Thesoukseffeauallcaliingto Chrift. 525 may, and keepe the Comrnandements : Thou fbalt net commit adultery, thoufhalt not fleale, &c. have kept all thefe frommy yowl), faith bee, what Want I yet? as whofhould fay, if thou havenot enough, thou (halt haveenough before I goe ; I will pay thee upon the naile,l will beaforehandwith thee, I will not owe theea farthing token : what want ryet ? as though hee would not bee onely even hand, but afore hand with God; as who fhould fay, hecould not mifTe Heaven, ifhecould doe as be thought hewas able todoe. Tohave all a mans good inanother,to receive all fpiritual good from another,t`i`s is that nature is hardlybrought unto, and yet this mutt be done,if ever we beleeve. To make the matter plaine otu ofScripture, this was themaine hindrance that kept the jewes from imbracing Jefus Chri(t : men thinke they are the braveft Chriftians in the world, becaufe they have this, and candoe that, becaufe they in- joy thefe abilities, nay performe thefe Cervices; not that a man fhouldnownot doe thefe,but the raring here, and to thinke tohelpe a mans felfe by rhis meanes, and the taking up a mans refi in thefe meanes, and the opinion of merit, this is the bane of religion, Rom. t r. z. For ! Beare them record, faith the text, that they have zeale for God, but not according to knowledge : the lewes had a zealefor God, they loved religi. on,and they wereChriiVans,and circumcifed,and doe not thefe attaine to lifeand fàlvation? no, for faith the text, they being ignorant ofGods righ- teou/nee, 4nd going about to e.liablifh their owne Xxx righteá il
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