the Epiftle to the Galatia'''. Chap.. X 89 reea,is, when the law is fulfilledboth in matter , andmanner, according to the rigour of the law. Now the former places fpeakc onely ofthe perfdtion ofparts : and that is filcha per- teEtion in which we are to acknowledge our imperfetßion,and it is vio more but a true and generali indeauour to obey Code 1a.38.ä. ObieEl.111. Sandrie holy men are faidc to fulfill the law David turned f rom nothing that rad eommandeá himall the daúa ofhair life, uein thematter of'trial). t .king. 15. 5-. Zacharie and No Elizabethwalked in .allthecommaadementa ofGod, and that >s ith- otat reproofe before god. Luk. t .6. Anf There arc two kinds of fulfilling the law : one Lega/l, the other Eciannelicall. Lcsallis, when mendoe all things required in the law,and that by them - (clues and in themfelues. Thus none euer fulfilled the law, but s f Chrift, and Adam beforehis fall. The Earangel:call?Banner of fulfilling the law, is tobelceue in Chrif , who fulfilled the law for vs : and withall to indeauour in the whale man, to obey God ínall his precepts. And this indcauour ioyncd with the Purpofe of not finning, is called the righteoufnes of Good so confcietace; and though it benot really afulfiilingof the law, yet it is acceptedofGod as a fulfilling of the law in all thé that are inChrist. For God accepts the indeauour toobey, for per- fcEt obedience. Thus Dauid,Zacharie,Eli2abetb, and others, are faid tofulfill the law. 25 Obiec`7. 1111. Wepray that we may fulfill the law ,, when we fay, Let thy »:11bedcne in earth, aa-it to ixhearran.. Âia/: We pray not that we may fulfill the lAw in this, but that wemav ttriuc as much as maybe, to attaine to the fulfillingof the taw. That is the(cope of the petition. We defire not to beequal! to 3o the Angels , andSaints ; but onely to imitate them more and more and to be like to them. Obieíl. 1/. Rom. 7. 18. To wi?`l'rc'pre/7;tt withme : there"ore (faythey)inwill the lawmay be kept, though the-fleih relent. tiânf, When Paulfaith,that towill Tr44 prefent,he dothnot fig. y nifie that he could perreífly will that which is good. For his will beeing partly renewed, and partly vnrenewed , the good which he willed; he partly nillcd ;. and the mull which he nil led, he partly wilted. Obietl. V 1. Chrifi tooke our flcfh , thatthe rid-bteotfines of the lawmight befalftllyd'invt.Ram.8.4. 4nf. The rightsoufnes Aa,, . of
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