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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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Object. I. The son is sent of the father: and he that is sent is inferior to the father: and he that is inferior to God, is not §20God. Ans. Two equals by common consent may send each other: and therefore sending always implies not inequality. Again inferiority is of two sorts, inferiority of nature, and inferiority of condition. The first doth not befall Christ: because §25for nature he is one and the same with the father. The second agrees unto him, because of his own voluntary accord, he abased himself, and took upon him the shape of a man, Phil. 2. 5.
Obiect. I. The sonne is sent of the father: and he that is sent is inferiour to the father: and he that is inferiour to God, is not §20God. Ans. Two equalls by common consent may send each other: and therefore sending alwaies implies not inequalitie. Againe inferioritie is of two sorts, inferioritie of nature, and inferioritie of condition. The first doth not befall Christ: because §25for nature he is one and the same with the father. The second agrees vnto him, because of his owne voluntarie accord, he abased himselfe, and tooke vpon him the shape of a man, Phil. 2. 5.
Object. II. God hath his beginning of none: the son §30hath his beginning of the father: therefore he is not God. Ans. The son in respect of his person is of the father: but in respect of his godhead, he is of none. The son of God considered as he is a son, is of the father, God of very God. But considered as he is God, he is God of himself, because the godhead §35