Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 7:29

29 But this I say, brethren , The time is short . It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none .

He had before spoken to what concerned some, now he comes to what concerneth all.

The time (saith he) is short, furled up like sails, when the Mariner comes near his Port. He either meaneth the time of this life, or the time of the Worlds duration, we often find the Apostles speaking of their times as the last times (and in these senses all are concerned.) Or the time of the Churches rest and tranquillity, which they had hitherto enjoyed in a far more perfect degree, than they enjoyed them soon after this, when ten Persecutions followed immediately one upon the neck of another.

Therefore (saith the Apostle) it is the concernment of all Christians, not to indulge themselves too much in the pleasures and contentments of this life; but if ye be married, or shall marry, you will be concerned to keep your hearts as loose from the contentment and satisfaction men use to take in their wives, as if you had no wives at all.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 13.11. 1 [illegible: 1 word]. 4.7. [illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 word]. 3.8, 9.