Verse 12. _Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth._ Verse 13. _Yea, I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you up, by putting you in remembrance:_ Verse 14. _Knowing that shortly, I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me._ Verse 15. _Moreover, I will endeavour, that you may be able after my decease, to have these things alwayes in remembrance._ The Analysis. In the former words the Apostle had given a reason of his exhortation, why all the faithfull should imbrace it: and in these words he gives a reason of the same, why he should use it unto them; which reason he delivers by way of anticipation, whereby he meets with a close objection by a kinde of modest excuse, or by removing the cause which they might suspect, why he should put them in remembrance of these things, namely, because he did think they were ignorant and unstable. Now he shewes that this was not the cause, in these words, _though ye know them, and be stablished in the present truth_. And then he brings divers true causes that moved him to make this exhortation unto them. 1. The great profit that would redound unto them by the performance of these duties whereunto he exhorts them. This reason is intimated in that causall particle, whereby he joynes these words with the former, _wherefore_, that is, for those benefits sake which you shall receive by this meanes, I thought it my part to put you in remembrance of these things after this manner. 2. The second reason, which depends upon the former, is the desire and care that he had to further their good; this is intimated in these words, _I will not be negligent_. 3. The third reason is taken from the duty of the Apostle, because justice and equity required this of him, in these words, _I think it meet_. 4. The fourth reason is taken from the opportunity of time, which he had now, and was not long to continue; that he had it now, he shewes in these words, _as long as I am in this tabernacle_; that it was not long to continue, in these words, _Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle_, which he confirmes by the testimony of Jesus Christ. 5. The fifth reason is taken from the fruit which this exhortation might bring forth; which is set forth by the adjunct of time, that it would be profitable unto them, not only while _Peter_ lived, but also after his death, _after my decease to have these things alwayes in remembrance_, verse 15. The Doctrines arising herehence. Doctrine 1. _In our exhortations and admonitions, we must not only looke unto it, that that which we say be just and right, but also that we speak it with a right minde and good intention, and that it may so appeare also unto those with whom we have to do._