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The History and Doctrine of the New Testament, in Question and Answer. to Which Are Added, a Supplement, With Additonal Prayers and Meditations
The History and Doctrine of the New Testament in Question and Answer to Which Are Added a Supplement With Additonal Prayers and Meditations Author:Christopher Brown General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1812 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: OBSERVATON. This Philemon is reported by Dr. Hammond, on the title to this epistle, to have been a confider- able perfon at Colofs. He had probably been converted by St. Paul, as may be conjectured from ver. 19. who makes this requeft to Philemon, to receive, forgive, and to entertain once more his fer- vant Onefimus, who being now become a chriftian, was expected to prove himfelf more faithful and diligent than before ; for having run away from his mafter, and in his ramble travelled as far as Rome, where he embraced the faith of Christ at the preaching of St. Paul, then a prifoner for the fame in that city ; (which is the meaning of the loth verfe, whom I have begotten in my bonds) St. Paul being well acquainted with Philemon, and Onefimus's crime of elopement from his mafter's fervice, with a fure confidence of the fervant's re- folution of amendment and recompence, his mafter, by his future diligence and fidelity, writes this epifile, and fends him therewith. And thus we may fee what opportunities the apoftles embraced to do good to all men; for how careful was St. Paul firft to convert this vagabond fervant, and then undertake to reflore him to his mafter's favour. And from hence we may obferve that it is the duty of mafters to forgive, and to be reconciled to an injurious fervant, on his fubmiflion and reformation. THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL. THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS. QUESTION. TTTHY is this called, the epiflle to the He- ? brews ? A. Becaufe it was written to the Jews, fo called from Heber, one of Abraham's progenitors. Q. Who wrote this epiftle ? A St. Paul, it is probably received. ...« less