theEpillle to rho Galatians, Chap.4. ( 3o I fpirit offonnes crying Abba : therefore ye are not feruants to the lawc,but formes of God. And from this conclufron Paul deriues a fècond , which is the fumme and fubtfance of the wholedifputatton,tkom the beginningofthe third chapter; to 1 this place ;namely,that they wlatch are tonnes , are alto heires, not by the lawe,and the works thereof,but by Chr.if. This verfe is a repetitionof the z6. & 29.verfès,ofthe third ' chaptcr:therfore I will not Rand any 16ger in the hldlingof it. One thing is to beobferued,namcly the change ofthe num. IO ber.Paul laid before,yeareformes:here he faith,thouart afanne. And this he doth to teachvs,that they which turne to G od Sc Mettle inChriff,mufl be aflùred that they are the formes and heires ofGod.Paul bath let downe immediately before,the in- fallible fignc , whereby a man may knowe hitnfeife to be the 15 ; childe ofGod:therefore in the next words he faith; therefore thou art the fonne ofGod.Saint Iohn faith,thefe thingswe write untoy_u that beleeue,thatye may know thatye haue life euerlgßiná i.Ioh.5. i 3 .Thus moil every belceuer ai ply the G.ofpell,an1 the benefits thereofto himlelfe. 3o The meditation of this point fcrues greatly to fweeten all crofl'es vnto vs:for ifwe know that we be Gods children, that is comfort enough;and we may then affure our felucs, that in euerycrofie,God comes veto vs as a father. Again, thts.medt tation- works a contcntation in euery loffe. Fc.>r it thoube the 25 chtidc ofgod,thou canfl haue no great lotie. For all thinot are thine,tbou Chrifls,and-ChrsfI Geels, r.Cor.3. i2. Laftly,this me- ditation mull fTirrevp in vs,a care to lead a heauenly and fpi- rituall life, L. Ioh, 3.3.that WC. may be hke our e,ldef} brother Chrifl Letts.. 3o IT.. 8. But euen then when yee { :knew not God ye did feruiceveto he {t m , which by nature are not Gods... v. 9. But nowe feeing ye know God; or rather are known ofGod, P p 3 how. 35
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