Perkins - BS2685 P37 1604

the Epifile to theGalatians. Chap.3. as there aredrops in thefca, and then haueanend,it wereTome ,comfort : butwhen that time isexpired , man is asfare from the endofhis woe, as euer he was. This in furútne .nd fubtianceh the torte herementioned : 5 and it weretobe wifhed,that men would more thinke & (peak of it , then they doe ; then would therebe more confcicnceof finne. The next point is , who arecurled. Auf. Theywhichdoenot allthings written in the¿or. Here, isan Item for them, that will o kcepe forme commandements, but not all. Herodwould doe tome things , at the motion ofIohnBaptif} , buthe wouldnot leaue his iucefluous marriage,withhis brotherswife.Mark. 6. ao. There be at thisday that are very forward in good things yet forteof themwill not kaue their (wearing , tome their ly- e S ing, forte their vncicannes , fome their vfuric. But God will not part flakes with man : he will haue all,or none. He that brcakes one corsrmanderent , úgruiltieofall. lam. 2. And there is good reason, that he which obaies, fhould obey in all. For where God renewer, he fanttifies throughout, and fills them to with thefccdeofall grace, that they may perfortne obedience, according to all thecommandementsof the law. Againe , he is curled , that dothnot all things which the law prcfcribeth; or ifhedoe them, yet lothnot continue in all. So then he iscurled, that breakcs the lawbut once , and that onely 25 inone thought:for fuch anone dothnot continue in all things. Now then O finnefull man , what wilt thoudoe , to auoid the curie ? for thouhaft in thought, word, anddeede, broken the law. DoeR thou thinke to appeafe the wrath of God with gold and fluer ? the whole worldand all things thereinarc the 30 Lords. And thoumaiff not thinke to hide or withdraw thy (elfe from the pretence ofGod: for all mutt come and appeare before his tribunali feat, in their owne perfons. Neither may we thinke to efcape,becaufe God is mercifull : for he is as loft, as mcrcifull. What wilt thou then doe to efcape this horrible 35 curie? when thouhaft done all thoucanfl doe, thoucant} no way helpeor relecue thy felfe. The onelyway of hcfpe is this. Thou mutt flit from this fentenceof the law , to the throneofgracefor mercie ; inflant- ly asking, Peeking, knocking at thegate ofmerde , for pardon of thy (inner. Andthat thoumail be incouraged to this dutie. Aa ; con 185

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