28 Chap. T. ACommensArievpo» accurfed.For this caufe,fludentsofdiuinitie, arewarily to read themwithpraicr,that they be not led into temptation,and they arc to vie them onely in the lafl place . And they aregreatly to be blamed, that preferre them almofi aboue all writers: they fhewc that they haue little loue of theGofpell in their hearts. 5 9 Aswe laidbefore, fo fay I now againe :ifany roanpreach vnto you otherwife thenye haue recemed, let 10 himbe accurfed. .. In thefe words Paul repeates againe that which he faidbe före : and the repetition is not in vaine, but for three weightie caufes; the fir(} is to lignifie that he hadfpoken not rafhly,but t ) 1 aduifedly,whatfocuer lac had laid before: the fecond is,that the point deliuered,is an infallible truth ofGod: the third is,toput the Galatians and vs in rnindc, that we are to obfcrue and re member that which he bath faid, as the foundation ofour reli- gion, namely,thatthe doctrine of theApoflics is the:onely in- 20 fallible truthof God , again!' which we maynot Wien to Fa- thers, Councels, or-to the veryAngels ofGod. If this had bin remembred and obferued,the Gofpel had continued in his pu- I ritie after the daies of the Apofllcs. fIn this verle one thing is to be obferued. Before Paul (aide, 25 they are accurfed which teach otherwitë then he had taught : here he faith, they are accurfed which teach otherwif then the Galatians had receiued. Whereby it appeares, that as Paul . preached the Gofpel of Chrifi , fo the Galatians receiued it. And they receiued it, firfiin that they hadcare to know it, fe- 3 s condly in that they gaue the anent of faith unto it,as to a truth: againfi which the veil Angels could take no exception: And for this allo are theTheflalonians commended that the Gofpel was to them in ?Inver and .'mch aj4arance.The great fault of our times is, that whereas the Gofpel is preached, it is 35 not accordingly receiued. Many haue nocare to know it : and they which know it., giuenotvnto it the affent of faith , but ®nely hold it in opinion. And this is the calk that there is fo fmall fruit ofthe Gofpel. Thisfinne will at length hauehis pu. nifhment. The places that are not feafoned by the waters of 1 tbe.
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