[a]Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats [b]which God hath created [c]to be received [d]with giving thanks of them which believe and know the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:3 He setteth down two kinds of this false doctrine, to wit, the Law of sole life, and difference of meats.
  2. 1 Timothy 4:3 He proveth that he justly called such doctrines devilish, first, because the teachers of them make laws of things which are not their own: for have they created the meats?
  3. 1 Timothy 4:3 Secondly, because they overthrow with their decrees, the end wherefore they were created of God, to wit, that we should use them.
  4. 1 Timothy 4:3 Thirdly, for that by this means they rob God of his glory, who will be honored in the use of them. And herewithal the Apostle declareth that we must use the liberality of God soberly, and with a good conscience.

[a]For every creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:4 He setteth an Apostolical rule, for taking away the difference of meats, against that false doctrine.

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