John Trapp on Galatians 3:13-14
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Galatians3:13-14
Verſe 13. Christ hath redeemed us] As man he bought us, as God he redeemed us, ſaith Hierome. For to redeem is properly to buy ſome things back, that were morgaged.Qui redimit, emit quol ſuum fuit & ſuum eſſe deſi[illegible: 1 letter]t. Hieron.
Curſed is every one that hangeth] The tree whereon a man was hanged, the ſtone wherewith he was ſtoned, the ſword wherewith he was beheaded, and the napkin wherewith he was ſtrangled, they were all buried, that there might be no evil memoriall of ſuch an one, to ſay, This was the tree, ſword, ſtone, Caſaub. ex Maimonide. napkin, wherewith ſuch an one was executed. Conſtantine aboliſhed this kinde of death out of the Empire. But what an odde cuſtome was that of the Tibarenes to hang their beſt friends in courteſie,Sphinx Pbiloſ. pag 752. Longaſ[non-Latin text not transcribed], ex ijs literas facere quos chares habtbant?
Verſe: 14. The promiſe of the ſpirit] That is, the ſpirituall promiſe made to Abraham, and his ſpirituall poſterity.
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