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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.
To be made flesh, is the abasement of the son: in this abasement he goes on, till he become even as a worm of the earth, Psal. 22. 7. so must we abase our selves, till we be annihilated and brought to nothing: then shall we be like to Christ, and filled with the good things of God.
To be made flesh, is the abasement of the sonne: in this abasement he goes on, till he become euen as a worme of the earth, Psal. 22. 7. so must we abase our selues, till we be anihillated and brought to nothing: then shall we be like to Christ, and filled with the good things of God.
Our sins are a wall of partition between God and us: so as we are far from God, and God from us, Isa, 59. 2. and this partition is of our own making: and by this means we have no access to God of our selves, though we pray unto him, and fill §10heaven and earth with our cry. Now the son of God made man, is Immanuel, that is, God with us, Isai, 7. 14. and his incarnation is a means whereby we have access to god, and he is near unto us when we pray unto him in trueth, 2. Chron. 15. 2. This must teach us to draw near to God in the hearing and obeying §15of his word, in prayer, and in the use of the holy Sacraments. If this be not done, great is our wickedness, and great shall be the punishment, Job. 21. 14. Psal. 73. 27.
Our sinnes are a wall of partition betweene God and vs: so as we are farre from God, and God from vs, Isa, 59. 2. and this partition is of our own making: and by this means we haue no accesse to God of our selues, though we pray vnto him, and fill