The Works of William Perkins, Volume 2

William Perkins, Paul M. Smalley

• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781601784230
• eBook ISBN: 9781601784247
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

This second volume contains Perkins's Commentary on Galatians . Perkins preached on Galatians each Lord's Day for over three years. Ralph Cudworth obtained Perkins's handwritten notes and edited them for publication. Because Perkins did not complete the commentary, Cudworth supplemented the manuscript with his own comments on chapter 6.

This commentary of Perkins and Cudworth on Galatians first appeared in print in 1604, two years after Perkins's death. Perkins's other writings had already begun to be gathered and published. When the three-volume edition of his collected works first appeared, Galatians occupied over 320 large folio pages in the second volume (1609). It continued to appear as a part of several editions of the Works through their final 1635 reprint. Evidently, interest in the commentary warranted its publication again as a separate volume in 1617.

Following the model taught in his treatise The Art of Prophesying , Perkins's pattern in commenting on Galatians is to explain the text, deduce a few points of doctrine from it, answer objections raised against the doctrine, and then give practical uses of what the passage teaches.

Table of contents

• Endorsements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• General Preface
• Preface to Volume 2 of William Perkins's Works
• Commentary on Galations Original Title page and Preface
• To the Courteous Reader
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• The Supplement
• Chapter 6
• The Conclusion
• Scripture Index
• Subject Index