i 3 Fear of our Lord 58. GAL, IV. under the law, that we might receive the f adoption of fons 6. And becaufe ye are fons, God hath fent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7. Wherefore thou art no more a fervant, but a fon; and if a fon, then an heir of God through Chrift. 8. Howbeit, k then when ye knew not God, ye did fervice unto them which by nature are no gods. 9. But now after that ye have knownGod,or rather are known of God, "how turn ye *again [Or,back to the weak and beggarly *elements[Or,rudiments], whereunto ye defire again to be in bondage? 10. Ye obferve days, and months, and times, and years. 1r. I am a fraid of you, left I have beftowed upon you labour in vain. 12. Brethren, I befeech you, be as lam; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 13. Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gofpel unto you at the firft. 14. And my temptation which was in my flesh ye defpifed not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Chrift Jefus. 15. Where is [Or, what wa] a S See op Gal. 1. 6. I marvel that ye are fo foon removed from him that called you into the Grace of Chrift, unto another Gofpel. 14. Gen. 19. F, 2. There came otwo Angels to Sodom at even; and Lot fat in the Gate of Sodom: and Lot feeing them, rofe up to meet them; and he bowed kimfelf with his Face toward the Ground; And he faid, Behold, now my Lords tura in I pray you into your Servants Houfe.- 2 Sam. 19. 27. -My Lord the King is as an Angel of God.- † Zech. 12. 8. -The Houfe of David fhall be as God, as the Angel of God before them 20 Mal 2.7 The Priefts Lips fhould keep Knowledge, and they fhould feek the Law at bis Mouth; for he is the Meflenger of the Lord 25 of Hafts. 11. P. Gal. 2. 2. See on 1 Cor. 9.-24. I 2. † 2 Cor. 2. 5. If any have caufed Grief, he hath n01 39: a Mat. 10. 40. He that receive eth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that d * then the bleffeduefs you fpake of? for I bear you record, that if it had been poffible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. 16. Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth. 17. They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you [Or, us], that you might affect them. 18. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am prefent with you. 19. My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Chrift be formed in you, 20. I defire to be prefent with you now, and to change my voice, for I ftand in doubt of Or, I am perplexed for you. 21. Tell me, ye that defire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22. For it is written, that Abraham had two fons: the f one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. 23. But he who was of the bondh was born after the flesh: but he of the freewas by promife. 24. Which things are an (1) allegory; for thefe are the two woman, woman, e N 2 fent me. Joh. 13. 20. He that receiveth whomfoever I fend,receive eth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that fent me. †1 Thef. 2. 13. -When ye received 5 the Word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the Word of Men, but (as it is in Truth) the Word of God, which effectually worketh alfo in you that believe. 10 2 Pet. 3.2. That ye may be mindful of the Words which were fpoken before by the holy Prophets, and of the Commandment of us the Apoftles of the Lord and Saviour. 16. b I King. 22. 8. The King of Ifrael faid unto Jehofaphat, There is yet one Man (Micaiah the Son of Imlah) by whom we may enquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesie Good concerning me, but Evil. See on Gal. 2. 5. 20 covenants [Or, tes ftaments]; ledge. † 2 Cor. 11. 2: I am jealous over you with godly jealoufie. e 19. † Philem. Ver. 1o. † Jams 1. 18. See on 1 Cor. 4. 15. f 22. † Gen. 16. 15. Hagar bare Abram a Son and Abram called his Sons Name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael Gen. 21. 2. Sarah conceiva ed, and bare Abraham a Son [Ifaac] in his old Age-Heb. 11. II. Through Faith alfo Sara her felf received Strength to conceive Seed, and was delivered of a Child when fhe was paft age. h 23. Joh. 8. 39. If ye were Abrahams Children, ye would do the Works of Abraham. † Rom. 9. 7,8. Neither becaufe they are the Seed of Abraham, are they all Chile. dren: but in Ifaac fhall thy Seed be called. That is, They which are the Children of the Flesh, these are not the Children of God: but the 17. dt Rom. 10. 2. I hear them record, that they have a Zeal of 25 Children of the Promife are counted God, but not according to Know- for the Seed. (1) An Allegory, is a Figure, whereby one thing is expreffed, and ano ther hinted and intended. Thus Hagar and sarah reprefented the Two Covenantir faments]; the one from the mount * Sinai [Gr. Sina], which gendreth to bondage, which is Agar. 25. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and anfwereth to [Or, is in the fame rank with] Jerufalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26. But Jerufalem which is above, is free, which is the mother of us all. 27. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that beareft not; break forth and cry, k 26. i † Ifa. 2. 2. It fhall come to pafs in the laft Days, that the Mountain of the Lords Houfe fhall be eftablished in the top of the Mountains, and fhall be exalted above the Hills; and all Nations fhall flow unto it. Ifa. 52 1. Awake, awake, put on Strength, O Zion, put on thy beautiful Garments, O Jerufalem, the holy City: for hence, forth there fhall no more come into thee the Uncircumcifed and the Unclean. Heb. 11. 10. He looked for a City which bath Foundations, whofe Builder and Maker is God, Heb. 12. 22. But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the City of the Living God, the heavenly Fe#ufalem, and to an innumerable Company of Angels. Heb. 13 14. Here we have no continuing City, but we feek one to come. † Rev. 3. 12. —I will write upon 15 5 him [that overcometh] the Name of my God, and the Name of the City of my God, which is new Jerufalem, which cometh down out of Hea ven from my God.- + Rev. 21. 2, 10. I John faw the holy City, new Jerufalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband. He carried me away in the Spirit to a great high Mountain, and fhewed me that great City, the holy Ferufalem, defcending out of Hea ven from God. Ifa. 54. 1. Sing, O barren, thou that didft not bear: break forth into finging, and cry aloud, thou that didit not travail with Child for more are the Chil dren of the Defolate, than the 20 Children of the married Wife, faith the Lord. Covenants. Hagar,the Bond woman, whofe Name fignifies a Rock,reprefented the Covenant of the Law delivered from Mount Sinai, which gendered, that is, fubje&ed those who were under it, to bondage to that Law; and this anfwered to Jerufalem, or, the Jewish Church, properly speaking, But Sarah, the Freewoman, was a Figure of, and reprefented the fecond Covemant, or the Gospel State, called, Ver. 26. the Jerufalem, which is from aLove. Such Allegories as the Scriptures explain we ought to receive. But we should take care how we entertain fuch allegorical Interpretations as are not, plainly warranted by the holy Scriptures, whether devifed by our felves, or by others. We thould be particularly careful that an Opiion built on an allegorical Senfe be not contrary to other plain Scriptures And however obvious fuch a Senfe may be to us, we ought not to impofe it on others as an undoubted Senfe of Scripture. If the Apoftle had not here unfolded the hidden Meaning of the Hiftory of thefe to Wo men, it had probably been a Secret ftill. The fame may be faid of the brafin Serpent's being a Type of our Lord's being lifted up on the Crofs; of the Pafchal Lamb, and of Jonah's being Types of our Saviour. While we keep to the plain and obvious Sente of Scripture we are fafe, but there may be danger in departing from it. cry, thou that travaileft not for the defolate hath many more children than fhe which hath an husband. 28. Now we brethren, as Ifaac was, are the children of promife. 29. But as then he that was born after the flesh, perfecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even fo it is now. Neverthelefs, what faith the fcripture? Caft out the bond-womari and her fon: for the fon of the bond-woman fhall not be heir with the fon of the free-woman. 31. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free. n CHA P. V. e 30. TAND faft therefore in the liberty wherewith Chrift hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2. Behold, I Paul fay unto you, that if ye be circumcifed, Chrift shall profit you nothing. 3. For I teftifie again to every man that is circumcifed, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4. Chrift is become of no effect unto you, whofoever of you are juftified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5. For at Joh. 8. 35. The Servant abideth not in the Houfe for ever; but the Son abideth ever. r 31. Joh. 8. 36. If the Son 5therefore fhall make you free, ye fhall be free indeed.*.* Gal. 5. 1, 13. CHAP V. Gal. 5. 11. If I yet preach Circumcifion, why do I yet affer Perfecution?- Gal. 6. 12. As many as defire to make a fair 106. Shew in the Flesh, they conftrain you to be circumcifed, only leftthey fhould fuffer Perfecution for the Crois of Chrift. 39. † Gal. 3.8, 2.2. P* 15 ↑ John S. Jan See on Rom. 18. See on Joh. 8. 36. d Gal. 2. 4. See on Acts 15. 10. 2. et A&s 15. 1. Certain Men which came down from Judea, taught the Brethren, and faid, Except ye be circumcifed after the manner of Mofes, ye cannot be faved. See on Acts 16. 3. Gen. 21, 10, 12. Wherefore the faid unto Abraham, Caft out this Bondwoman and her Son: for the Son of this Bond-woman fhall not be Heir with my Son, even 20 f with Ifaac. And God faid unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy Sight, because of the Lad, and because of thy Bond woman; in all that Sarah hath faid unto thee, hearken unto her Voice: for in faac hall thy Seed be called. 25 4. Rom. 9. 31, 32. Ifrael which followed after the Law of Righteoufnefs, hath not attained to the Law of Righteousness. Wherefore? because they fought it not by Faith, but as it were by the Works of the Law. s Heb. 12. 15. See on a Cor. 6. I. t i who For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righte oufnefs by faith. 6. For in Jefus Chrift neither circumci fion availeth any thing, nor uncircumcifion, but * faith which worketh by love. 7. Ye did run well, * did hinder you [Or, did drive you back] that ye fhould not obey the truth? 8. This periwafion cometh not of him n that calleth you. 9. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. ic. I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will be none otherwife minded: but he that troubleth you, fhall bear his judgment, whofoever he be. 11. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcifion, why do I yet fuffer Perfecution? then is the offence of the crofs ceafed. 12. I would they were even cut Gal. 3. 9. So then they which be of Faith, are bleffed with faithful Abraham. † 2 Tim. 4. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judge will give me at that Day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 1 off tians, who bath bewitched you, that you should not obey the Truth ? 8. 11 I Cor. 1. 9. God is faithful by whom ye were called unto 5the Fellowship of his Son Jefus Christ our Lord. † Gal. 1. 6. I marvel that ye are fo foon removed from him that called you into the Grace of Chrift, unto another Gofpel. 2 Thef 2. 14. Whereun to be called you by our Gofpel, to the obtaining of the Glory of our Lord Jefus Christ. 1 Pet. I. 15. As he that hath called you is holy, fo be ye holy in all manner of 15 Converfation. 1 Pet. 5. 10. The God of all Grace, who hath called us unto his eternal Glory by Chrift Jefus. 6. † Gal. 6. 15. † Col. 3. 11.10 See on I Cor. 7. 19. * Jch. 6. 29. This is the Work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath fent. Joh. 17. 3. This is Life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jefus Chrift whom thou haft fent. 1 Thef. 3. 6. Timotheus-brought us good Tidings of your Faith andCharity.-ti Thef 20 1.3. Remembring without ceafing your Work of Faith, and labour of Love, and Patience of Hope in our Lord Jefus Chrift Jam. 2. 14. What doth it profit, my Brethren, 25 though a Man fay be bath Faith, and have no Works? Can Faith fave him Jam. 2. 17. Even fo Faith, if it hath not Works, is dead being alone. Joh. 3. 23. This is 30 his Commandment, that we fhould believe on the Name of his Son Jefus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us Commandment. - 1 See on I Cor. 9. 24. 35 *9* • See on I Cor. 5, 6. 10. Pt 2 Cor. 8. 22. See on 2 Cor. 2 3. 4 See on Gal. 1.7. 2. Cor. 10. 6. Having in a readiness to revenge all Difabedience, when your Obedience is fulfilled. II. s Gal. 6. 12. u t1 Cor. 15. 30. Why ftand we in jeopardy every Hour. a ti Cor. 1. 23. We preach Chrift crucified, unto the Jews a fumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. b 12. tJoh. 7. 25. Jofhua faid, Why |