(i6q.) tained. Ifany one do judge, that he intend thole ot thefecondfort, I will not contend about it, becaufe of the feverity of Expreffion which he ufeth concerning them, Gal. 5. 12. But difcharging the confideration of them, the Dire&ion in this place concerns thofe of the thirdfort only, anfweringunto that which was prefcrib- ed and followed 'by the Apoffles in all Places, namely, that there fhould be mutual Forbearance , in force Difference of Pra&ifè between them and the Gentile Believers. His fecond Enquiry, pag.i68,is,Whether the Rule which the Apofile lays down, be only aRuleofmutual Forbearance. I do not find that I laid any where that it was only a Rule ofmutual Forbearance, but that the Words of the Apofile do enjoyn a mutual Forbearance among thole who are differently minded; pag. 26. And I mutt here fay, which I defireto dowithout offence,that there is noneed of any farther Anfwer unto that Part of the Doctors Difcourfe, but a Tranfcription of that which he pre- tends to oppofe ; for what is fpoken unto that end, conflits in a perpetual Diverfion from the Argument in hand. I did not before precifely determine, what was the Rule which the Apoftle loth intend ; only proved fufE- ciently, that it was notfuch a Rule as is pleaded for by the Doctor. But the meaning of the Phrafe and Ex- preffion is plain enoùgh ; 7,2 eGU1 5a,X7v 1:04" ; it is direct- ly ufed once more by the Apofile ; Gal. 6. 16. Vol ,(y.vóvr 747t0 5®1x47110ty ; as many as walk according to this Rule; and what Rule is that ? namely, what as unto the fiabitance of it he lays down in the Words foregoing, 7er, 14, I 5. God forbid that If3ouldglory f ve in the Crofs
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