cózzcexning F aith and Wär.r. 59 and is witneíiéd unto by . particular Teftìnìonies occafionally given unto the fame truth, without number. . For it mull be acknowledged that he wrote of this f bje& of our Yitilif ca - tian before God, owpurpofe to declare it for its own fake, and itS Life in the Church, and,thathe doth it fully, largely, and frequently in a conftant. Harmony of expreffions. And he owns thofe Keafons that preffed him unto fiilnefs, and accura- cy herein. (i) The importance of the Doc`trine,it felf. This he declares to be fuch, as that thereon our Salvation doth im- mediately depend; and..thatit was. the _hinge whereon the whole Doctrine, of the Gofpeldid turn, Articnlne fl antis aut cadentis Ecdef e, Gal. 2. 16, 21. Chap. 5. 4, 5. (2 ) The plau(,ble and dangerous oppo fition, that was then made unto it. This was fo,managed,'and that with fuch fpecious pretences as that very many were.prevailed.Qn, and turned from the truth by it, as it was with the, Galatians, and many detained from the Faith of the Gofpel out of a diflike, unto it, ROnn IO. 3, 4. What care and diligence this requireth in the De- claration of any truth is fuf iciently known unto them, who are acquainted with thefe;things,What zeal, care and circum . fpettion it fl'irred up the Apoftle unto; is mauifeft in, all his writings. ( 3 ) The Abufe which the corrupt nature of man is apt ro put upon this Do &rive. of Grace, and which fome did actually pervert it unto. -, This alfo himfelf takes notice of, and througly vindicates it from giving the leaft counto- nance untofuchwreftingsand impofitions.,. Certainly, never was there a greater necellity incumbent on. any perfon fully and plainly to teach and..declare. a Doctrine of truth, than was on him at that time in his circumftances, confidering the place and duty that the ,was; called unto. . And, no reafon can be imagined why .,we fhould not. principally and in the .firf place.iearn, the truth herein from his declaration ,.and vinili; cation, pf ;it, if .withal we do indeed believe that he was Dir vinel,1
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