At theEpi le to the Galatians. Chap.;. 159 The Firfl temptation wherewith our Sauionr Chrift was af- fau1ted,was againft his faith,as he wasman:Ifthou be the tonne of God thoucanft caufe thefe Clones in thyhunger tohe made bread : but thoucanft not caufe thefe ftones to be made bread: 5 therefore thou art not the childofGod. The deuill Mired to lift out all the faithofthe Apoftles, and to kaue in themno- thing but the chaffe ofvnbelccfe. Luk. 22. The dcuill blinder theeyes ofmen that the light ofthe go/pc/ of lefiu Chrif may not Pineveto thenr.z.Cor.4.4.This mull teachvs,that wemutt ao notonely hold and know the true religion for the time, but al. fo build our felues vpon our faith,Iud.v.zo.and be rooted and ftablifhcdvpon our faith and religion, Col. t. 23. and the ra- ther, becaufe it bathbin themanner ofthis nation, wickedly to change religion with the times. And that we may indeede be 5 rootedvpon our religion, we muff not boat$ ofthe greatncs and ftrength ofour faith , but rather labour to fee in our felues a tea of vnbeleefe : heartily to bewaile it , and to flriue tobe- leeue , and fo to goe on from faith, to faith. Thema, here mentioned, is the heaucnly;doEtrine of the 20 Gofpel : fo called for two caufes. Firft, becaufe it is anabfolutc truth without crrour. It is a principle not to be called inquelli- on, that the 1poftles andRrophets,m writing andpreachinQ,cculá not erre. It may be faid,they were men,as we are : and therefore fubieel toerre,and be deceived in iudgentent. Anf.Iudgcmcnt 25 is twofold. One,conceiuedby the difcourfc ofnaturail reafon : 1 the other , conceiued by the apprehenfion of things reuealed I by God. In the firil, the Apoflles and Prophets might erre, and be deceived; as Nathan andPeter were.In the fecond,they . could not : becaufe it was framed in`them,by the infpiration, 3o and inflinfoftheholy Ghofl. And therefore , they neuer er- red, either inpreaching or writing. The fecund caa:fe why the Gofpel is called the trHrh, is, becaufe it is a moll worthie truth,' namely, the truthwhich is according to godlines,Tit. i .It may be laid , what is the truth ? and how fhall we know it,confide- 3 5 ringthere be fomany dif$entions ? Alf Firft, make thy felfe fit toknow, and then fhalt thou know the truth. And thou (halt be fitted to know the truth , ifthou firft ofall rriue thy felte to obey it. Read the golden text, Ioh. 7. v. a 7.Obcy,and ye ¡hall know. The fecund thing, whereby the delnfonof theGalatians is exprcC
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