240 Obj. But the Text fpeaks only to them that are Iultified by the Law, and that is no man. Anfit. But do you think theApo- file fpeaks to no man ? 2. The text faith, Everyman that is cir- cum,,,Ved , and that was not no man. 3.. If any had really been juilified by the Law, they had not been fo miferable as Paul de- fcribes thefe, 4. it is plain therefore that Paul fpeaks ofthole that expe&ed to be juftified by theLaw, and fo thought and profef- fed, but were not fo indeed. Obj. Paul fpeaks only on fupporition that they live and dye fo, and then they are not Elea. iinfvo. That is to contradid the text, and not to expound it. Paul fpeaks in the preterit tenfe, To every man that is circurncifid , Chrift is become of none effeH. And he fpeaks to them as miferable,and yet curable, and therefore endea- - voreth thecure of fome, and the prefervation of the reit. Argument 26, From I Coy. 27. whofoever fl afl eate this bread, anddrinfe this cupof the Lord unworthily , fhall,beguilty of the body andbloodof the Lord. He that is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, is not abfolved from that guilt. Some Elect men are guilty of the body and blood of theLord : Too eafily proved, in that they before Converfionmay eate and drinkun- worthily ; therefore. Argument 27. FromHeb. 8. 11,12. For all (hall knowme, from thehag to thegreatefl. ForI will be merciful to their unrighteossi. nefs,and theirfins and iniquities will 1remember no more. If God do put his Law into mens minds , and write them in their hearts , and give them to know him, at the fame time when he pardoneth their tin, and putteth them out of his Remembrance, then Infi- dels or men unborn arenot pardoned:But the Antecedent is plain in the text : therefore. They cannot fay , it is only pardon in confcience that is here fpoken of, for it is Gods Remembring their iniquitynomore ; and being merciful to them, being their God, &c. Argument 28. From Heb.9.15.Andfor this caufe he is the Me- diator of the NewTeflament,that by means ofdeathfor the Redem. ption of the Tranfgreffions that were under the firfi 7eflament, they which are called might receive the Promile of eternal In- heritance. , If Chrift were the Mediator of the New Tefta- ment for this caufe, that his death for Redemption of tranfgref- lions, might be a means, that they that are called might receive the
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