Ofthe NA .T 1 VI T lE. Sermon 17. them, Whllt~to ob{erve the thin'g~flw I have co!n'tl}andedyofi._- Lo,here is_co'nm•_»ding, and here _Is,obfervm~. So, the Goffe!lconfifls, not only ofcenaJne'Artzcles to be'be– leeved :But1of €ertaihi5Gommandem~ntsalfo, -and~hey to be 6bferved: And'what is that,but-l'r,tdicaboLegwi?.• ., ,... ·.- .. __:··-. •. " Now~I know not how,but) we are fallen cl~arle fi-om tht!-!'etme, ;z;.;;v; fiay;• 1 ve ~re cvcn-'-fal!~n but·V:_~t~!t. Nothrng 'DtirGoj]Jellno~. T~.e na~ef (aiv, wee•IOoke .ftrangelyat: welhun·lt.rfl our common talke. To-tH1s 1t 1s come;while mcnfeeke: 10 live;as they lift. Nea?lfthe'm Gof}ellls much as youwill: but (fieare ye) noPr,dicah, legem, ·no,hi.j>;' tobejrea'ohed, to hoH:I<OI: keepe them in. And;wehavegoJPdltditfo long, thatcthe chrijfi~n.'Law is clenne gone with us; we have loft it•; if-Pr,.dioabole. gem(hcre) geeit usnot·againe: But,got it mull be,for as chriflpreacheth,fo mull we; and 'Laniitis;tha!C11rift preacherh. ,. ~ .. .:. _, · - ,,: I fi1all tdl you;whatis come by-the drowning of theterme,L~.Religioli~-cven come to be-i:oumed ru prec-aria; No l,M,no,no: but a matter of'faire entreaty;' gen– tle,perfwafion,neither jttr4,nor leges; but-onlyConfriltd patrum, good tarherly:c_olli!• fell,and nothing,elle. Concilia Evangelicawere awhilelaid afide: now there be none die. All are I:.vangelicaUcormfells, now. The reverend regard, the legall vigor, and power,rhe penalties ofit are nor ferby. The rules,no reckoning made of them,as of Law writs, none; but only,asof Phyjicke b1ls, 1fyou hke them,you may ufe them :if not,lay ~:hem-by. And this-comes of drowning the tcrme, Law. A!Jd all,for lackof Pr.tdicabidegem. · · •'· · • · •· ·> • " • ' • • , • • . I [peak ir ro rhis end :tohavc.rheone rerme retained,as w_ell as rheotber,tohave neitherrermi: abolithed; but with eqliall regard, both kept on foot-., Th'ey arenot:Co ·' well adv!led\ that feeke r,o fupprelfe eirh_er nam~: 'lfthe'nafhe'ont~ be!oH, rh~,rhing ir fclfc w1ll nor lottg flay; but goc afre~ lt,and be loft too. , · They that rake rhem ro the one t~rmeonly, are confuted oticeamonerh. ·For ' evety monerh,every firft day of every moneth,this verfe failes nor,but is read in ou~ cares. And here, a l'!'v it is. And fo was theChriflian Religionca\Ie4 in rlie very belt timesofit,Chrijliana lex,the Chrifiianlaw; an.d theBifbopf,C};riftian.e legis Epi(copi, the Bijhop~ofthe chrijltaiJ !aw. And all the anc1ent Fathm liked the terme well :and tooke it upon them. . To conclude. GofPe!lir how \VC will : if the Go_f}e'Hhath !lot the legaliaofit ac– knowledged, allowed'; and preferved to it : if once it I·ofe the force, and vigorof a lleb.s ,,j: la•v; it is a Sigi:e it ffeclinu, itgrowes weakeand improjitabte :and,rhat is a figU"C,it will pS. nor long Iart. Wemull goe looke ourfalvarion by forhe other way, than byFilim mettS tr• : ifFilittS mettS tu. (I fay nor, be not preachcd;but) be notfopreMhttl,as Chrift preachedit; and Chrijlpreach't it, as aLaw. Andfomuch for Ltgem. , iNow,of this /aw,rhree things are here faid: Firfl, legemrurhes bac:k uponPr.edip;·;,dicabo Le· cabo. Ana this priviledge ir harh,that it is materiapr.edica6ilis,altiwwhichmay; nay, t.'"'· a la>V whiCh is to bepreached. And tbir, laJVes uf~nor to be: Nono-bepreachet(. To be read tipon at rimes privately : bur,ro bepreachet{,not any law, btit: this. But,rhlsis : arid it ferves for afpeciall difterence, ro fever it from other lanm, and make it-a ldttd ~y it felfe. Even this, that it is robe preached. _· :-- . To be preached: and that even roKtngs rhemfelves, that maliC la*es ,. toJudges, themfelve~,rhat are prefumed robe beflfeene intheLaw :yet t~ey to learne,rhey ro belcarned, in this laJV. Emdimini(is the word) quijttd!catilferra~, 'in the X; Verfe after. 2 Andth~r'eafonis: forthisisalilw,Jequadi:<itDem. Andfoisnoneelfe. And 'Dt qu• dixit that is :1 [ei::ond difference; There is a law de qui. dixit homo, ·quam{an.'<erNnt.bomines, Do.u.,~. which ):nen among tlierilfelves make forthemfclves (as by-lawes are made.) Tht> is of ahigher nature. This,GodHitrifelfe made; is aLau1 of His,owne·making; De 'i"a~ qua dixit, orrarher edixl}, for fois ( t!mar ;) whichGg(/ena<fted lir(l,a_nd thengave commandement, idhould be preach~d. . ·! ' And towhom~ Dixi~ adme, Who is that CH&r'rs-r. Fidl';al'ld-beforeallorhers tobe preached byhis sJ/iiie. His preaching,He Ehougl\.t it worth,and·gave it Him in charge,
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