...perdition, but the loss of his peace and comfort; as, probably, that parallel text ought to be understood: "But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now...Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died;"* that is, Destroy not his peace and comfort, by staggering his faith and wounding his conscience; or,...

...this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock, or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way. Ver. 1 5. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest...charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ c!itd. Ver. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother...

...ye this rather, not to lav an occasion of stumbling before a brother, or an occasion of falling.' 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that THERE is nothing unclean"1 of itself : (H /ai) net to him mho accountfth any thing to be unclean, to that MAN IT is...

...by St. Paul, with whose authority •Matt. xxv. 24, &.c. we will for the present rest contented. " I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth ; and he that doubteth is damned...

...expressly so adjudged by Saint Paul, with whose authority we will for the present rest contented. — " I know and am persuaded " by the Lord Jesus, that...esteemeth " any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. ** — Happy is he that condemneth not him" self in that thing which he alloweth ; and " he that doubteth,...

...enforced by those only who give heed to seducing spirits, I Tim. iv. 1 — 3. " I know," says Paul, " and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean." Such an one goes not by the word of God ; he is awed, governed, and kept in bondage, by a blind, misled,...

...against weak saints, as being more liable to get harm by them than those who are strong Rom. xiv. 15. ' If thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest...Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.' Lastly, Sins against the common good of all, or of many ; for the wider the ejects of one sin go, it...

...same? And through thv knowledge shall thy weak brother perish, for whom Christ died ? (,f1) \itberefore thy brother be grieved with thy meat ; now walkest thou not charitably : destroy not him with tky meat, for whom Christ died, (,•») Paal. t4i. 5. (a) Prov. 13. ia. (a) Prov. 9. 7. (*) Pror....

...embolden your brother to do v, hat is contrary to his conscience, and therefore sinful •in himi " for to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean :" and, whatsoever is not of faith, is sin." Or, if he be not emboldened, by your example, to transgress...

...every one be fully persuaded in his own mind. Let us not therefore judge one another any more : for I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify...