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ricas, dicere de

hoc significent,

omne quod rabbini loquuntur.

gog. c. 1. p. 64.

sermons and expositions delivered by | hentament per the rabbins, to testify that the people quod credant id assented and agreed to all that they taught. Hence Amen may not unfitly Buxtorf, de Syna- be called, as it were, a kind of audible subscription. Thus the apostle directs the Christians to speak in a known tongue, that the unlearned, understanding what he hears, may give his assent to it by saying Amen, 1 Cor. xiv. 16. 2. It imports earnest desire. Hence Jeremiah said Amen to the false prophecy of Hananiah, concerning the return of the captives to their land, to show how earnestly he desired that it might be so, Jer. xxviii. 6. 3. Stedfast faith, or a trusting that the thing to which we say Amen shall so be as was spoken, either when petitioned by us, or promised by God. And hence it is that Christ having made a promise of his second coming, the church saith Amen, Rev. xxii. 20. Having thus briefly explained this concluding doxology, I might draw from its several parts very many large and fruitful observations. But because I have noted many of them in the forenamed places, where I have met with the same subjects contained in these verses, as also because I only intended to touch upon this doxology, I shall conclude with these general notes.

VER. 25.

gicæ Deo pro

2 Pet.

patronos et

cavi, pag. 1659.

AN EXPOSITION UPON THE EPISTLE OF JUDE.
Rom. xvi. 27; 2 Tim. iv. 18; Heb. xiii.
21. I have ever with the deepest ab- Clausulæ dosolo-
horrence of soul looked upon the end- prie. Estius in
ings of many popish books, especially
of those made by Jesuits, who share their concluding
praises between God and saints. Thus Tannerus
concludes his first tome of School Divinity, Pineda
his Comment on Ecclesiastes, with returns of praise
to God and the Virgin. Sanctius ends
his on the Kings and Chronicles with quos mihi ad hoc
ascribing the glory to God, the Virgin tutelares advo
Mary, Ignatius, and Francis Xavier;
all which, saith he blasphemously, I have called upon
as my patrons and defenders in performing this work.
Thus Baronius ends the first tome of his Virgini Dei gene-
Annals with ascribing the praise there- trici Mariæ et
of to God the Father, Son, and Holy conciliatrici
Ghost, and, to use his own words, to the Baron, ad fin.
most holy Virgin Mary, the mother of
God, and our reconciler. But Cornelius Tua ope et inter-
a Lapide exceeds all in blasphemy and quod hic exterius
idolatry, who divides all the praises scripsi, interius
between St. Paul and the Virgin Mary suggerat. Cornel.
at the end of his Comment on Paul's. xiii. ad fin.
a Lapide in Heb.
Epistles. He tells Paul, that by his
strength and intercession he had per- omnia debeo, ut-
formed that work, and he desires him pote quæ me in
to grant that the Holy Ghost may make juvit, instruxit,
his writings beneficial to others; yet he dit que, uttar
tells the Virgin Mary that he owes mens et manus
himself and all his works to her, and mus scribæ velo-
that she has made his dull mind and citer scribentis.
hand as the pen of a ready writer.

Obs. 1. Praising God is a work very suitable to

saints.

Obs. 2. After all exhortations for obtaining any good, God must be acknowledged the Author of that good.

Obs. 3. It is our duty to praise God for future blessings, for what we have in hope as well as for what we have in hand.

Obs. 4. Spiritual blessings principally deserve our praises.

Obs. 5. In our addresses to God we should have such apprehensions and use such expressions concerning him as may most strengthen our faith.

Obs. 6. Our speeches concerning Christ must be with highest honour and reverence.

Obs. 7. Praise should conclude that work which prayer began.

Obs. 8. The concluding thanksgivings which are affixed to writings are only to be given to God,

divini numinis

Tom. 1. Annal.

cessione da, ut

Spiritus Sanctus

Cui me, meaque

hoc opere direxit,

da, et impolita

mea fierent cala

ld. ibid.

For myself, all good that I can do, or in this or any other service have done, I humbly desire may be returned only to the honour and praise of my most dear and blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, whose grace was the principle of all that is rightly done in this performance, whose Spirit was my guide in doing it, whose word was my rule, whose glory was my end, whose merit can alone procure acceptance for me and all my services, and the everlasting enjoyment of whose presence is my soul's desire and longing.

Amen.

THE END.

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