562 lbe Story of\'Va!ter Brute. At~ric11lar CorJfeflion reproved. ~~1~~~m~~~lf:~~ii~~1~:~~~§, ~~t~~i~g:~~j:~:if;z~;}~~~t~~i~~ {~l~~} Jam.5 . 2S WJmdf~th St.JanustheApoflle,Crm(t[syepur fti'Uts ground_~cir f.'l.yings in d1.: l11adow_of the Law, and not %tt~~tif{f~!t.~~f~:.~:~if~~ ~tA~~~ gg~;£~i~;.~i~~:~;:!1~: Joh. 3 ; pra;ed, nnd !t ram/f[rcm btnvtn, tm_d the tarth Jtfldtd Now let us p:~IS to the words tliat Chrift fpake to the fmb herf~uJt. ThiS ~md of confc:ffion IS good, prohtable Leper, Lml if thrm n•ii:, thou canft make me cltan. And Luk. 5· :~~~~;~~~~;~;.cr:0l,~f :~~~ra!r~~l~~ t~;;;;~~~t of le~hl:/~:::I{:J~~:~;~b;:V~;;'td:V:~£7,/fo~·ifw;! · ~~~~~:-eo~t ~~~~{~d~~~ :~~; ~:,o~~:r~1~~~r~~ht~ i:~~ ~:f;l!'7Jft~~:r~h:1;;it~~: ~:J'o}~ ;;t ;;;:; g~J,~:~:,. ~~~~~~~-· ~;;.~;~:;;·~~;:5~~~~~dm~~0f~~·~;,· s~~ tfp~~i~~~:fl!e7h~1;int,' :ro~'~fd0fr~t:ffot:~~si~ Il:b~:J. '::);'f.~".u. Hordained by the Providence of Gods Divine Will, that were ~ltanf~ only by Chrifi, and nN by the: ~tdls, Jlet- ~'J:d 10 lJti, :~~.~r:Js,~?.odn:~~~~:~i~~:x~;:fit~~rhra:u~t ~~~~:~~hr:! ~;~~j~~ta~f:g ~ha~h:~~~~~~~;:~.~ ~~~ ava1l a finncr, confdling Ins f.mlts unto hun. The coun!C:I of the Priefis; but to fultill the law of Mo{ts, m offering ,oa'fc$oos. ofa difcre-et Prid\ is very profitable for a timter, tO give the a facrifice for his c!c3nfmg, and for a tdlimony unto the tinnercounfclto bcwarcherC3fter to fin, and to infirud: Pridls, whoalwaysofenvyaccufedChrifl: 35 atranfgrd'- himhowhelhall punifhhisbody byfafiing, by watching, forofthe~w. ForifChrifl:afttt ~e had~!e-: mftd the Ltand fuch like :t& of repentance, that hcreafttt he may be prr, had IJCcnftd him to commumcafe wnh others that better prefcrvcd from fin. were dean, before he had (hewed himfdf clran{ed unto the After this m~nntt 1cfitttnconfdf1011 to Pricfis very ex- Pridls, then might the Prid\s h_ave accufed Chrift as a )Xdiol~andprofirabletoafinner. Buttoconfefsfinsunto tranfgrdToroftheLaw; bccaufe1t was a precept of the the PnefiasumoaJudg, and to rccdve of him corporal Law, that thclcpc:r afta he was cltanfed, fhould fhcw ~nance for a fatisfaction untoGod for his fins committed; hirnfelf unto the Pricfis. And they h3.d figns in the Book I {(e not how this ca.n be fout.td up:m the truth of the of the Law, whereby thty .might judg whethCT he were Scripture. For before thccommgofChrifi, no m~n was truly ~ltanfcd or n~. And ~fhe were clranfed, tbm would filflicient or able tomake fatisfaCJ:ion unto God for hiS fins, the Pnefis offer a gaft for h1s clcanling: and if he were not although he fu~en:d never fo much pcnlncc for his fms. clanfcd, thci1 would they fcgugate him fro~!~ the cornAnd therefore tt was Ju."tdful that he that was without fin, pany of others that were c!an. ~·ce:ing tvcry figure ought Efay 5~· ~hfi~ 11~h~c;u,~;~;; :~,r~~~ ~c ";;!~e~~~hg~~;~~hT:;: ~~e~;~~a~:~~n~1111;0ist~hc~~i;!!,:~~ it 5h~~~;~~~nrJfl0~ ~i;~;S and our forrcm:s bt bare. And again, Ht. was wormdttl pasbythcl.aw, and theconfdf10n offins? By that Law ~~c!:~ !;:::~ ~;ut;J p:;:;:h:: ~;r ~=~1~:~;./udAtfd ag~~;~ ~~~~:;~.;;~~d~::~c;~~cthJ~ ~~1f;~~n ~~~~ic~ha~~~: :2ful! ~~~~rcwit~";[:igh~~he~fffi:Vha{t~:;"fa~'&frt~; :f~~:~ ~~ 1;;: ~~~'~he ~~e:~id~~tb~~~~f~~~ ~ir<C - for our fins, whereas we our ftlvcs were unable to do it; leprous. How now t.hacfore ought the Pricfis to t~m through him have we grace an~ rcmiffion of ~ns. clcanfc finncrs from therr fin, and that without them How can we fay now that we arc fultia~nt to mlke fatJSfa- they cannot be clanfcd ? In this Law the Pricfi had caCl:ion unto God by any pcnlnce injoyned unto us b}' mans rain tigns, by the which he could certainly know wheamhority, fedngthatourlinsaremoregricvousafrcr&p- thcr a man were clcanfed from his lcpry or not. In tifm,tl~ttheywerebcfo.rethccomingof.Chrifi? There- confdiion the Pr.icfi is not certain of.t~e clanfing of fore as m ~ptifm the pam of Chrifi in hJS p:~~on '~as a lins, bcca.ufe he IS ignorant of his contrition. He knowfi.tli fatisf.J.Cbon for our fins;. even (o after Bapnfm, tf we cth not al~o whctha he: will not .fin any more ; withconfdStiJatwchaveoffendcd,andbchcartily!Orryforour outthcwhKhcontrition ::md grannng to fin no more, h r fins, and mind not to fin again afcrnvards. ~~:: :n~b~~J;~~nJ~~~~~cn~~~:i~?:::7~~ 1 Jo' ' HcrttlJXlll]o/m writcth ~n hisfirfiEpifile,Cb. I.Jfwe And how th.cn IS confdiion figured w1dcr that Law? fay ~ve bavt "o fir~,wt dtwvt our ftivts, '!"d tlu trut.b u DoubtldS fo tt. fccmeth to me (under the correCtion of not ~~m.Jfwtclmft{s ourjim, God isfmtbful '!~d !'ifl, them that can Judg better in the matttt~ thlt this law ffifj~\~~'~{~~E.;Et~J~~ ~~:~~~~::~£:J~t~~H~Ei[f!s~ r ffi t;r'J:;~t;J,~:·:r:zf;t:k~;~~~j."dTl:e~fu;;~r,t;~~th~ ~~~r~:;~~\h~ ~hof: ~~~~%1: 1~~~t~n y~th~~ot~ ~~~~~ ~~(G:J'. to confcfsour.fefvts ch1dly unto God ~vcn from the heart, as a!1 Ethnick and a Publican, and 3S a ctttain ~r robe f?r t~t he ch1cAy doth remit fuJS, Without w~o!C: abfolu- av01dcd out of the OOffiJXlllY of all mm. W!uch finncr t!On htt.!c av::ultth the abfvlution of nun. This kmd of con- notwithfl:anding, if he (hall yet rrpcnt, is rhc~ to be ;:~1~~ }~~O~l~t~l~:~~a~:~~; ~~~~~~~~h~~~~h~ ~1~1cd, lxcaufe he is then danfcd from ~l5 ~fii- ~~:.:. ~~~t: ~~~ fa~~~~~r~rn<fa~~~t~e~~}d:~~ :r of ~~rr~~ht~~~e~~~i~ht~~ ~~ ;~~r~~~ ~~f Luk. 17 ' }i:u!~~ifrh:~C:r~h~~~~l!;d=cd~~!~~af:y.~h~ ~ 0f~;~;d in ~;a:;~r;,· bu~v!~~ ~ft;1~w~~~~':h:n~~ rJ~::E.~. ~;d ~~c~:~~OI~i:~:~~': ~;;~.byA~ft~[~~ ~~a~fuir~~e~~ fu~1;J:~n~1:fla~0fol~:e~~~~}'e~fr!~~~7: s:~.!~' Chrifi oommandcd the Lepers. to fl1ew themfdvcs unto pa~n (":Vhich thq call a e::na~ he: doth n?.t limply a.bfolvc, no;;~~t. thePrieJls, they fay, that Chnfi meant that thofc th~t a;;mhJS induJg:nccshcpromtfeth. But Jt he were mcha- pa ?.~~·: ~;~~~~E:~i::~~~~~~;l'E~~;:~:~~~~~~:;~ Ei:,~·~!::~~r;i~ir~~::::~~~E,~.~;;,.~;: What
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