the Epiflle to the Galatians. Chap.;. 187 fills not the law : therefore he is accurfcd. I further prooue it thus. If we could fulfill the law, wemight be iuflified by the law : but noman can be iuflificd by the law , or by workes: therefore, noman can fulfill the law. Againe,Paul faith,Rom. ?, t 4. that the law wadfpirituall, requiring inwardand fpirituall obedience , and that he wad carnal/, and thereforenot conk r- mable to the law : that he wadfoldunderfranc: that when he would doegood, euil was prefent : that he carriedabout him the 6odieof death. And all this he faithofhimfelie,about twentie yeares af- t o ;ter his owne conuerfion. Such as our knowledge is,fuch is our loue,to God and man. Now we know God onely in part: therefore we loue in part ; and confequently we doe not fulfill thelaw. Againe , the Scripture puts all men , cuen the regene- ( rate, vnder the nameoffilarial to the verydeath:lfa.64.4. All 5 ; our righteoufises is as a defiled cloth. Prou. zo. 9. Who canfay,my Iheart is cleans ? kb cannot anfwer Godfor one ofa thoufand,Iob. 9. The righteous man (hall pray for the pardon ofhis finnes in Jos time whenhe may be heard,Pfal.3z.6. iferefaywe haueno (5,ne, we deceiue ourfelues. 1. lob. t . 9. ThePapifis ray , that all there *ao places are meant of veniali finnes. eslnf. There areno veniali i finnes, which in their owne nature , arc not again(/ the lawof i God,but only betide it. The flipendofeuery Pine it death.R orn. 6.2.3. Ifwe were perfctly fanEèified, and confequently fulfil- lersof the law in this life , thenChrifl (hould not be a Sauiour, S but an InlbLament of God , to makevs our owne Sauìours. And to fay this , is blafpherrie. Latlly , that which man could doe by creation, fo much the law requires at our hand : but man by creation could loue God with all thepowers of his foule, and with all theflrength ofall the powers : which now 30 (fince the fall, )noman can doe. It romaines then for an infal- lible conclufion, that it is impoffible forany man in the time of this life, to fulfill the law. The vie. Thispoint ferues notably to condemne the follie of the world. The Ifraelites fay at Mount Sinai , that they will doe all things which the Lord fball command them. acad. 19. 8. 35 The young Prince Paid, that he had kept all thecommandcments from hisyouth. Mark. IC). 2o. Our common people fay , that they can (eue Godwithall their hearts, and their neighboursas thë- jeltses. Secondly, this doflrineferues to confute fundrieErrours of Aa z the
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