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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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Lastly, we must put this in our accounts, that we must have many afflictions, if we be Gods children: for he corrects all his children. And when we are under the rod of correction, we §15must resign our selves to the will and good pleasure of God. This is childlike obedience: and this must be done in silence, and with all quietness: then God is best pleased.
Lastly, we must put this in our accounts, that we must haue many afflictions, if we be Gods children: for he corrects all his children. And when we are vnder the rodde of correction, we §15must refigne our selues to the will and good pleasure of God. This is childlike obedience: and this must be done in silence, and with all quietnes: then God is best pleased.
The internal means of Adoption, is Faith in Christ. And for the better conceiving of it, three questions are to be propounded. §20The first, what a kind of faith is this? Ans. A particular or special faith: and it hath three acts, or effects. The first is, to believe Christ to be Jesus, that is, a Saviour: the second is, to believe that Christ is my or thy Saviour: the third §25is, to put the confidence of heart in him. When Thomas felt the wounds of Christ, he said, My Lord, and my God: and thereupon Christ said, Because thou hast seen thou believest. Joh. 20. 29. Here mark, that to believe Christ to be my Christ, is faith. Against this special faith, the Papists object three arguments. §30The first is this: Every special faith must have a special word of God for his ground: but there is no special word that thy sins, or my sins, are forgiven by Christ: therefore there is no special faith. Ans. We have that which in force and value is equivalent to a special word: namely, a general promise,