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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 person sending is God, that is, the father, in these words, §25God sent forth the spirit of his son. Where mark the distinction of the persons in Trinity. There is the father, the son, & the spirit of the son. And here remember, that this action of sending forth, argues not superiority in the person sending, nor inferiority in the person sent: (for equals may send each other §30by common consent;) but it argues Order, and a distinction of persons in respect of their beginning. For the father is of none, the son is of the father, and the Holy Ghost is of both: and hence it is that he is sent of both.
The person sending is God, that is, the father, in these words, §25God sent forth the spirit of his sonne. Where marke the distinction of the persons in Trinitie. There is the father, the sonne, & the spirit of the sonne. And here remember, that this action of sending forth, argues not superioritie in the person sending, nor inferioritie in the person sent: (for equals may send each other §30by common consent;) but it argues Order, and a distinction of persons in respect of their beginning. For the father is of none, the sonne is of the father, and the Holy Ghost is of both: and hence it is that he is sent of both.
The manner of this sending forth, was on this sort. We may §35not imagine that in this sending, there was any change of place, for the Holy Ghost is every where. But he is said to be sent forth, when he manifests his presence by his divine operation, or by special & supernatural gifts in the hearts of believers, as by the gift of illumination, faith, regeneration, life, sense and ⟨p. 283⟩motion are the gifts of the spirit, and so are civill virtues: but the sending of the spirit is only in respect of such gifts as are bestowed in the Church, in the receiving of which, the spirit is acknowledged.