theEpsflIe tothe gAlatrm.r. Chap:a., 79`" God,and his will, dtílingui{ia him from falfe gods , andhis. woríhippe,from falfe worlhippe.Here comes the faultofour times tobcconfidcred:moft men amongvs , doenot knowe their religion,neither can theydiftinguilh it from errour,and falfe religion. A foule negligence. We take paines to learne trades,andoccupations,that we may haue wherewith to prc- fcrue this temporali life:what a(harm then is it , that we learner not better to know the dot-trineof truereligion, wherebyour foulerare to be faucd ? l'o Laf}ly,hcre we !carne , that theoffice ofthe Minifler is,not onely to teachand preach , but alto to fludie, and take care, howcbypreaching hemay doe themoll good. 3. But neither yet Titus, which was withme,thoughhe were a Gre- cian,wascompelled tobe circumci- fed. 2 After the Conference, followes the Approbation , which was giuen to Paul.It (lands in foure things.Thc firfl , that the Apoftlesdidnot compel! Titus tobe circumcifed , v.3 . The fccond,that theyadded nothing to his doarine,v.6.The third, that they gauc him the hands of fellowfhip,v.7.The lafle, that 2-5 at hisdeparture,they required of himnothing , but thegluing ofAlmcs,v.t6. For the fârfl;the words , And Titus s 7r a not compelled to be cirrxmcifed,carriethis fenfe:1,for mypartwas readie to circum- cite Titus,ifthere had beenc a meete occafion : fail brethren 30 would haueimpofed a necetitievponvs:then I andTitus re- fufcd:and the Apofi les did not vrgeme to circnmcife. him. Here it may be demanded , howe this text can well !land with A , 16.v.3. for there Paul circumcifeth Timothie , a Grecian:and here he ref tocircumcifc Titus , though he 35 were a Grecian:I anfwer thus. Circumcifionwas at this time,a thing indiffcrent.From the finfl inflitution , to the commino-, and fpecially to the death ofChrifi , it was a thingcowman-- ded,a Sacrament;and a part ofGods worfhip. Againe,after the planting of the Church ofthe neweteflamcnt,itwas utterly a- bolifhed,andathinginrefpefi ofvfe, vtterlyvnlawfùll in the middle
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