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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.
Now I come to the second part of the similitude, v. 3. Even so we] that is, the Jews, and all the people of God in the old testament. Were children] were as children in respect of the Christian Church, in the new Testament.
Nowe I come to the second part of the similitude, v. 3. Euen so we] that is, the Iewes, and all the people of God in the olde testament. Were children] were as children in respect of the Christian Church, in the new Testament.
Were in bondage] The Jews are said to be in bondage in respect §35of us: because they were subject to more laws then we are, and they wanted the fruition of the liberty which we enjoy. They had the right of sons, but they enjoyed not their right as we do: and this is their bondage. For otherwise liberty in conscience from hell, death, & sin, they had even as we now have.
Were in bondage] The Iewes are said to be in bondage in respect §35of vs: because they were subiect to more lawes then we are, and they wanted the fruition of the liberty which we inioy. They had the right of sonnes, but they inioyed not their right as we doe: and this is their bondage. For otherwise libertie in conscience frō hell, death, & sin, they had euen as we now haue.
Rudiments of the world] that is, the law or Ministry of Moses, and it is so called, in respect of a more full and plentiful doctrine, in the ministry of the new Testament. And it is called the Rudiments of the world, because Jewry was as it were, a little school set up in a corner of the world, the law of Moses was as it were, an a, b, c, or Primer, in which Christ was revealed