PHILIPPIANS: The Philippians were always full of Acknowledgment, for the Grace of Faith they had receiv’d from God, by the Ministry of St. Paul: They assisted him on several Occasions: They sent him Money while he was in Achaia; and being inform’d that he was a Prisoner at Rome, Phil. i. 12, 13. In the Year of Christ 61.they sent a Deputation to him by Epaphroditus their Bishop, to be serviceable to him on all Occasions. Epaphroditus fell sick; and St. Paul, in order to deliver the Philippians from the Concern they were in, at the hearing of his Sickness, sent Epaphroditus to them again, when he was recover’d, and writ the Epistle by him, which we have still remaining. This Epistle is address’d to the Philippians, in which he commends their Liberality, and shews great Acknowledgment, for the Readiness he found in them, of being helpful to him in his Necessity. See the Article of St. Paul.
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