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A commentary of M. I. Calvin upon the Epistle to the GalatiansA commentarie of M. I. Caluine vpon the Epistle to the Galathians
A commentary of M. I. Calvin upon the Epistle to the Galatians: and translated into English by R.V.A commentarie of M. I. Caluine vpon the Epistle to the Galathians: and translated into English by R.V.
London: printed by Thomas Purfoote, 1581
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 third Chapter. 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth? unto whom Jesus Christ is painted forth before (your) eyes, being crucified among you. 2 This only will I learn of you, Have you received the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the preaching of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish, that having begun in the spirit, ye will now be made up in the flesh. 4 Have ye suffered so great things in vain? if yet also in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth unto you the spirit, and worketh in you virtues: (doeth he that) by the works of the Law, or by the preaching of the faith.
¶ The third Chapter. 1 O foolishe Galathians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obay the truth? vnto whome Iesus Christe is paynted forth before (your) eyes, being crucified among you. 2 This only will I learne of you, Haue you receiued the Spirite by the works of the law, or by the preaching of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish, that hauing begun in the spirite, yee will now be made vp in the flesh. 4 Haue ye suffered so great thinges in vaine? if yet also in vaine. 5 He therefore that ministreth vnto you the spirite, and worketh in you vertues: (doeth hee that) by the vvorkes of the Lawe, or by the preaching of the fayth.
O Foolish.) Unto doctrine he joineth, or rather putteth in, chiding. If any man doth marvel why he deferred it not till the end: without doubt those so grave sentences which he pronounced, stirred him suddenly to be angry. For whereas we hear that the Son of God is rejected with all his goodness, and that his death is accounted as nothing: what godly hart is not broken with indignation. He pronounceth them therefore [Greek or Hebrew] that is to say, out of their wits, which suffered themselves to be enwrapped with so great sacrilege. neither doth he reprove them only for that they suffered themselves to be deceived, but to be deluded as it were with a certain Magical enchantment: which is far worse. for he showeth that their fall was more nigh unto madness then foolishness. Some think that Paul had respect to the disposition of the nation, for they having their original of Barbarians, were to be handled the more hardly: but I had rather refer it simply to the the thing it self. for it is a wondrous thing, that in so great clearness of the Gospel, there