Or, cometh from above; i. e. from the height of that human nature which was before the sin of the first man. For it was that human nature which the Word of God assumed: He did not take upon Him man’s sin, as He did his punishment.
He that is of the earth is of the earth; i. e. is earthly, and speaketh of the earth, speaketh earthly things.
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