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2Ti 2:20. Μεγάλῃ, great) Such is the Church.-χρυσᾶ καὶ ἁργυρᾶ, of gold and of silver) of precious materials, hard, able to endure fire.-ξὑλινα καὶ ὀστράκινα, of wood and earth) of viler materials, fragile, and fearing the fire.-καὶ ἃ μὲν-ἃ δὲ) and the former indeed, viz. those of gold, to honour; but the latter, viz. those of wood, to quite a different purpose. Even the gold vessel may be applied to dishonourable purposes; that of wood, to such as are honourable; but that does not easily happen in a well regulated household. Members of the Church inferior in point of gifts and degrees of faith and sanctification are not vessels for dishonour, nor ought any one ἐκκαθαίρειν, to purge himself from these.