Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Peter 4:7
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1 Peter4:7
7 But the end of all things is at hand : Be ye therefore sober , and watch unto prayer .
The last Judgment which will put an end to all the Evils as well as good things of this World.
See Iames 5.8, 9.
Both in mind, prudent, moderate, 2 Cor. 5.13. Tit. 2.6. and in Body, temperate in meats and drinks, &c.
The word signifies both Sobriety, i[illegible: 1 letter] opposition to Drunkenness, 1 Thess. 5.6, 8. and Watchfulness, 2 Tim. 4.5. and this signification agrees best with this place, the former being implied in the word sober.
The end for which they should be sober and vigilant, viz, that they might observe every season fit for Prayer, and might still keep themselves in a Praying frame.
Marginal references: Rom. 13.12. Phil. 4.5. 2 Pet. 3.9, 11.; Mat. 20.41. Col. 4.2. Chap. 5.8.
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