i the EpifllstothsÇdlatians. Chap.4 f 323 the excellencieof humane wifdome,t.Cor.2. t.3. and under it he comprehends all the calamitiesand troubles that befell him. 2.Cor. t z.to. Thiswas the conditionofthc ref1 ofthe Apof}les. For they 5 werebut fi(hers,andpreached the word in their fiiltcrhke trim- plicìtie. Nay, this was the condition ofChr,t' hunfclfc For he hid the maieazeothis godhead vnder thevatic ofhis fleth: and hisoutward man was iubieet to reproch,and contempt.Ifa. 5 3. 13; And this is the Order of God. Theword °tuft be dtfpeníed o in the inftrmitieof mans fleíh forfundrie caufes. Firíf, that we might not exalt our teachers aboue their condition, who are I nomore but inftrumentsof grace. When the men of Detbe 1Paulforbids them, faying , thug, Librawould haue offered facrifce to Paul,andBarnabas, + Paul forbids P at they were mewfsbieel to thefame F 5 pagiens with them/elues,A 1. r 4. t 5. The'fecond calk, that we might afcrtbe the whole workc of our conuerfionnot to men, but to God alone. z.Cor:4.7. Thethird is, that Godmight by this meanes confound the wzfdomoftheworld,and caute men that would be wife , to become fooles, that they might bewife. 20 r .Cor.3. t 8. The lal} is, that we might beallured,that the do- Etrineof theApoalcs is of God: becaufe itpreuailcsin the world without the arength and pollicic ofman. And as theword is preached inweaknes,fo it is belecued of men; and the grace of God is conferred tovs , and continued 25 in vs , in the weaknes of the fleth. Gods loue is íhedde abroad in the hearts ofmen : but when? euen then, when weare in the mida of manifold affitaions. Rom.5. 2.5. Paul bearer about him themortificationofour Lord lefua,not for his damnation,but that the lfe of god might be manifeft ist his mortal! fleJb. z. 3o Cor.4.io. Andhe faith plainly, that the graceofGod is made perfeîl through wen, nef fe . z.Cor. t 2.9. By this we are taught a highpoint in religion, and that is,not onely to becontent with themiferies and troubles ofthislife, but to reioycetherein : be caufe when we are weaken , we are firongea : and whenwe 35 thinke our felucs forfakenof God in the time of diflreffe , we arc not forfaken indcede, but hauehis fpeciall fauour andpro - tcEtion.2.Cor. t 2.I o.Let thisbe thought upon: for the Works ofGod in thecaufeofmatis faluation, are in, and by their con- traries. This is themanner of Godsdealing. The fecond thing is , that Paul preached theGofpel to the S f 2 Gala-
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