, and of the Lust, or of the Works thereof; such as Wrath, Variance, Envy, Hatred, &c.

VVhen in one place (Jude 3.) Christians are exhorted to contend earnestly for the Faith; and in another, (2 Tim. 2. 24.) we are told the Servant of the Lord must not strive; 'tis plain there is a Contention for Religion, which is a Duty, and there is a Contention, even concerning Religion too, which is a Sin. And that Sin the Apostle in this Context, out of which our Discourse arises, doth deservedly expose by the Name of Flesh, and of the Lust, or of the Works thereof; such as Wrath, Variance, Envy, Hatred, &c.

Whence it is easy to collect in what sense it is said in the mentioned place, The Servant of the Lord must not strive, viz. As that striving excludes the Gentleness, the aptness to instruct, and the Patience, which are in the same place enjoined, where that striving is forbidden.

VVhence it is easie to collect in what sense it is said in the mentioned place, The Servant of the Lord must not strive, viz. As that striving excludes the Gentleness, the aptness to instruct, and the Patience, which are in the same place enjoyned, where that striving is forbidden.