A [ ommentarie "Ppon • Chap.6. the fcnfe to bee rhi:s, I hauc had m:my rrou- A bles and conHicts ; and haue many tn"rkes and fcarres mmy body inflicted by porf.cu– cours: therefore bee no more rr-oubJefome vnro me: fori: were too muGh ruaddeworm– wood to my gall,affiictionto afRiction. Here we fee the condition of theApoftle, and the dlate of all faithlull mini(lers ;that it is full ofrroublcand moJettations. For as they arc accounted men of turbulentfpitlt•, dili:juie· cers of the Uate,as Eli.u was, J~King.z J.and l<~emy,chaptcr 15.18.andP••I, Act.16.:o. & i 1. • 8. So they are mofl (roubled with factious oppofcrs and falfe teachers, who la· bour to bnnginto the Church, thingspartly necdlesand luperfluous, partly hurrfull and pernictou•. Thusthc falle apo(!Jes troubled B the pallou,.and Church of Galatia,Gal. 5· 1 o. and the Churches of Antiochia, Syt~a, Cil•cia,ACl.t P4Secondly,conliderhow that the molhnd grearetl trooblcs of the Church,baue beene fOr mauers not offubfiance, burofcircuru– (lance, partly not,necctTary, partly contrary to therule: which notwithltandinghauebm vrged wtih fire and fagot, as things mu(! ne– cetfary. Lallly,hc that (lands forth for the defence of Gods trurh{as PA•Idid,andai!Miniflers - ought to doe)muOiet goc all circumOances, lukcro.lq and looketorhc fubflance. NotwithMar– rha to trouble himfclfeabout many needles thing:, <Ohen as one thingonelyis necelfary. C The reafon followethmthefe words, for I ''"";.my bod; <he markp o[rheLordlefm. The word in the 011ginall tranflated s-i>uotnt. mitrk..(s, doth properJy fignific prints with an vHie Lipli· l~otc~yron. But 1t is here vfed generally ro "0:: de anihgmheany bJcmilh,skarrc,or markcwhatfo· !iaJ ~oma: euer whether fuch as waswoont to be fetvp– ~~-1h:)~l. on feruants bought wJrh money~ (which a· 1~ vg ' 9 ' mong the Iewes was a hole ,tn the care pcarccJwtthan~ule,Exodus 11.6. Deur.15.17.j 1 D'r \rpon·Oaue'l taken in the "'arres, as rh~ Sa: : h1ians fer vpon anAtheniancaptiue theh~ne of anowle: and the Athenians vpon aSa! i, mianrhc tigneol afhippe. Or vpon male.– faClours, u a hole in the care, anF in th~ foce-hrad, a brand in the hand. ,Qr fuch a D markt'l: 1 -as fomc: tQinke was fctvpon CAi,,Gtn. 4 '5· orthe marke of Goa, E•ech-9·i·or of thebeaO,Apoc.r·6.:. · '·•·· '' ~ The markesof Chrillareof rwoforrs,ei1rhert11wardand im~ifible: or-ou·t"RtArd and 'tlift· ·6/t. Thcmu;(i6i<markesarerwo. 'Thefirll,is Gods ercrnail Election,whichiscalled Gods (:tdcor 1114rft:..e, :.T I m. z. J 9· Thefound~:ttion ,pf God ren1.1irmbjuu,& ht~th rhU fe'ale,Tht lArd knownh wh,are hi.. Allthe Eiethre matked ""h this rnarke,Apocal. 7- and byir Chrill 1knmvcth and acknowledgerh them for hi. ! fhupc, ~ob. 10. Thefecond is regeneration) or rhc tmprmting of the defaced image of God in thcfoule. By this marke (which is \ t.b:__t!!!_e_~ndeleble ch!!raatr. neuer to bee blotted out) arc all bclceuersfealed, a.Cor. s.u . Eph.1.13. T he(e inward inuiliblc n•arkes of Election and Regeneration, are in th~foule, and therefore11oc heremcanr:for he fpeakes ot bod1lymark!,lbt41'e ipmJ·body them.rkt-. The outward vrtible markes are two-folde: TJprcaU, or R~a/1: TJp;caU, as circumcition, whtch.was amarkc fer in the fore-okln of rhe Befh,Rom:41111' The bloodof thePafchall Lambe, wherewith the houfes of rhe Ifrae– litcs weremark<d,when the fir(! borneof the Egyptianswere flaineby the deRroyingAn– gel. And baprifine iJ ofthefame kinde: for by Bap11fme Chri(lians are di(linguifhed from Icwes,Turkes,Infidels•whatfocuer. Re4Um4rkesof Chr1tt, are eirhcr in hisn,ctftr~tO, or in hisn>Jflrca/1bod;. Inhun.rora/1bodphe wounds which.wcre giucn him In his hands, fceete, and fides; which he 01cwed to his d•f– ciples arter hirrcfurrcClion,/oh,zo.:7.whieh, whether the.)ObC now tobe fe<ne in his glori– fied body {asfomeallirmc) orabolifl1ed (as othersJ llcaue ro rhe Reader ao a thing vn– cerren,and mcC"telyconietlural,facing there IS norhtog in Scripture either for it,or ag~.tnll "• thardvth nccellari{yconcludeit. Bur of rhefe markes, the Apollle fpeakcth not in this place. T·hemarkcsin h1Sm;f/ic40 bod;,, are thofc;whlch are an his mCbcrs,aSw()u'nds, skanes,whippings,maimednes,&c. ofwhich we rcadc,'l.Cor.4.1o.E1ur]wbtre ,-ebtA.rtll' bout;.•nr6od; the d;;•g of tht Lord Ie[UI:and, :.Cor. J J,1o<f 1 1;. FtHetimes rectilttd1f~tntu ffripa {4Ht one: I »'Ad thri(e 6tareu with roddn, •nceffontd, &c. And thcfe the Apotllehere callerh themark_tt of Chrifl, becaufethey·arc inflicted fqr theprofeffion of ChriO,and the Gofpel: asthe wounds and skarres of afoul– diet may bee called hisPrinceswounds and skarres,becaufe theyare had in his caufea~d quarcll. Now thofe in his naturall body dif– fer from the[e in his my(licall: ,Firll,in that they are merrtorious, fOr 61 his flripn weetCre healed;t.Per.l.14. Thefe in.hismyllicall bo– dy are glorious inrhelight of God (asthe death of .hts Sainu is,) 1 yet not meritorious. Secondly, thofe in his narurall body,' wrre prophecJed of before in particular, Pfal.u. 16.The! pearml myh•ndtAnJmJ fett.Thcfcill. his mytlicall body only in generall,tbar wee fhould bcconformablevnrohiru. In this placcP••I fpeaketh ofthelarrcr only,which were in his owne perfon;aod this heedoth, not roputanymcririnthcm, (as Saiurfra.cudtd) but rorclli6e himfelfeto be a fairhlull fcruant of ChriO. And he fur– ther meets with the falfe•pollles,who would necdes haue had the Galarians circumcifed, that [orhey might glorie in the flefh, as ha– uing fer the marke of circumcifion in the .fer<.-skin of their flefh. ASJf he fhould fay, Her not markea in orher m<ns fltfl•,ro glory ofrhem,u rhe falfe apo(!Jes doe,bur I beare about mwy bodieJhe nmksof the Lordlc– fus,rhdc are rhe !ignesof mir.eApollldhif, and
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