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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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The second question is, how far forth the son of God, was made flesh? I answer three things. The first, that he took §15unto him the whole and perfect nature of man in respect of essence, namely, the entire substance of a reasonable soul, and humane body. Here remember, that quantity, that is, length, breadth, and thickness, is not an accident which may pass and repass, but it is of the substance of every body, & therefore of §20the body of Christ. And for this cause it is impossible that the body of Christ in his quantity, being four or five foot in length, should be included in the compass of a piece of bread that is but two or three inches in quantity. The second is, that the son of God •ooke unto him the properties of mans nature, §25the powers of life, sense, motion, the faculty of reason, will, and affection. The third is, that he took to him the infirmities, and miseries of mans nature. Here two caveats must be remembered. The first, that he took to him only such infirmities as are mere infirmities, and no sins. For example, upon §30the words of Christ, Let this cup pass, Matth. 26. some say, that their was oblivion in Christ: but this may not be said. For oblivion is a sin, namely, a forgetting of that which a man ought to remember: & there may be in Christ or other men, a suspending of the Memory, by some external and violent §35cause, without oblivion. The second caveat is, that the son of God took to him the infirmities which pertain to the nature of man, and not such as pertain to the persons of men, as dropsies, gouts, consumptions, and such like. For he took not the person of any man, but the nature of all men, with all the ⟨p. 283⟩appurtenances thereof, except sin.
The second question is, how farre forth the sonne of God, was made flesh? I answer three things. The first, that he tooke §15vnto him the whole and perfect nature of man in respect of essence, namely, the intire substance of a reasonable soule, and humane bodie. Here remember, that quantitie, that is, length, breadth, and thicknes, is not an accident which may passe and repasse, but it is of the substance of euery bodie, & therefore of