3os 'Chap.4. .fl Commentarse upon how turneye againe unto impotent andbeggarlyrudinments,whereunto as from the beginning, yewill be in bondage againe., v. io. Yee obferue daies and moneths,and times , andyeares. v. Ir. I am in feare ofyou, leaf I haue bellowed labour on you in vaine. 15 HerePaul returnes againe to the principal( conclufion of thewhole Epiflle,which is on this manner. III Paul be called to teach,and mydoftrine be truc:yc haue done cuill to reuolt from it to another Gape!: but I am called to teach, andmy j 10 doctrine is true: this Paul prooued in the firfl, fecond, and thirdchapters. ThereFore ye haue done mill to rcuolt from mydottrine.Thisconclufion he propounded before,and here againe he repeates it:and withal! amplifies it twowales . Firft by letting downe the particularmatter ofthereuolt andApo. as ftacieofthe Galatians , v .9, t o. ye returne to impotent rudi- ments : ye obferuedaiec and time;.Secondly,he fets downe the greatneiTh oftheir rcuolc: finii, by companion thus: Once ye fettled falce gods:but there is fome excufeofthat offence: be caufeye did not knowGod : but that ye haue returned to the 30 Rudiments of the world, there is no enure ofit:for ye then knewe god,or rather wereknown ofgod.Againc,he fcts forth thegreatnefre of their rcuolt , by the effe&t,v. i I.It makes me feare leaft I haue loft my labour among you. Here Paul lets downe a threefold citate of theGalatians: 3; their eftate inGentilifme before their conuerfion, their citate in theirconuerfion,and their eftate in the Apoflafie. Their eftate in Gentilifineflands in two things: Ignorance ofGod[thenyeknew not Cod.]Idolatrieor fuperftition,ye fr- med themwhicharenot Godr bynatnrc. Touch- T IO
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