Matthew Poole and continuators on Galatians 4:8
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Galatians4:8
8 Howbeit then when ye knew not God , ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods .
When ye knew not God, as he is, or as ye ought to have known him, or as since, you have known him, (for even the Heathen have some knowledge of God, Rom. 1.21.)
You paid religious homages unto Idols: which are Gods, not by nature, and essence, but only in the opinion of Idolaters. Which was a more miserable bondage and servitude then the Jews were under, who knew the true God; though in the time, when the Church was like the Heir under age, it was subject to the Law contained in Ordinances, and under the yoke of the Law.
Marginal references: 1 Cor. 12.2. Eph. 2.11, 12.
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