4. The Discusser, that observeth haste, and light attention, and sleepiness in another, one would think, would be more vigilant, and attentive himself. He that saith (as the Discusser doth in his parenthesis) that Paul wrote this Letter, (to wit, his second Epistle) to Timothy at Ephesus, taketh it for granted, that which without some hasty lightness, even the same, which he blameth in my self, he cannot believe, that Paul wrote his second to Timothy at Ephesus. There is no word in the Epistle, that speaketh of Timothy's being at Ephesus, when Paul wrote that second Epistle. His calling of an Evangelist did not permit him to tarry long in a place: and the first Epistle to Timothy, is thought by the Learned to have been written one of the first of all Pauls Epistles, next after those of the Thessalonians. But the second Epistle to Timothy was written last of all the Epistles, when Pauls time of departure was at hand, 2 Tim. 4.6. And when Paul writeth 2 Timothy 4.12. that he had sent Tychicus to Ephesus, It is not likely, he would have written so to Timothy, if Timothy then had been at Ephesus. For Timothy would have known, that Tychycus had been at Ephesus: or if Tychicus had been then but on his way to Ephesus (which is a narrow point of time) it is more then probable, if Timothy had been then at Ephesus, he would have said, Tychicus have I sent to thee to Ephesus.
4. The Discusser, that observeth haste, and light attention, and sleepinesse in another, one would thinke, would be more vigilant, and attentive himselfe. He that saith (as the Discusser doth in his parenthesis) that Paul wrote this Letter, (to wit, his second Epipistle) to Timothy at Ephesus, taketh it for granted, that which without some hasty lightnesse, even the same, which he blameth in my selfe, he cannot beleive, that Paul wrote his second to Timothy at Ephesus. There is no word in the Epistle, that speaketh of Timothies being at Ephesus, when Paul wrote that second Epistle. His calling of an Evangelist did not permit him to tarry long in a place: and the first Epistle to Timothy, is thought by the Learned to have been written one of the first of all Pauls Epistles, next after those of the Thessalonians. But the second Epistle to Timothy was written last of all the Epistles, when Pauls time of departure was at hand, 2 Tim. 4.6. And when Paul writeth 2 Timothy 4.12. that he had sent Tychicus to Ephesus, It is not likely, he would have written so to Timothy, if Timothy then had been at Ephesus. For Timothy would have knowne, that Tychycus had been at Ephesus: or if Tychicus had been then but on his way to Ephesus (which is a narrow point of time) it is more then propable, if Timothy had been then at Ephesus, he would have said, Tychicus have I sent to thee to Ephesus.
