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Ephefrana,Chap.
2..
VE
R.15
The
third thing to be marked
,
is
the
abolifhment
of
thefe Laws;
whereof, for more ample confideration
of
the
point
,
confider what
our Saviour faith,
Mat.5. 18,19.
One
tittle
of
the Law (hall
not
efcape,
&c.
And,
Rom.3.3
r.
where the Apoftle affirmeth, that
the
Doarine
of Faith,
and
the
Go/pel, de not
aboláfh
the
Law,
but eflablifh
it
:
Here
both the words, the former
in
one, the latter
in
the other
is
denyed
of the Law, which
here are affirmed
of
it.
So
that the
Doétrine
ari-
(èth
more fully
;
viZ.
Door.
That
thefe
Laws,
e
/pecially
this
of Rites
is
utterly
abolifbed,
otherwife
alt
Rites
arc abolilhed.
then the Law
Moral! the curfe
whereof
in us
receiving alteration
;
for
>
>
as
thefe phrafes teftifiethere
is fuch
removal(
of
thefe Laws
made,
as
that
in
regard
of
bond they
are
a
nullity,
they
Rand
repealed,
and
men
are freed
from
them,
as
if
they
never had been given.
And to
fpare
proof
of
a
thing
fore
-
prophefied
,
executed, really applyed, fuch
as
this abrogating was
;
I
will ,
a. clear
only
the mauer
of
their
remo-
vall;
2.
(hew
you the reafons;
3.
the
ufe.
it.
Firft
therefore for
the
Morall
Law,
there
is
no change made
in
that
Not
the
Mo..
rail
Law.
Law
the Law
it
felf but the order
of
it
in
us is
changed
;
for
we
are
>
>
g
freed, s. from
juftification
by it;
2.
from the
curfe;
3.
from the
rigour
of
it; but yet
fo,
as all
this
order mutt
have his accomplithment
in
an-
Rom.
r.4.
other
for
us
:
Therefore theApoftle
never
faith,The
Law
is
dead,
but
Gal.
2.19.
we
are
dead
ro
the
Law.
z.
Secondly, the Laws
judiciall are
of
three kindes.
r.
The
one
of
fuch
as
aregrounded on
unchangeable reafon,as the
Law
of
punifhing
voluntary Murther with
death:
Now
thefe
are
not
to
be altered
in
the
generali ,
though
the
kinde
of
death
may be
changed.
a. They
are fuch
as
are cloathed
with Ceremony
of
Type
or
Order.
Or,
3.
So tempered to State; perfons, &c.
I
FM.
the firft,we
arefree
from them
as
ordinances
Politicall
delivered,
Nov
Judicial!,
which bath
they binde
us, a.
as
the
perpetuali equity
of God,
agreeable
to
the
Law
of
Nature
and
Morall,
is in
them. a.
We
are
bound,
not to
the
uall
particular determination
of
punifhment, but
the
generali
;
with
liber-
tie
both to
intend and exchange
the
kinde,
and
to
mitigate
or
releafe
the
kinde, freed
from
all
particularities
and
circumftance,bound
onely
to
the
fubftance,
or fomewhat
proportionable.
a.
The
fecond,
riot
grounded on unchangeable equity,
and cloathed
n't'''Iy.as
wa
with
Ceremony,
no way binde, yet may without
fin
be
taken into
ufe;
ceremony.,
the
Ceremony
ceafed,
the generali equity
remained)
;
the
particular
determination
bindeth none.
3.
For the third, how far the Ceremony
is
abrogated
Ceremonies were either
Typicall,or of Order onely,without
figni-
1
ficatio
n.
Now
the
firft
are repealed,
in
regard
of
bond to them,
in
regard
of
ufe,
in
way
of
fignification,
in
way
of
worfhip
;
yet
fo
may
i
be ufed,
as
to
prevent offence.
This
we are
to
know,
that
the Cere-
monies
of
the
Jews were
not
only
taken
away,
as
they
were Types
fore-