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Volume One contains Goodwin’s commentary on the first of two volumes on the book of Ephesians. Goodwin deeply valued the minutia of Ephesians, and devotes much of his commentary to portions of the epistle overlooked by other commentators. Throughout his commentary, Goodwin displays a humble awareness for the richness of Paul’s writings and for the grace of God working through the words of the...

first sense in the 6th verse. It is taken in the second sense here in this 7th verse; for the freeness of shewing mercy, for mercy referreth to forgiveness. I shall have occasion to handle these things when I come to the second chapter, ver. 4–7. In a word, now observe what is the reason, when he said he did bless us first, it was ‘to the praise of the glory of his grace;’ when he speaks of the forgiveness of sins, then comes in ‘the riches of his grace.’ What is the reason of this difference? This
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