Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Timothy 4:18
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2 Timothy4:18
18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work , and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom , to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen .
Faith riseth upon experience, 1 Sam. 17.37, 46. 2 Cor. 1.10. By evil-work may be understood any sin into which Paul might fall through temptation: Or the evil works of others, designing mischief to the Apostle, he expresseth his faith in this term of various signification, to learn us how to exercise our Faith in God, in an evil time, viz. believing that God will either deliver us from our danger, or from sinning, by reason of our danger, for we have no foundation for our Faith, to believe that God will at all times keep us from evils of suffering.
And that he will save us, and preserve us, if not as to a Temporal Life, yet to a Coelestial, Honourable, Glorious Inheritance.
This is an usual form of giving praise to God, desiring all honour might be given to him.
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