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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.
The son of God takes not to himself the office of a Mediator, but he is called and sent forth of the father: whereby two things are signified; one, that the office of a Mediator was appointed of the father: the other, that the Son was designed to this office in the eternal counsel of the blessed Trinity. §20And so, that we may please God in our callings and places, we must have a double assurance in our consciences: one, that the offices and callings which we perform, are good, & pleasing unto God: the second, that we are designed and called of God to the said offices and callings. By this must we stay our minds §25in all our miseries.
The sonne of God takes not to himselfe the office of a Mediatour, but he is called and sent forth of the father: whereby two things are signified; one, that the office of a Mediatour was appointed of the father: the other, that the Sonne was designed to this office in the eternall counsell of the blessed Trinitie. §20And so, that we may please God in our callings and places, we must haue a double assurance in our consciences: one, that the offices and callings which we performe, are good, & pleasing vnto God: the second, that we are designed and called of God to the said offices and callings. By this must we stay our minds §25in all our miseries.
The son is sent forth, that is, he comes from his father, lays aside his majesty, and takes on him the condition of a servant. The same mind must be in us to humble and abase our selves before God, to think better of others then of our selves, to be §30content with our condition, to be well pleased when we are despised and contemned, because we are worthy of it. This is to conform our selves to Christ.