%hap. io about fonte of the 4ntinomianErrors. the people o the f of Abraham, whowere already under Abrahams cove- nant, which was a Covenant of Grace , Gen. 17. 7. And fo the Law as it was given by 3vtafes, was given by Chrift in tfrlofes : Hence is it is that the Law of love commanded by chofes is called the Lawe of Chrift , Gal. 6, z. therefore we muff not fet Chrift , and Mofes together by the Bares. Obje&. The written Law is not to be a Chriftians rule, but fo far as its written in the heart ? 4nfw. This isa turfed affertion : For didnot Chrift himfelf refill tentations to fin by cleaving to the written word , Mx-1.4,1o. andwas not this done for our imitation: So David, andChrift delighted to do Gods Will, becaufe it was fowritten of them , Pfa1.4o.7,S. Pax/exhorts children to obedience, becaufe its the firft Commandment withpromife, Eph.6.2. Pax1 preached what was in the Old Teftament, AE s 22.2o. what isit but Popery to make the fpirit within to be the fuprearn Judge,and fuperior to theSpirit ofGod in the writtenWord without. The graceof God appearing in the Gofpel will have us to walk worthy of God in all well pleating according to the Law, Tit.2,1 2,r 3. and to mourn bit- terly that we are fo unlike the will, and imageof God revealed in the Law, 'Rpm. 7.23, 24. ObjeEt. Paul fpeak! of a Law written and engraven in Ilene , and therefore ofthe Moral Law,which yet hefaith is abolifhed by Chrift in the Gofpel ? 2 Cor. 3. 6,701,13. Anfw. The meaningof this place, as alfo Gal: 3.25. is,that the Apofile fpeak- ing of the moral Law by a Synecdoche, comprehends the ceremonial Law alto , both which thefalle Teachers urged as nece(íary to falvation, and juftifcation, at leaft together with Chrilt , againft whom the Apoftle here difputes : The moral Law therefore is abolished, Firft, as thus accompanied with a yoke of ceremonies. Secondly, as it was formerly difpenfed , the greater light of the Gofpel obfcuring that lefter light ofthe Law,as verto. Thirdly, he may fpeak of the moral Law as a Covenant of life , which the falle Teachers urged, in which refpe& he calls it a c3itiniftry of death, and a letter which kjlleth; and thus its abolifhedbyChrift,that with open face we may behold the glory of the Lord,as the end oftheLaw for righteoufneffe toeverylone thatdoth believe. Objeét. The Gofpel tinder whichBelievers are, requires no doing, for doing is proper to the Law, which promifes life, and requires conditions ; But the Gofpel promifeth towbrkjhe conditions, but requires none, and therefore a beleever now is fully free from the Law ? Anfw. The Gofpel and the Law are taken twowages. a. Largely, the Law is taken for the wholedoetrine contained in the OldTeftament, and the Gofpel for the whole do&rine ofChrift, and the Apoftles in the New Teflament. a. Strictly, the. Law pro lege operum: for the Lawof Works : the Gofpel, pro legefidei : tot the Lawof faith : The Law of Works is flritly taken for that Law which promifes Gods favour, and life upon condition ofdoing, or of per- fonal obedience : the Lawof faith is ftri&li taken for that do&tine which re- veals remilfionoffins, and reconciliation with God byChri(ts righteoufneffeon- ly, apprehended by faith: Now theGofpel in this latter fenfe excludes all works, and requiresnodoing in point of jufttfication, but only believing : but take it largely for the whole do6trine ofGods love, and, free grace , and fo the Gofpel requires doing: For as it'san a&ofGods free grace to juftifie us with- out calling forour works : fo it's an a&of the fame free grace to require works of a juftifiedperfon , to ferve him in righteoufneffe ,: andholincffe all the days +four lives, To.z. r 4. and to think that the Gofpel requires no conditions, is a dreame again* multitudes of Scriptures , which contain conditional, yet cyan- 93
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