326 The-.7ighteous,fudge, or, Or elfe that which hefpake inhis ApoRles immediately,by acertainand infallible workofthe Spirit,direaing them to inch. truth as that they could not errin fpeak -j ing now in thisChrift ftillfpake inther . ThefamewarChrifthathit:fpeakingto, this day : therefore faithbe, he that h'earetbyouhearethme, and be tbae hearethme heareth him thatfent me. That which he fpake tothem,he fpake inthemrconcern- ingall the Miniffetsofthe Gofpel. What we fpeak asMinifters,thát is,ai men that look to the dire&ion of our Lord ; for we arehut F.Mbaffadors,ansi our .wordsare fo farof value andpower as theyare the fpeeches of ourLord; andas we (peak the word ofhimwhofe Embafladors we are. Now I fay look what theMinifters thus fpeaks as theEtpbaffador ofChrift to the people, that Chrift willconfirm attheday of judgement. Now it willappear what we fpeak as Etnbaffadors, if we fpeak no- thin but what is agreeable to the test of.Scripture rightly underftood. Therefore mark it,whatfoever fin we denounce the judgementof God againft, andurge Scrip- ture for it, it is thevery rule that Chrift will obferve in¡edging men. Orelfe that fpeeeh could not fiend, what yelooft on earth fhaß héloofedinheaven, andwhat ye bind on earth[babe bound inheaven. We bind,when by declaring ofmens.fins,we denounce the judgement ofGod againftfilch fins, and fo pronounce men to (land under the wrath ofGod that remain inthofe fins : faithChrift, what yosetlius bind on earth (hall be bound in heaven, that is, Gods aft !hill ratifieandconfirm thefame fentence inheaven whichwe denounce here upon earth by venue of this word. Sowhen we cometo diftreffed fouls,and declare to them that theyftandaceluitted, and that by theWord of God ; and foas Minilters arise Gofpel byvertue of the truth revealed tous,declare that they are freed from the bond and guilt of their fins, upon theft evidences of repcntancethat they manifell t I fay, it is ratified in Isea- ven.Therefore you fee there is noother wayofproceeding,but look as Chrifisown words when he was upon the earth, fo the fame that areas his own words,, that is,' ! thofe truths that are drawn from Chtifts truths have the fame power upon the hearts and eonfcienees ofmen nowto command them, and flsall haveafter to judge theen,ah=ever they had. Ob¡eft. But here it may be objc ed : it fhould feem that all men (halt not be judged by the Law, becaufe there are föme men to whom the Law hathnever beenpublithed : for what Ihall we fay to a great part of the world, that have not yet received the Scriptures : weknow that the Scriptureshave not been publi(hed to a great part of theworld's at this day there are many Heathens, many Pagans, that never had the Scriptures ; therefore how (hall they be judged by the Laws except you fay, that only thofe fia all be judged by it, that have been underthe preachingof the Gofpel, andhave.had'the help of theScriptures Ants. We anfwer, that-all mankind, and every particular manisunder theLaw, .only. All men ludg- the Law is not alike exprefled to them, it is notrevealed aliketo all forts. All have by.rheLaw. theLaw,and the Lawwritten too : but either it is written in thehearts ofinen,and íne' Law not fo it is naturall in the hearts of all the Sons ofmen; or elk.in the Scriptures, and toall.xpte(fed y coal!. fo it is more clearly and evidently manifefted in the Churches ; but yet neverthclefs ür the beads of men is theLaw written, as much as fisall be fufficient to condemn om, a. ty, them,aswe fce, Rom.z.14. faith the Apoftle, If:heGentiles which havenot the Law, do by nature the thin contained in the Law, they having not theLaw area Law to themfelves, and fhew'che efehh of theLaw written in their hearts, their conferences accufsng, or excreting them before God. - The Gentiles that badnot theLaw, that is, not the Lawwritten in theScriptures; et neverthclefs they are a Law to themfelves, that is, they have certain principles, certain rules which remain in their naturalcon- fciences, whereby they either accufe or excufe, as they do goodor evil. Andeven there do (hew that theyhave a Law that clothbind them, and (hall condemn them; becaufe that when they would not obey even thatLaw, that is, even thofe principles whereupontheir consciences wrought toáccule or excufe they were finners againft the Law. So that we fee no man ihalt be condemned'atthe dayof judgement but by vertue of the Law i and however allhavenot the Scripture, yet they have a na- ttaratedercience,and the Lave vvrittcn there vvbercbpit açcufeth,orexcufeth. Hove- f qier it be true that things arc not alike exprefly manifefted to other people and to' us A..
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