the Epillle tothe Çnlatian$. Chapa. 19S its faith, or for anyworke els, but for the merit ofChriftThe law thé requires doingto faluation, and the Gofpel belecuing, andnothing els. Uóiefl. I. The Gofpel requires repentance , and the pra- tîife ofit. AnfIndccde the lawdothnot teach true repentance; neither is it anycaufe of it, but onelyan occafion. The Golpe! oncly prcfcribesrepentance,and the pratlife thereof: yet one- lyas it is a fruit ofour faith, and as it is the way to faluation in which wearc to walke,andnootherwife. o Obief1.11. The law requires and commands faith. Ail: The lawrequires faith in God , which is toput our affiance in him. But the Gofpel requires faith in Chrit} , the Mediatour, Godman : and this faith the lawneuer knew. O6iecd.111. In the Gofpel there are rornifes oflife, vpon I5 conditionofour obedience. Rom.8.t ;.f fEythefpin:yemart?. fie the eleedes ofthe fle/h,ye/WIlute. r.Ioh. 1.9. Ifwe confefe ear fumes, god rM faithfarilroforgiue tbe,u. Al: The promifes of the Golpe! are not made to the worke , but to theworker : and to theworker not for hiswork:but for Chrifls fake,according to 4o his worke. As for example: promifeoflife is madenot to the worke ofmortification , but to him that mortifieth his flesh, and that not for his mortification , but becaufe he is in Chriff, and his mortification is the token or cuidence thereof. And therefore it mutt be remcmbred , that all promifes oftheGo. 5 fpel that mentionworks, include in them Reconciliation with God inChritt. 06reel. I V Faith is 'a vertue , and to beleeue is a worke: therefore one worke is commanded in the Gofpd , and is all() necetharic to faluation. Anf The Gofpel confiders not faith as 3o a vertue,or worke,but as an inflrumcnt,or hand,to apprefiend Chrill. For faith loth not caufe,effea, or procure our iuflifi- cation and faluation , but as the beggers hand,it recciuesthem, ?peeingwholly wrought and giuen ofGod. This diflinaion of the lawand theGolpe!, mull be ob(er s 5 ued carefully. For by it we fee that the Church ofRome bath erronioufly confounded the law and theGofpel,for this manyj hundred yeares. The law of Mofès(fay they) written in tables'. oflIone, is thelaw:the fame lawof Mofes,written in the hearts ofmen by the holyGhoft,is theGofpel. But I fay againe, that the lawwritten in our hearts, is í1i11 the law ofMofes. And this Bb 2 aucr
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