3 5 2 The nature of the Obedience viour upon the Law, are abfolutely deflru &ive of any fuch Imagination. For whereas the Scribes and Pharifees had at- tempted by their falfè Gloffes and Interpretations to accom- modate the Law unto the Inclinations and Lufts of men, ( a courfe fence purfued both notionally and pra &ically, as all who defign to burden the Confciences of men with their own commands,do endeavour conflantly to recompence them, by an Indulgence with refpe& unto the commands of God) He on the contrary reje &s all fuch pretended Epikeia's and Inter - pretations,refloring the Law unto its prifline Crown,as the Jews Tradition is, that the Mefah (hall do. i 6. Nor can a Relaxation of the Law be pretended, if there be any fuch thing in Rule. For if there be, it refpe &s the whole being of the Law, and confifts either in the fufßenfon of its whole Obligation, at leali for a feafon, or the fubflitution of another perfon to anfwer its demands who was not in the original Obligation, in the room of them that were. For fo fome fay, that the Lord Chrift was made under the Law for us by an A& of Relaxation of the original Obligation of the Law ; how properly, ipfi viderint. But here in no fenfe it can have place. 17. The A& of God towards the Law in this cafe in- tended, is, a Derogation from its obliging power as unto Obedience. For whereas it did originally oblige unto perfect -linle! Obedience, in all Duties, both as unto their fubftance, and the manner of their performance, it (hall be allowed to oblige us íB11 unto Obedience, but not un- to that which is abfolutely the fame , efpecially not as unto the compleatnefs and perfe&ion of it. For if it do fö , either it is fulfilled in the Righteoufnefs of Chrift for us, or no man living can ever be juftified in the fight of God. Wherefore by an A& of Derogation from its Original power , it is provided , that it (hall oblige us íBll unto Obedience , but not that which is abfolutely leff
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