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The Connection of the 16. ver. with the 15. discussed: And how That Reconciliation to God in one body, ver. 16. is to be understood: whether of that reconciliation wrought for us, or in us.

I Meet but with one eminent difficulty in the coherence and contexture of these words, and that is the connection of these two verses, v. 15. 16. as namely of these words, And that he might reconcile us to God, v. 16. &c. with the former v. 15. Having abolished the enmity, &c. Now this enmity mentioned v.¹ 15. is evidently intended of the enmity between Jew and Gentile,² as is clear by its connection with v. 14. Who hath made of twain one, and broken down the partition wall: Having slain the enmity. Now the twain, or the two, thus made one (between whom this enmity was) is not God and we, but the Jews and the Gentiles (of whom he had spoken in the former verses) for he adds, that he might create both in one new man, which could not be said of God and us.

I Meet but with one eminent difficulty in the coherence and contexture of these words, and that is the connexion of these two verses, v. 15. 16. as namely of these words, And that he might reconcile us to God, v. 16. &c. with the former v. 15. Having abolisht the enmity, &c. Now this enmity mentioned v.¹ 15. is evidently intended of the enmity betweene Jew and Gentile,² as is clear by its connexion with v. 14. Who hath made of twaine one, and broken downe the partition wall: Having slain the enmity. Now the twaine, or the two, thus made one (between whom this enmity was) is not God and we, but the Jewes and the Gentiles (of whom he had spoken in the former verses) for he adds, that he might create both in one new man, which could not be said of God and us.

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