The Pulpit Commentary — Galatians — Section 219

thomto. Jf tho l\pl)Ht.lo tnton,fo,I anything 11,brognto the Law by becoming ro,1,Jr,ot to more dnflnit.e by Introducing thi" fll'flt elFLnlll', it, curRo1 It Wf\l nocc111ary th11t lw Khould ll mFLy hRvn hoen t~ glance at that foll()W• himRolf bO porfootly acoeptablo lo Uo,J, not Rhlp with tho v,•holo hnma.n ra.oo, with "11 only u holng lho otorMI " Son of hie lovo," "born of womon" (-y,,,..,,.-oir 'Y""'"'"""• MRtt. but al10 In tho o.ntlro completono11 of hie llfo; :11i. 11), lnt.o which God' ■ own &n on.mo by a. a man, u.nd, thorororo, by porfcot oho1t1. booomin,:: himaelf "of e. wom11,n" (oomp, l onoo to tho will of <lod 111: doolarod In t.ho Tim. Ii. fi). To rofor to yet 11,nothllr polnt, Law, un,lor which It hMI ple111ed God to we Mn fmnlo1111ly affirm thnt thia Hontr,nM of plaoo hi ■ pooplo. Tho Lu.w, whatever tho, the ap11Mtlo 111 pl!rfootly non•i•lcnt with the dol(mdRtion which its coromonlol Institute belief in the writor'a niind thnt onr J.ord inforro<l for '' tho son ■ of God", 1ubjccted wa.a born of a mrgin-mniher, for a epoclflod to it, WM, novertboloH, for tho time, God'• reference to thi11 fact did not lio in hla ma.ni.feet ordine.nco, to which o.11 who 1ought way just at prP110nt, and theroforo ie not to to aorvo him wore bounrl to 1ubmit them- be dCRidoratod. 'J'ho only point for con- eolvoa. 'fhoy could not bo righteous before ■ideration in this rCHpoot ia wb,·thn the him unlces they wall,ed in o.11 tho com- exprcssion <,mplnyod dooH at all allurlo to it, mandruont1 e.nd ordir111noos of tho Lord Many have thought thui it dooa. Dut wbon blamolcee (Luke i. 0), That we might we oonHi<lor thnt "ono born of woman," reoelve the adoption of ■ona (1va ..~,, ula- ,..,,,,.,..a, .,,uva,1<os, in llobrew veliid wl,ah, 81,rlav IJ.7ro},,d.J3111µ,v); that iii, tho.t our adop• wu" e"t pl,rose to dc,noto a human crooture tive 110n1blp might be e.ctuu.lly o.nd in full (of. Mnt.t. xi. 11 ; Job xiv. l ; n. 14; measure made ovor to ue, Tho " wo ''. recites, :uv. 4; :ici. 12 [Septuagint]), wit.h no par• God's people; the ■ame pcr1tOne o.s thoao tloulnr reforer,oo to ibo woman e:11oept as the inclicu.tod by the procoding plm1ec, "tboeo medium of our boing introduced into the wbloh wero under tho Lu.w,' which pbro.ee world, il hu been with much probability wo.s not moo.nt to detlno one po.rtioulo.r ole.ee, judged by mobt rooent criticR that tho clo.uso among God's people, but to describe the 11howa no colouring or such alluaion. Never- condition ill which God's people ho.d been, tbelc■11, we dietinctly recognize in it the placed. Their Father had put them under 118Utimcnt expressed in the familiar verso or the Lo.w with the view of their being e.t the ancient hymn : " Tu, ad liberandum his appointed time bought oJf from the B11100ptnTW1 hominom, flOft hc,,rruilti virginie Law and admitted to the full enjoyment) ulerum;" cl.HE:, why did not the apostle write of their filial privileges. Thia purpose or .,.,,l,1'6'vov 4v a-ap,d or -y.vl,,,,.,,o,, liv8pwrov? their Fe.thcr, 1ignifled beforehu.nd in the Ver. 5.-To redeem them that were Ullder promiaea to Abraham, explaina tho o.rtiole tbll Law (%,,a .-o~s inr~ vo,,,ov l(a')'opd.ur,); that before u/661,r/r;iv: it wo.e the o.do11tive son• u might redeem (Greek, uu11 off) tliem tJJhich ship which had been guaranteed to thom,. tJJen 'lffltUlr the LatJJ. In whut way Christ Hence the ueo here of the verb a110Jo.d/3111µev. bought God's poople off, not only from the iueteo.d of },,d,/3111µ,v: for the prepoaitionnl'' C'U?IIC, but also from the dominion of the prefix of this compound verb bas ulwu.,rs it11· Law, 1,aa been sti.iod by the apostle above, force; generally denoting our recoivrng u.. at eh. iii 13, "Christ bought us otf thing in aome wo.y duo, to us, answering (Xp,a"ror 71p,4s • E.,,-y/,patr•v) frOID the CU?8O of to its force in thu verb l,..,,03(3111µ,, repay; the Law Ly being mude on our behalf a sometimes our receiving e. thing in full cmac" <- note). But why, in order to measure (cowp. Luko vi. 84, 35; xvi, 25;. dect this object, was it prcri:quiaitc, as it xviii. 30; :uiii. 41; Ilom. i. 27; Col. iii, iB here implied tl.o.t it wa.e, that he should 24; 2 John 8), In Luke xv. 27 it is re- be him11elf "brought under the Law"? ceiving bacl, one lost. The second 1va is The direction• which the Law in Dent, subordinate to the first; the delivero.nce of· :ui. 2l!, 23 gave with respoot to those God's people from tho Law wne in ,orrler to "han~ed on e. tree" were apparently held their introduction into their complete stata by J1,Hliuo. (Josh. viii. 29; L 2G, 27) to of sousbip. '!'be noun ulo8ttrla does uot apply also l.o the caee of pcrBOD.I! 110 ha.11gc,<l appi,ur to occur in o.ny Greok writer except who were uot lim,clites. If BO, doc:s it not St. Puul; though 61,rO,u ull,v, ulb, 8n&1, follow (un objector me.y t.ay) U,ut Jesus, ui&Onor, 6 /Cf/.'J'A Oluw .,,,.,,.f,p, are found in, eTen if IJOt lln brui,lite uuder the Law, vo.riou• authors. After the o.ne.lo~ of oll,or. would, 1,owever, by bcillg crucillod, buve compound verbo.l noun• with e. 11milur tor- fuller, under the CUJ'IIC of the Law, and mi1Jo.tiou (6pH111µ0,rlc,., °''Y"'vo8111{~ 8,trµoO,,r(a, \hereby annihilatoo lhe Law for a.II who etc.), it mou.ns .first the act of adoption, o.e, by fo.ith shoukl boooa.e partaker• with him, pcrhupH, li01n. viiL 23;. Epb, I. 5; uud thon, wh1:lher Jewe or Geutill:AI? why, thi,n, quite naturally, the co111wqnent condition ehould be 1,ave l,c:t,n Lrought uuder the of tlrn udo1,t.ed child, PB in Hom. viii. 15; Law? 'J'he objection is m,:,t by the con- ix. 4 ; and ihi• 1e0ms its more prominent lli.dere.iion tl,at, in order that Cluut might ll(;nse here. liom, ix. -i suggosta the 11ur- OIi. lV, 1-31.'J THE EI'IB'fL& 'fO 'l'HE OALA'l'IANH. 1861