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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It is objected, that the male child, which is not circumcised must (by God commandment) be cut off from the people of God, Gen. 17. 14. and therefore he that is not baptised must also be cut off. Ans. The text is spoken and meant not of infants, but of men of years, who being till then uncircumcised, despise the ordinance of God, and refuse to be circumcised. §5And this appears by the reason following: for he hath made my covenant void: now infants do not this, but their parents, or men of years.
It is obiected, that the male child, which is not circumcised must (by God commandement) be cut off from the people of God, Gen. 17. 14. and therefore he that is not baptised must also be cut off. Ans. The text is spoken and meant not of infants, but of men of yeares, who beeing till then vncircumcised, despise the ordinance of God, and refuse to be circumcised. §5And this appeares by the reason following: for he hath made my couenant void: now infants doe not this, but their parents, or men of yeares.
Secondly, the speech of Christ is objected, Joh. 3. 5. Except a §10man be borne of water and the holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Ans. Christ alludes to the washings of the old testament, Ezech. 36. 25. and withal gives an exposition of them, on this manner. Thou art a Pharisee, and lovest much washing: but if thou wouldest enter into the kingdom of §15heaven, thou must be washed with clean water, that is, borne anew by the holy Ghost. Again I answer, that if the words be meant of baptism, they carry this sense. The kingdom of heaven doth not signify life eternal, but the Church of the new Testament, and that in his visible estate,