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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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The first degree or steppe in their urging of circumcision, was, that They came in privily: that is, they joined themselves in fellowship with the Apostles, & in show pretended the furtherance of the Gospel: & yet indeed meant nothing less: though their fraud, & wickedness was not perceived. Here then the foundation §35they lay of all their naughty dealing, is their dissembling, which Paul here notes & condemns. On the contrary, our duty is, to be indeed that which we profess our selves to be: & to profess no more outwardly, then we are inwardly: and to approve our hearts to god, for that which we profess before men.
The first degree or steppe in their vrging of circumcision, was, that They came in priuily: that is, they ioyned themselues in fellowship with the Apostles, & in shew pretended the furtherance of the Gospel: & yet indeed meant nothing lesse: though their fraud, & wickednes was not perceiued. Here then the foū dation §35they lay of all their naughtie dealing, is their dissēbling, which Paul here notes & condemns. On the contrarie, our dutie is, to be indeed that which we professe our selues to be: & to professe no more outwardly, then we are inwardly: and to approue our hearts to god, for that which we professe before mē.
The second steppe or degree is, that they spy out the liberty which Paul, and the rest had by Christ: that is, they confer with the Apostles, and inquire of them what liberty they have by Christ, in respect of the Ceremonial law of God: and this they do, not of a mind desirous to learn, but for advantage sake. There be two kinds of spying: one lawful, the other unlawful. §5Lawful, as when in just and lawful war, we inquire into the counsels and doings of our enemies. Numb. 13. 1. Unlawful, when men pry into any thing, or matter, to find a fault. Thus hypocrites spy faults in the persons and lives of men; that they may have somewhat whereby to disgrace