C N A P. 7.. yittnes t: r g . &c, Cleared and` Nndicated` 437 mutt interpret lames by Paul, and not Paul by gamer; feiìlg it is undenia- ble, that Paul wrote ofthis Subjedof Jaftilìcation, diredly & onpurpofe To cleare up the fame , and that with all exprefnefs & fulnefs, on feverall oc- cafions, difputing the fame , in a clear & formal manner , with all forts of Arguments, Artificial & lnartificial , and anfwereth objeálions, that might~ be moved againft the farne, at large, and with a fpecial accuracie r But on the other hand , it is as certaine , that tames hash not this for his fcope to open up the Nature of Juftificatiorr; but only toncheth there -upon , in or- der to the other end , which he was profecuting. (z) There is no ground to fuppofe , that it was the defigne of gamer to explaine the meaning of Paid, no footftep of any fuch purpofe appeareth. For then his maine bufinefs should be to explaine & clear up the dothine of juftification ,- which neither is ap- parent from this part of the Epiftle , nor from any part of it at all ; his defig- ne being quite another thing , as is obvious. (3) Nor was there any neceffi- tie for lamer, to Vindicate the doc`1rine of Paul, from fuch corrupt inferen - ces , as Adverfaries fuppófe , were made therefrom : for as to any fuch , as might be made , to -wit, as if he had given any countenance unto Inch ,as we - re willing to lay afide good works ,, he himfèlf did folly & fuficiently Vin- dicate his owne do ìrine, by showing, on all occafions, the necefrty o good works , and particularly when he is (peaking of jutlification , riot only in his Epiftles -to the Romans, and to the Galatians , where he largly & pro- feffedly treateth of that matter , but even when he is but mentioning the fa -' me on other occafions ; as we fee Ephef. z: S, 9,1o. Phil. 3: 9, io; II, &c. & Tit. 3 : S, 6, 7, S. So that to imagine that games afferteth another intereft of'-wolks in our juftification , than Paul doth, and that to explaine Paul's" meaning , is not to reconcile thefe Apoftles , but to let them at further va- rience & enmity. And it cannot comport with fobriety , to think or fay, that gamer, to cleare the Apofile Paul's doctrine, and to vindicate it from objections, should fpeak to the fame objeétions, which Paulhimfelf had to & fully removed , and that ramer should give fuch anfwers unto Ode obje&ions, as Paul would not give , but rather rejec`led And yet' this mutt be faid by our Adverfaries here. It will be of great ufe to us here, to underftand aright , what" is the' plai- ne fcope & drift of the Apoftle ramer; for as for the defigne & fcope of Paul, in his difcourfesof juftification, -ir is fo obvioufly manifeft unto all that read the fame , that no doubt can be made thereof, to wit: To cleare up fully & plainely the Nature & Gaules of this great privilege of juftifica -- Zion , which is the hinge & ground work (as it were) of his dottrine of the Gpfpel, and to shew how poor finners, (landing under the Curfefor fin, come to be j utuified before God ; as in his Epiftle to the Romany t, Aid to Vindicate the fame doctrine of the Gòfpel from the corrupt perverfions of falfe teachers , as in his Epiftle to the Galatians; as allo to comment' th'e free grace of God, in that noble contrivance , both in the places men- tioned , and Ephef. z. Phil. 3. Tit. 3. and elfewhere , when he mentloneth the fame. Now as to the fcope of the ,fipoale lamer, there is nothirrgtodeelär'eu n- 0 o o öte t,rep
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