4-611 that Lit' it is, by which we arenot- juffificd. CH A P. 4.. Moral Law , and yetis for grace. (17) Phil. 1: 9. It is that Law , obedien- ce to which can be called our Rjghteoufnefs : But this is not the Ceremoniaï Law only. 5. If Paul's minde had been only to difput againft Jnflifieation by Mofai- cal Obfervances ; after he had [fated the queflion, and propofed ttre Truths he was minded to confirme 1 nn. I: it 7. to what purpofe did he iníifl:'ío much, to skew, how guilty the Gentiles were , who were never underMojes's pre- cepts, and thereby clear, what need they had of a juflification by free grace through faith without the works of the Law? This feemeth not to have clear tendency unto the clearing of juilification to be by Faith , & not by Mofaical Obfervances ; for what had the Gentiles to do with thefe ? 6. We finde likewife the Apoflle to convince the Jewes thernfelves tobe under fin , in order to the ncceffity they had of being jullified by faith,. holding forth their breaches of the Moral Law Rpm. ,: 21, zz. and fpea- keth of a Law diftinci from that to which Circumcifioa belonged, faying serf: 15 &c. for Circumcif.on verily profiteth if thou keep the Lain ; but if shoo be a breaker of the Law , thy Circumcifion as made uncircumcafion : And this Law , is a Law , that he , by fuppofition, faith , . one not circumcifed, might obferve , and fo could not be the Law of Ceremonies. See alfo R9nt. 3: 9 -I9. 7. The Arguments which the Apoflleadduceth to difprove juflification by the Law , cannot conclude againft the Ceremonial Law only : for (t) all 4ie world are not guilty of t:anfgreíling only the Ceremonial Law : and yet becaufe all the world are become guilty before God , the Apoftle inferreth R,2in. 3: zo. Therefore by the deeds of the Law , there 'shall no flesh be juftified. (z) So that other Argument :bid. for by the Lam is the knowledge of fin , cannot conclude againft the Ceremonial Law only. (3) Juftifieation by the deeds of the Ceremonial Law only, rejugneth not to the juflification through the Righteoufnefs of God without the Law, and which is by Faith of lefus Chrifi; and through the Redemption , that is in Chrift. (4) The Law of Ceremonies alone loth not exclude boafling. (5) Abraham's works were not works of the Ceremonial Law only (6) works of the Ceremonial Law only do not exclude glorying, nor make the reward of debt & not of grace. (7) Beleevingpn him, that juflifieth the ungodly, is oppofed as well to him that worketh according to other Lawes, as to him , that worketh according to the Ceremonial Law Rorn. 4:5. (8) Imputed Righteoufnefs , mentioneth loom: 4: 7,11. is as much oppofite, in the matter of juílification , to other ob- tervances , as to Mofaical Obfervances. (9) Forgivenefs of fins , mentioned Rpm, 4:7,8. isasinconfiftent with the obfervation of other Lawes, as of the Ceremonial Law. (to) Juftification by the Faith of Chrift is asoppofite to the Moral Law, as to the Ceremonial Law : And thus reafoneth the Apo.. file Gal, z: 16. (i a) That Curie denounceu Deut. 27:26.tby which the Apo - ftle proveth Gal. 3: io. that juilificationcan not be by the works of the Law, snotagainfitranfgreffours only of the Ceremonial Law. (iz) Obedience, to the moral commands, is as little a living by faith, as was obedience to the Ceremonial Law,: And by this Argument Paul proveth Gal. 3 II. that no Ill ara
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