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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 manner of framing is expressed, when Paul saith, made, §20not begotten of a woman. The manhood then of Christ, was framed without natural generation, by an extraordinary work of the holy Ghost. Here a doubt is answered. Some man may say, if he were made of a woman, he comes of Adam, and consequently he is a sinner. Ans. The order set down by §25God with Adam in the creation is, that whatsoever he looseth, all his posterity shall loose that comes of him by generation. Upon this order, all that are begotten of Adam, with the nature of man, receive the sin and corruption of nature. And so should Christ have done, if he had descended of Adam by §30generation. But considering his flesh was made of the substance of a woman, and not begotten of any man: therefore he takes the nature of man, and not the corruption of nature.
The manner of framing is expressed, when Paul saith, made, §20not begotten of a woman. The manhood then of Christ, was framed without naturall generation, by an extraordinarie worke of the holy Ghost. Here a doubt is answered. Some man may say, if he were made of a woman, he comes of Adam, and consequently he is a sinner. Ans. The order set downe by §25God with Adam in the creation is, that whatsoeuer he looseth, all his posteritie shall loose that comes of him by generation. Vpon this order, all that are begotten of Adam, with the nature of man, receiue the sinne and corruption of nature. And so should Christ haue done, if he had descended of Adam by §30generation. But considering his flesh was made of the substance of a woman, and not begotten of any man: therefore he takes the nature of man, and not the corruption of nature.
The sanctifying of the manhood of Christ, is a work of divine power, whereby at the time of the framing thereof, it was