the F,pile to theÇCalatiani. [which is Agar] which Terlament is figured by Agar [is of mount Sina]came frommount Sina,where the law was ddiue- red to the Ifrachtes. Andgendreth to bondage] that is, it makes all them honcho' that looks tobe iuiltfied and faced by the S works ofthe law. For Agar or Sina]herethe tranflatours are deceiucd, fuppo- fing that mount Sana had twonames, Agar andSma : but this opinionof theirsbath noground, and thewords are thus tobe read,AgarU Sina. Here Agar lignifies not fo much the perfon o ofAbrahams handmaid , as that which is ftid in the former hi- florie ofAgar. For the words are, 76,'Arcip. And Sina mull be conuderedas aplace, where it pleafedGod to publifh the law. And the wordcs thus confidcred, haue this fenfe, Agar as Sina, that is,Agar figures Sina, twowales. Firfl,ancondition : foras >< 5 Agarwas a bondwoman, fo Sina in refpeet of'the law , was a place ofbondage : and in this refpeet alto it is calledSina of A- rabia, which was a dcfartout of the landofCanaan. Secondly, incffe61: for as Agar bare Itmael a bondman to Abraham ; fo Sina or the law, makes bondmen. And it anfwereth] Sina an-, 20 fwereth to Ierufalem , that is, as Agar figures Sina ; fo Agar fi- gures Ierufalem : and by this meanes, Sina and Ierufalem are like, and flandboth inone order.NowAgar figures Ierufalem two wales, in condition, andcfat. In condition : for asAgar was a bondwoman, fo Ierufalem, or the nationofthe Ìewes re- 3o fufing Chrifl, and looking to be faced by the law, arc in fpiri- tuall bondage . In cfeí`I : for as Agar brings forth Ifmacl a bondman; fo Ierufalemby teaching the law,makes bondmen. ThereforePaul faith in the Taft place,of Ierufalern,andfee is in bondage withher children. 3 5 The vfe. Theft thingt arefailby alhgsrie] Here the Papifts make a double fenfe offcripture, one literall, theotherfpiritst- all. Literall is two:'old. `Proper, when the words are taken in their proper fignification. Figuratine, when the holy Ghoft li;nifieshis meaning in borrowed rearms. ,Io Spiritual! fenfes they make three. One 411.eQericall, when things in the old teflament areapplied to lignifie things in the new teflament. The fecond, is TropoI irail; when fcripturc lignifiesfomething touching manners. The third , is Anagogi- call, when thingsare in.fcripture applied to lignifie the cflate ofeuerlaftinglife. Thus Ierufalem properly is a citie : t y alle-' Xx t prie
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