A BPHARISA'.jiSME AND CHRISTIAN I TIE. MATTH. CHAP-S. Verf. 20. C Except J••r righteo•("'Jfe exceedthe rlghteo•[nef!e oft he Scrioet andPhari{et1Jefhallnot mt11 intot~e K.lngdome ofHeatJefJ. Dot<otsof the Jewes had reduced all Gods Clarme-law pd,.G,tJti•. to fix hundred and rhirtcebprecepts; fomany as there aredaies ~::r/:;t~~ in theyeere, and members iti the body. It was an honefi 2nd. ,.,t•fR®.Sb~ (which were llrange)aChrifiiancbhteit ofone oftheir Rabbihs, t"""b. that David abridges all thefe tO eleven, in his Pfalme 1 S. Efol to fix, in his B· 15. Michal yet lower tathree, in his 6,8.l'.foJ yetagainetotwo, in his 56. J.Habamc toone, Thej~tjlmanfoa!l /i'Dt hj faith, Soyee fee, the Lawends ih the Gofpell: and th~t Father (,id not amiile, Tbe Law k the Go(pe/1 fontold; and theGofpe/1 Is the Low f•lftlkd. Thefe two are the D freehold ala Chrillian; acdwhat but they? The Jewes ofthefe times perverted the Law, rejected the Cofpell. Our Saviour therefore,that great Prophet ofthe world (as it was high time) clears theLaw, delivers and fettles theGofpell,well approving_in both thefe, that hecame not to confume, bur to confurntnate the LAw. Wherein (as !>tu/to hisCorinths)he had a rreat doore, but many adverfaties: among!} thefe were the great matrersoflfrael ( fomn Saviour rearms the Pharifes) and their fellmos (and yet their rivals ) the Scribe~: both fo much harder to oppoft., by how inuch their authoriry was greater. Ltxt~t.:.!Jtg~ liNTD fr~ttlif!um E.v~ngt!zun:l:% comp!tt.z., Trmh hath eo roome till fa!hood be removed: bur Saviour therefore (as beh"- veth) firtr Chewcs the fal!hood oftheir Glolfes, and t!1e hollowne!fe oftheir proft!Ii· on:and ifboth their life and doCcrine be naught;what free part is there in them? And Ice both ofthcfe fofaulry, thatexceptJ••r righteoJJ[neffi exmd therighteoll[~tJJe oftb, Scribet a11dPharifes,JeejbaU noltfJierinto the f«ngJoNu nfheaveu. WhJtwerethemen? What was their ri?,hteoufnd!'e ?Who< wanted it? Follow E me, I befeech you, in rhefethree : and ifmy difcourfe !hall fcem, for awhile, more thorny and perplexed, recnedie itwith yoor anenrioP. r Cor. t6- 9· John 3· Artth•.'f4M:t· {ltrmijrlld' .I Thofe rhlngs which are oucof the ken offcnfeor memorv,muft be fetch' fromSrory.The Sect (ororder whether)ofrhePharift.s ceafed with the Temp:e;<lnce thn,no man read;ofa Pharife; and now isgrown fo farre omof knowled~e 1 rh11 the modern J~wesarcmorc ready ro !earn of us who they were: ThG're is no pc ir:r, wherein iris !TlJrcdlfti.:u,t eo avoid variety, yeaoftcntati6ofreading; wichou! any d1 rious ·--~------· - ~----- ~:.~~~!!!_~~--------- l )
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