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PAUL REVISITS CORINTH . 189 thatthreatenedspeedilytodestroythesechurches. He immediatelywrotetotheGalatians,exposing theirfalsetheories,and with greatseverityrebuking thosewho had departedfrom thefaith. In the introductionto hisepistle,he asserted his own positionas an apostle, "not of men , neitherby man ,but by JesusChrist, and God the Father, who raisedhim from the dead." He had been commissionedby thehighestauthority, notof earth,but in Heaven. Aftergivinghis salutationto the church,he pointedlyaddresses them : " I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that calledyou into the grace of Christuntoanothergospel,whichisnotanother." The doctrineswhich the Galatians had received, couldnot inany sensebe calledthe gospel; they were the teachingsof men, and were directly opposedtothedoctrinestaughtby Christ. The apostlecontinues: "But therebe some thattroubleyou,and would pervertthegospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from Heaven,preachany othergospelunto you than thatwhich we have preachedunto you,lethim be accursed ." How differentfrom his manner of writingto the Corinthian church is the course which he pursuestoward theGalatians! In dealingwith the former,he manifests greatcaution and tenderness,whilehe reprovesthelatterwith abrupt severity. The Corinthianshad been overcome by temptation, and deceivedby the ingenious sophistryof teacherswho presentederrorsunder the guiseof truth. They had become confused and bewildered. To teach them to distinguish the falsefrom the true,required great caution and patiencein theirinstructor. Harshnessor