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John Trapp on 2 Timothy 2:22

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2 Timothy2:22

Verſe 22. Fly alſo youthfull luſts] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Fly them he muſt with poſt-haſte, though ſuch a chaſte and chaſtened piece, as he was. Youth is a ſlippery age, ſlippery as glaſſe, eaſily contracting duſt and filth, as the word uſed by David importeth, Pſal. 119.9. and ſhould therefore cleanſe its waies, by cleaving to the Word. [non-Latin text not transcribed] erveo. Youth is a hot age, as the Greek word ſignifies; a black dark age, as the Hebrew word noteth, Eccleſ. 11.10. Therefore put away evil from thy fleſh, ſaith the wife man there out of his own experience. St Paul repeats and inculcates this precept upon his ſon Timothy, as men do not only anoint their fleſh, but rub in the ointment. He knew that all was but enough. Summopere cavendum divino praeconine dista factis d[illegible: 1 letter] ficientibus crubeſcant. Nihil turpius peripatetico claudo. ſaith one.

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