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L4phejíaus,
Chap.S.
V
E
R. Z7
or
faying,
it
a(frrmeth
that thing;
he
gave them
chis
priviledge to
be
called, to be
When
it
denieth that
a
thing
may be
thought or
fpoken,'
itdenycth
the being: and
fo Paul
complaineth,
Rem.
7.
23.
of
time
dwelling
in
him which
loth
lull
againft
the Spirit
of
God; it
is
the
which the Spirit writeth
in
our hearts,
and therefore
is
properly
!
thine, which theApoftle mourning
under
the
burden of it,
doch
fur-
ther
evince: for if it
were
a difeafe
left
for
to
exercife
us
for our fur-
ther glory,the
Apoflle
fhould
have rejoyced
as in
other
of
1i
tìons,
ra-
ther then otherwife.
But
aboutthis the
Papifts
erre,not
marking,
e.
that God
loth
for-
bid the
lofrng
of grace
in
us, whereas every
Commandement
doch
forbid,
for
finne
is
not
ended
in
the outward deed, but
begun
in
the
breach
of
inherent grace,
Be
upright, they loft their
firft
love.
2.
That
the Commandements doe
fhew
Tome
things which they
binde
not to
doe
:
Curfed
is
he that abideth
not
in
all: and
they
require
in
obedience
all
the
heart and might.
3.
That
thou fhaitnot lull, forbiddeth
lulling onely with confent
of
our owne will: but
fuch tuft may
be knowne without the Law,
z. Luft
in an
infant unbaptized
is
finne,
yet
it
harh no voluntary
con
fent
in
the infant:
if
finne,
it
is a
breach
of
Come
Commandement,
as
themfelves yeeld, though
they
will notadmit
of
the contrary.
But
to
returne, they
fay
that
fume
is
fo abolifhed
in
Baptifine,
as
.
none
remaineth, not onely
making
us
guilty, but
as
having being
in
us
:
we traunt no guilt, and
a deadly wound of
it,
fo that
fucceffive-
ly,
it fha
If
be quite abolifhed.
objell.
The
Scripture faith,
that
not onely guiltineffe
is
removed,
but that our
finne
is
dead and buried
in
Baptifme.
infro.
The
Scripture
f
peakech
of
things
as
done when they
are
in
doing:
now this
is
begun
to
be
done, though not
as
yet to be
finned,
Pfal.
2.
Ail.
4..
E
/ay
a. 18. he faith
that
a
convert
is
as
white
as fnow.
Aufwer.
In regard
of that
righteoufneffe
which
ftands
in
forgiveneffe
of
finne,
Chrifts
put upon
us:
and thus
Peeing
that Chrift
is
put upon
us in
Baptifine we may
fay
as
chry
fífieme,that
a
baptized perfon
is
pu-
rer then the
funne
beames; for the
funne
of
righteoufneffe
doch
cloth
him, no
fpcech can
be exceff
ve.
3;
How
can
finne and righteoufneffe,
life
and
death dwell together
Atli,.
They
cannot
in
the highcft degree:
thus raigning
fine
ex.
cludech
righteoufneffe,
and
perfect righteoufneffe
in
heaven
Chad
ex.
elude finne.
s.
They
cannot
fo
dwell
together
as
to be accorded,but
in
inferiourdegrees, and
one fighting againft
another, they
may dwell
together,
Gal.
S.
the
fpirit and
AA
are
contrary,yet
dwell
in
us
lofting
one again('
another.
4.
How
can a man finne, and
yet not
be
guilde, have
thine which God
hateth,and yet
be
accepted,:
Anfw.
The
relation
of
condemning
in
this perfon
maybe
fevered,
though
the being remaineth
:
How
can
a
(tone which
is
a
landmarke
ceafe
to
diflinguith
ground and be
a
lone
,f
How
can
a
Bee ceafe to
fling