3194 Chap.S« 4Commentariewpm II Andbrethren, ifI yetpreach Circumcifiott, whydoe I yet fuller perfecution : Then is the fcandall of the crof1e abolifhed. Iz Would toGod theywere cut off that troubleyou. to The fenfe. Terpre ach] now while I am an Apofile. Here Paul takes it for graunted, that when he was a Pharifiehe taught and maintained Circumcifion : but he denies that hee- uer taught it after his conuerfion in his Apoftlefhip.The crejle] t5 , the Gofpe! which is a doEtrine teaching deliuerance fromhell, and life cucrlafting, tobe obtainedby the death and paffion of Chrift crucified. t .Cor. I. r 8,z ;<, More plainly,the words are thusmuch in effeEt: "It is repot- ted, that I Paul an Apoftle, preach circunicifion : but the truth 21. is, there is no fuch matter. For if I taught circumcifion , the &ewes, maintainers ofcircumcifion , would riot perfccute me as they doe : neither would they take offenceat the preaching ofChriti crucified , if I ioyned circumcifionwith Chrift. Thedrift. Paul hereanfwers a new obieEtion, which is on it this manner. There is no caute , Paul ,why thou fhouldcfl thus reprooue vs, for thou thy Idle art a teacher ofcircumcifi- on. To this Paul makes adouble anfwer. Fide , he denies the report, and prooueshis dcniall by a double rearm ; one is,be- caufe the !ewes Rill perfecutedhim; the other is, bccaufe they 30. tooke offence !till at his preachingof Chrift crucified. Se- condly , Paul anfwers by pronouncinga curie vpon the fade Apoftics. Thevie. In the wordes, I confider two things, the report ?Giuen forth ofPaul , and his Apologie. The report was, that If Paul preached circumcifion. In this we ice what is theconditi- onoftheMinifters ofthe word, namely, tobe fubieCt to flan- der anddefamation, not oncly in refpeít of their bues, but alfa in refpeit of their Miniflerie and doctrine , as ifthey were he- aetikcs. ThusthePapifts at this day reproch the Miniftorie of the
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