¡° ou,thatI might changemy voice:. Y for I am in feare ofyou. Paul bath laid befbre,thathis iealenfle ants the G tIaf¡4V! mal, s 5 good:becaule it was inagood caufe,and it wasconflant,not on. Jy in his prefcnce,but euen in hisabfence: and this hedeclares here by two figncs:his loue now in his abfcnce,in the i 9.verfe, and his defire in the fecondverle. Theword,a Arco,tranfated,!unreels" birth,fignifiesnot on 20 ly,the trauel of the womanat the birthofthc child, but alto the paincfull bearingthereof,before the hirth.And the wordshaue thisfcnfe,o ye Galatians,once heretofore I bare and brought you forth,when I tirf! preachedChriti vntoyou:and becaufe now ye arereuolted frommydot-ìrine,' am confirainedonce 35 againe to beareyou,and to trauell withyou in my Miniflerie, till by the operationoftheHoly Ghofl , the right knowledge, and the true image ofChrifl defaced by the fait: Apoflles,be once againe reformed and rcflored. In thefe words(my little children)Paul takes to him the con- 3o dition of a mother, and he lignifies hismofl tender and mo- therlyof eEion to the Galatians. It is the fashionofmothers, when their children profper and doe well , to reioyce, when they are ficke, or die, to mourneexceedingly , and to bemoo - ued with pitic and.compafrion. The Galatians deferued no 35 loue at Pauls hand:-for their Apollafie was very foule: yet becaufe there were fomegood things remaining in them, and there was hope ofrecouerie, he inlargeth his bowels towards them,and fhewes his loue with compaffion . Ifthis be the cafe with Paul , then great-is the loue and compafsion of God to T t. 3. the Epifile te theGalatians. Chap.4 I g 33 Laflly,that good thingsmay bewell done,good ends muff be propounded:and wemull beconflant in the goodwhich wedoe.And thus Paul faith,it re ageodthing to be iealem. 19. My little childrenofwhome I trauell in birth againe ,. till Christ be formed inyou. zo-. I would I were nowe with
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