2 Corinthians — Chapter 6

1. Helping.) God's Ministers are coadiutours. For that he declared before the Ministers of the new Testament to be Christes Deputies, and that when they preach or doe any function, God as it were speaketh or doeth it by them, he boldly now saith, Helping therfore: that is to say, ioyning or working together with God, we doe exhort. συνεργοῦντες.

5. In watching.) Voluntarie penance. When in the middes of many miseries and persecutions, the Apostles yet of their owne accord added and required voluntarie vigils, fastings, and chastitie, we may wel perceiue these workes to be wonderful grateful to God, and specially needful in the Clergie.

14. What societie.) Not to communicate with Heretikes in any actes of religion. Generally here is forbidden conuersation and dealing with al Infidels, and consequently with Heretikes; but specially in praiers, or meeting at their Schismatical Seruice, preaching, or other diuine office whatsoeuer. Which the Apostle here vttereth in more particular and different termes, that Christian folke may take the better heed of it. No societie (saith he) nor fellowship, no participation nor agreement, no consent between light and darknes, Christ and Baal, the Temple of God and the Temple of Idols: al seruice, as pretended worship of God set vp by Heretikes or Schismatikes, being nothing els but Seruice of Baal and plaine Idolatrie, and their conuenticles nothing but conspirations against Christ. From such therfore specially we must seuer our selues alwaies in hart and mind, and, touching any act of religion, in body also, according as the children of Israel were commanded by God to separate themselues from the Schismetikes Core, Dathan, & Abiron, and their tabernacles, by these words: *Depart from the tabernacles of the impious men, and touch ye not those things which pertaine to them, lest you be enwrapped in their sinnes. *Num. 16,26.