THE RPISTLE OF SAINT PAVL T 0 T H E GA L A_T. I A N S. The ·Argument•. TWo tilingtartgentrall] to heconfidmd: theocc4jionofthu t'pif/le,andrhefcope, Theocca{i;nthAt ,.,. tttdPaultolPrimhu :t;:pifllco•.u; hec•ufecrrtcn (.l(e·Apo~les jlaundmd hsm bOihinrtfptlloj bi.s caUing,a& a!foin rcjpeil of hilt do~rine ;ttachmg fh~rt he w.u no. Apoft!r,emdth~t hU do~frinc 'WM fll{f~· A11d 6] thi:s meAnts they fiduced the (hurchcJ of Gttlarta 1 perfwadmg them, thar mfhficat•onnndjatu,mon wJU partly by (hrifl,•ndpart/X~Jihe La... Th•fcop•efthe Epif/le" in thm thlnt,J, Pirfl,the Ap•F!<difendJ hiscallingin'th•(irft••dftcOfjJ~h•pterr, Smndly,hedrftndJ thetrlllh ofhiJd•Cirine ;teaching-idflsficari' on&j Ch:tfl.i!one. And vpiJ,thiJ oc~a(ioR, he handlesth~greatefl ~flio~ in theTP()r/d: N .m1eiy, whnt is thar!ttfl•ce'wh;rebyaftnner/landmgbteou. bifortGod,rnthe 3·••d4.•ndmthe beginningofth•fi[t.Third· /y,heprefcribei'"l" ofgoodlift inthe'~fth andfi.~rh chaprm. ... . - '· 1.\- ' . . \ . CHAP. I. . 1. Paulan Apojlle (•ot of m~n,nor ~Jman ;but hJlefm Chrift,andqod the F.rh<r,rvhorai[td him from ' rhedead.) HE 'Epilllehath ;.pam; aPref:Zu, an Inftruc1ion, & the C~n,lu(ion, The Pre– face is in the fiue firllve,– fcs: and.i.tliadltlvop.atts, an fn(cripr~a~,a Salu(f.tiDv~ Tbeit~lfription !Cts down rh;v wrircrhcEpifllc,and the perto whom it IS fenr.The pcrfons that write t~·o Panla.nd rheBrethrm. , mcmioned m the fir(l vcrfe. In rw;mcn,u' ccm>•etyana decent manner he com– "":uosm.rutene to the Galaclans by hisoffiee funClion [an Apof/.1-]rhatts,onecalled to A are to co~ceiue of God,namely,r!Jat he is the Farher,and Jefus Chriil,and the l10ly Gholl: ft>r thegodhead may not beeconceiucd out of the rrinirieofperfons.Thc thirdis,becaule rheFather is the fountaine ofallgood things rharcomcto vs byChri£1, Lallly,heefmeth I downethe eff•Clor aClion of the Father [~ho r.•fed him from the dead]and that for t<>o cau– fcs, O ne was to prooueChrift to beethe na. rurall Sonnc of God; for heeprofc!fed himbee aplanter ard fOunderof the new Tella– ffienr amoqg thC' nations, And becaufe the title of an Apollle in generall flgnilication, tnay agree 10 all teachers.- 'therefore beegoes further, and fets downe the caufe of his Apo– flle!hip. And firll heremooucs the falfe cau– fes in thefewords [not if men]that is,notcalled C by men as by Authors of my calling,or not called by the authorityof men. And in this Paul oppofcth himlclfe to the falfe-apollles, whowerecallednotbyGod,butbymeo, A– llaine, bee Jaith [not by man] that is, not called B fe!fcto be fo :and that was onecaufewhy hee : was crucified,and purro death, Nowwhen he was dead, if bee had not bccnpheSonne of God indeede, hcc had neuer rifcnagainc, but had perithcd in death And 10 rhat theFather ra1fed him againe to l1fc:, hee gauerefiimooy that hee was hisowne naturaJJ Sonne. And thereforePaul faith,Rom,J 5. that{hrifluw declared tolu the Sonneo[Codb; th~ r~fts"~ai(m fromrhtdtad .. and he applies the words of the Pfalm.(AC1:.13•3J•ThottArt my Sonne,thiJd':f hauc I bcgortcn thee) to the time of Chrifis rc- ; pf God in and by themim!lerie ofany meere man. AndinthisPauloppoferh himfelfeto furreClion. Againe,Pau/mentions the r<fur– reClioo of Chrill,to note the time of his ownc calling: forthough 1he re£1 of the Apomes were called when Chrill was in the cllate of humiliation , yet Pan/wascalled afterwards, whenChrillwas enrred into hiskingdome; and fare at the nghr hand of his Father. ' ordinarieMiniflers of theGofpe!lvhatfowhoarecalled of Gad by man. This bee propounds rhe rrue caufe and au– blS Apo!!Je-!hip, of whome bee was <mmed.ately. Agam!i this it may bee obieded, thar P:iulwas ordamcd to bean A~ po[J]e by the i11•p0!ition of. hands of the Church of Anfiocli. lanfwer, that this im- , pofition was rarher aconfirmation,then acal– lmg. Sccondly,rhcy of An<ioch had not i:n– po(ed bands on P4r1!,burrhat. heywcrecom– maunded by the Spirit of God. Further Paul adocs,rnatnccwascalledbyChnfl [and God tbe Fmher]for threccaufcs. Thefirll was, ro fignifie thcconfent of wilJ in rhe Father and Chritl. The!Cconr.l was,roteachvs how wee Thevfe.Fir£l,VIhcreas~•Hiin the very forcD frontofhisEp>llle, bcginswithhisownecal· ling,I garher,that eueryMinifierofrhe Gof· . pel ought to haue agood and lawfu!l calling. Aman cannotpreachvnft{fo lukef~nt. Chrill Rom· 10 • 14 tookcnot vnto him the officeof aMediatour rill he was called and fcnrofrhe Farher.Therfore the opinion of the Anabapti!ls is fooliO> and phantallica!l, who thinkc that euery n;anmaypre~ch that will, withoutany fp(clall calling. They alleadge, that th~ houre of ~.C:or,tO.l! Stephmu ordain~ themjciHes to.tlu Mtm{lny of Hl:i~a~. th~S11intJ. Anfwer, rhe meamngof the place is not that they called themfdues, butthat they fct rhemfducs apart to the minilleriC of
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