Chaá.3. ACo mmentarie vpon ofthe law isfulfilled invs, not becaufe wedoe all things requi. red in the law , but becaufe we haue faith invs, and by that faith we apprehend the obedience of Chrilt in fulfillingof the law. ()bled. VI Rom .I ;.8. Lose is thefa/filling ofthe law and the regenerate loue theirneighbours.Ánfifwecould loue our neighbour as our felues , perfeeïly , we fhould then fulfill the whole law. But our lone isimperfec3. Obiefl.V III. Hethat borneofGod(hnnesnot : 2.Ioh.3.he that ftnnes rot,fulfills the law. Anf,He that is borneofGodPines to not, that is , he dolls not commit finne , or makea praftife of finne. Hemay fall offraiitie, yet then herecouers himfelfe,and Both not kcepc a courfc in finning. This is the meaningof S. Iohn. Obiefl. I X The commandments of Godare notgriestotat. t. t S I011. S. Anf. They arenot gricuous three waits ; firil,in refpeft ofremion : becaufe they that belecue in Chritl,haue the trans greffon of the lawpardoned. Secondly,in relpea ofinrptati. on: becaufe .Chritts obedience in fulfilling-the law, is imputed to euery bcleeuer. Thirdly, in refpefì ofinchoation. For they za that beleeuereceive the fpirit ofGod, wherby they arc inablcd to indeauour themfelues to obey God in all his commande- ments. Otherwife in refpea ofour ownc perfonall obedience, they arc a yoke that no man can beare. Obiefl. X. Theworks ofGodareperfeti,, Deut. 3 2.4. Good 25 workcs, are workes ofGod: therefore they are perfc&. Workes, thatarc meerely workes ofGod , which heworketh by himfelfe, and not by man , theyarc all perfc : and thus mull the text in Moles bevnderflood. Now good works, are works of God in vs : and withal! theyare our workes, having 3G their beginning in the minde:and will of man : and hence they arc defiled. For when the firfi and fecond caufc concurre in a worke, the Paidworke takes vnto it theconditionof thefecond eaule. Water pure in the fountaine,is dcfiled,when it palles by theethic channel!. 31 O`iell.li I. IfGod haue giuen vsan impoflible law , he is more cruel! then any tyrant. Anf. When God firfl gaue the law, he allogaue power to fulfill the law. If the law be impof fible, it is not Gods fault,but mans,who byhis ownc fault bath loll this power of keeping the law. The S
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