John Trapp on Galatians 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe 1. O fooliſh Galatians]

THoſe that are ſick of a Lethargy muſt have double the quantity of phyſick given them, that other men have in other diſeaſes. Theſe Galatians were in a ſpirituall lethargy, and are therefore thus ſharply rebuked, that they might be ſound in the faith.T[illegible: 1 letter]t. 1.13.

Who hath bewitched you] Or, Bemiſted you, and dazeled your eyes, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. ve[illegible: 1 letter]v. Pun lib. 7. cap. 2. The word properly ſignifies to overlook, as they call it, or to kill with the eyes, by caſting out venemous beams, as the Baſilisk, and as witches are ſaid to do.

Hath been evidently ſet forth] As a remedy, by looking whereon ye might have been cured or kept from that bewitching by the eye: like as the ſtung Iſraclites were healed by looking on the brazen ſerpent.

Crucified amongſt you] In the evidence of the doctrine of Chriſt crucified, and in the adminiſtration of the Lords Supper, that lively picture of Chriſt on the croſſe.