A Vindication of the Discipline And Constitutions of the Church of Scotland for
A Vindication of the Discipline And Constitutions of the Church of Scotland for
John Owen
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In the first clause of the verse, there is, 1. The object of the duty en- joined, that is, ' those that are bound, ' or in bonds. 2. The duty itself, which is ' to be mindful of them. ' And, 3. The manner of its perform- ance ; as ' bound with them. ' First. The object of the duty required, are rwv Eeafxicov, ' those that are bound. ' The word signifies any that are in prison, whether they are actually bound with chains or not, because in those days all pri- soners were usually so bound, Acts x...vi. 26. To be thus in bonds, or a prisoner, was esteemed a thing shameful, as well as otherwise penal ; for it was the estate of evil-doers. But the introduction of a new cause, made it an honourable title ; namely, when any were made prisoners of Christ, or prisoners for Christ. So this apostle, when he would make use of a title of especial honour, and that which should give him autho- rity among those with whom he had to do, so styles himself, and that emphatically, Eph. Iii. 1, E-yw FlauXoc 6 Sea/nog tov XptoTou Irjaov, * I Paul, vinctus ille, that prisoner of Christ Jesus ;' and so again, ch.
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