the Epi/lete theÇdlati4nt. Chap.#- + 3 29 that yeshouldaltogether loue them. 18 But it is goodtoloue earneft- 5 ly alwaies in a` good caufe andnot onely when I amprefent withyou. Thewordzede, bath many fignìfications; hereit is fittely tranflated ieloufie. re fire ieletes] hereby much is Ggnified; that to there is a fpirituall marriage betweeneChriff and his Church: that the Church is the Bride, Chrifi thebridcgroome,or huf- band, the Gofpcl an infirument drawne touching the marri- age: the facraments as feales, the graces ofthe fpirit as loue- to- kens , the Mini tiers of Chriff, as friends of the bridegrooms, 5 and filters for him. In this refpea theyput on the affe!tion of Chrifi, and are zealous for him. This Ieioufie is twofold, pre- tendedreloufie, and twee ieloufie. Pretendedteloufle is, when men falfely pretend the loue of theChurch for Chrifis fake. Thus Paul faith,They,are ielottr, that is, theypretend a lout votoyou 20 for Chrifis fake,but indeede theydoe 'tamp. And the reafon follows,Theywouldexcludeyou,namely,from louing ofmc. O- thers read thewordes thus they would exclude Y1f av, vs: the difference in the Original is onely in one letter: and the fenfe is the fame ,that the falle Apoflles wouldexclude Paul from the 15 loueofthe Galatians, that they onely might behonoured and loued. Ft ispod]Thefewords may bevnderflood either oftheGa- latians,or ofPaul. I rather choofe to applic themto Paul , that for ieloufic he may make an oppofition betweene himfclfe, 3o and the falle teachers. The fenfe is this : that ieloufie is a good thing, slit be in a good caufe, that is, of it be indeede for Chrifis fake, andbealwaies the fame. And Paul addes further , that this kindo`ieloufie is in himfclfe : becaufe he is ielous ouer the Galatians not onely when he is prefent with them , but alto 3 5 when he is abfent:and this he further confirmes in the two next ivertes. The (cope. In there worries, Paul meetes with a conceit of the Galatians:for they might happely fay, that their newTea- chers loued them exceedingly, ;ad werezealous for their fa!, nation. Paul thereforeanfwers bya coanparifon, thus : theyare I T t z ielous
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