104 Chap.2. cA' Certnntenterrieopera Thiswas the S1mu14tian of iofeph, who carried himfelfe as a firanger to his brethren inEgypt,after he had examined them, and knewwho they were. Gcn,42. This was the Sirhnlation of Chrifi; who when he was come toEmus made as,thongh he wa1LJ bane gonefarther, Luk. 24. 28. Thus Paul among the Lewes , plaid the Iewe, r. Cor. g. Zo. Vnlawfull Snot/anon is that, when fomething is fignificd , or fained againfi the truth, or to the prejudice of any. Of this kind was the fn:ulationof Peter , which tended to thepreiudíceof the Gofpel,and to the offence of the Gentiles. The fecond point is , the matter of the finne , or the finne it to (elfe, which was on this manner. Firf}, among the Gentiles at Antioch,hevfeth Chrillian hbertie,in eatingthings for bidden by the ccremoniall law: yet after the comming ofeaten lewcs from Ierufalem , he feperates himfclfe from the Gentiles, and! plaies the Iewe among the Iewes. Like to this , was the halting i of the lfraclites betweenc God and Baal. i. King. 28. 21. and theprallife of fundric men , who arc Proteffants with vs,and yet in othercountries goo to iilaf%: and the praefife ofour pcople,whochange their religion with the times. 20 Here we fee the great weakncffe of Peter,in that vpon a ve ry little occafion,and that prefently, falls away from his pro- fcflîon to his old comic. In him we may behold our owne weakenefle,andconfider what we are like to doe in like cafe. We nowe profeffe the G ofpell of Chriff: yet if any occafion 2 were of ered,it is to be feared, that manyofvs would be cafily mooned to returne to our old prophanencfe, and to the fù- perflition ofpoperie. But for the flayingand the better cila- blifhingofour mindes,lct vsalwaies remember,that they fhall perifh, whowithdraw themfelues from their faith, profcflìon, 30 and obedience,which they owe unto God, Hcb. I o. 3 8. Pfal. 73.27. it muff beobferued,that Paul indefcribing the finne,expref eth twoaEtions,his totingpith the Ge,tile,,andhir 'fineningof hisactionws good t 3 ,but the endoutwasnaught The rcafon isthis:the man regenerate is partly fíefh , and part- ly fpirit: and hereupon it is , that when we will that which is good,we cannot accomplifh it,and eui'1 is prefent withvs.The child of God is like alame rrran,that goes the right way, but
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