326 Chap.4. ACommentarie vpon onely delinerthat which they knowe to be thewill ofChria. Ftftiv,Theymuff haue a fpectall care ofholinefleofhfe,be. caufe they fpeakc in the name and roome ofGod.Read Lcuit. 10.2. Sixtly,thepeople are to heare their teacherswithall reue- rence,euen as if they would heare the very angelsof Godor í Chri(l himfelfe. Scauenthly,thecomfort oftheMiniflerie is as lure and cer. ten,as ifan angel camedowne from heauen, or Chrift himfelfe' to comfort vs:fo be it wedoe indeed trueiy turne to God and io repent. Verf. 15. H'hat woreyes r felicitie?that is,you efleemedit to be vourfe. licitie,that you receiued me and my doffrine. re wouldhaue plucked out _oar eies andhquegiuen them to me]a prouerbiall 9 fpecch,fignifying the fpeciall loue of the Galatians to Paul, fo as nothingwhich they hadcould be to dcarc for him. /Orbad bin poffi6le]this he faith, becaule no ma can pluck out hiscie to doe another man good:or thus, noman canpotíìblyglue his 20 eleand the fight thereofto another. In there wards Paul lets downe the third ligne ofthe loue and reuerence which the Galatians fhcwed to him:and that is, that they thought themfelues happie by reafon of Pauls Mini- 1 fleck , and would haue parted with their owne ties tor his 25 good. Hencewe learne,that there is a felicitie after the timeofthis life,and that is,to receiue and imbracc the dofirine orthe Go. fpell.Sofaith Chrifl elk where.Luk.8.2 i.and i r. t 8.Math.7. 26.Truehappinef c (lands in our reconciliation with God in 30 Chrifl. And this reconciliation is offered and giucnvs ongods part byhis wordand promife,and it isrecciuedofvs,when we turne to God,and by faith refl on thePaid promi(e. To be in Godskingdome is happint(l'e : and this is the kingdome of God,whenwe rcfigne our felues in fubiefhion to hiswill and ;S word.The preachingoftheword is thekey ofthis kingdome, Match. t 6.t9.andwhen it is receiued into our heartsby faith,¡ heauen is fet open vnto vs cuen in this life,Ioh. r .5r. ThePhilofophers therefore haue crred,that place our hap pinch a inhonours,tiches,pleafures,or in ciuill verme. Secondly,
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