737 / 772
ObieElions taken
from
tetimonies ofScripïur'e,infc'ered. 711
they who
feeke for
iuflification
by the
workes
of
the law
by
themfelues
performed,
being not
elected
may
be
abolifbed
from
Chris,
and
fall
from grace. Yea
but,
fay
they, thefe
Galathians
were
in ChriP
once, and
in
the
(late
of
grace,
or
elfe
they could
not
fitly
be
Paid
to be
made voide
and emptie
of
Chriíl,and
to
haue fallen from grace: for
how
can they
be
made
elliptic
of
Chria
and
fall
from grace, who were
not
firíl filled
with Chriíl and
in the
{late
of
grace
?
I anfwere,
that
thefe
phrafes
arc
too
much racked, to the end
they may
force them
to
make
a
confeffion
againíl
the
truth
;
for to bee
made
voide
of
Chria
fignifieth
to
haue no
part and commu-
nion
in
Chriíl,
nor
any
profit
by
his
death
and righteoufnes
;
ill
which
fenfe
the Apoílle fpeaketh in this place, namely,
that
thofe
who
looke to bee
iullified
by the workes
of
the
law
(hall
haue no
communion,part nor
profit in
Chriíl. And
fo
it
accordeth
with
the
fecond verfe,
If
yeebee
ctrcumcifed,
Chriíl
fhall profit
you
nothing.
And
to
fall
from grace
fignifi-
eth
not
to
fall
from
fanu`hfying
grace,
but
from the do&rine
ofgrace,namely, the
Gofpell.
So
that
the
fenfe
is
this,who-
foeuer
will
not
content
thetnfelues
with
the
righteoufneffe
offaith, but
feeke for
righteoufneffe
in
the
law,they
haue
no
communion
with Chriíl,
and
are
fallen
from the
do6lrine-
of
grace
taught
in the Gofpell, to
the
righteoufneffe
which
is
of
the
law.
And whereas
whilef
they did imbrace
the do-
arine
of
the
Gofpcll, they
feemed
to
be
in
the
Rate
of
grace,
they
now falling from
the
profeffion
of
this
truth,
and
im-
bracing
the righteoufneffe which
is
of
the
law, doe
make
it
manifefl,
that
they are
not
in the
Rate
ofgrace,and that they
neuer from
their hearts imbraced the
do&rineofthe
Gof-
pell, teeing theyrenounce the
free
grace
therein
offered
and
4 SeCi.7.
fubie6l themfelues
to
the
bondage
of
the law.
The
5.
place
obie
&ed
is
i.Tim.i.i9.
Harsing
faith
anda
iTisi.1.19.
Xoodconfcience,
which
force
haue
put
away,
and
as
concerning
4t
óS'8.
faith
haue
madefhipwrache.The
like
places
vnto
this
are
thefe,
yhhat
is
i
.Tim.4,
i
.
Now
the
¡1'irit
fpeaketh
evidently
that in
the
lat-
meant byde-
ter
times
fomefball
depart
from
the
faith.
And 5.8.
If
there
be
nying,dePar-
any
that
prouideth not
for
bic
orrne,
&c.
he
denieth the
faith,
and
in
from,and
is
tvorf
than
an
infidell.
And
6.1o.
The
define
of
r
onie
is the
tzráck
jb.
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