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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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Again, it may be said, that this their ignorance is invincible, §35because as the Gentiles do not know God, so they cannot know him. Ans. That they cannot know him, it is not Gods fault, but the fault of their first parents, and consequently their fault: and this ignorance spreads it self over all mankind, as a punishment of the first offence.
Againe, it may be said, that this their ignorance is inuincible, §35because as the Gentiles doe not know God, so they cannot know him. Ans. That they cannot know him, it is not Gods fault, but the fault of their first parents, and consequently their fault: and this ignorance spreads it selfe ouer all mankinde, as a punishment of the first offence.
The third point is, that this ignorance is a great and grievous sin: for here Paul makes it the mother of superstition and Idolatry. This must teach us all to detest this ignorance of God, and his will, and to seek by all means to know God. God hath a controversy with men, because they know him not, Hose, 4. 1. 6.
The third point is, that this ignorance is a great and grieuous sinne: for here Paul makes it the mother of superstition and Idolatrie. This must teach vs all to detest this ignorance of God, and his will, and to seeke by all meanes to knowe God. God hath a controuersie with men, because they knowe him not, Hose, 4. 1. 6.
Again, this serves to warn all Ministers of the word, to be careful to root out ignorance out of the minds of the people, and to plant the knowledge of God. And by this we see, it is false which the Papist teacheth, that Ignorance is the mother of