1..-- [ 14. Chap. s. tj ¿oNrnuatarte vp.R ofthe Iewes,andGentiles : the other, ofiultification. Touching the dtftintìion ofIewes, andGentiles ,fundrie points are tobe handled. The firft, what is the caufe of this di. Rinftion. Anf. The good will and pleafure of God. Mofes faith,Ged chofe the lfraeI:te" aboveallnatiex", Deut.7.6. he lotted them,Deut. to. i 5. when hedemidedthenation", laceb sras bit por. tton,Dcut. 3 z. 8. He knew thema6oue allmetier)", faith Amos 3, I. And hechofe them , becaufe he lorded their father", Dew. 4. 37. Hencewe gather , the free Eleftionof-God: and that they , arc dccciued,wbo thinke,that therewas nodifferenceofIewes and Gentiles in rafpcaof God , but in refpefl of themfrlues : becaufe theoneiutbraced Chrift, the other refufed Chrift. But there cannot be 'a refufall, where the Mefiìaswas not knowne: and among the Gentiles hewasnot fo muchas named. Rom. 15.2o. The fecond point is, wherein Rands thedifferenceof Iewes and Gentiles. a 1nf. acre the Iewes arc oppofed to (inners of the Gentiles : and thereforeby the levees, are meant an holy, and peculiar people. The diftinEhion therefore lies in this,that the one was hol ,the other prophane:the one in the couenant, the other out ofthe couenant. Rom.9.4, 5. Pfal.147. s o. Here two errours muff be auoidcd. One, that the difference lay in earthly things : which is not truc. For the law was giuen to the Ifrachtes: and it was ,sfiheolemefterto Chri/I, Gal. 3. and,of ¡n- imbi-lien te s better hope, Hebr. 7.19.The fecond C170111 11, that theydiffered onely in this,that Chrift was more plentifully and fully revealed to the Iewes : more darkly, and fparingly to the Gentiles. But it was otherwife . For the Gentiles were witbodrt God, and(brill, Eph.2. t 2. and theywere left to them- felues,te sral+lve intheirowns stair",A(á.14.16. The third point is , how longthis difference indured ? A,tf. Till the death of Chrift. For the difciplcs were forbidden to goe into thewayof theGentiles.Math.1 o.5. And Chrift faith, that he wss motfine , Aso to the loftAmp, of the h.ttfe of!froth Mat. 1ç. 2s. It may be obielled,that herewe fee thedifference ofIewes , andGentiles , isflanding,long after the afcenfionof Chrift An%Chrift in hisdeath did fullymerit the abolifhment ofthis difference. Eph.3. neuertheleffe the executionofthis a, bolifllmentwas by degrees : anditwas at this time begunneby the slain Belie of the ApofHcs, yetnot accomplifhed. The s Io 11 20 15 30 35
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