theEpii?le to the atleakno. Chap.4. ). 7Qhisiments of the amid] that is , the lawe or Mini(lerieof Mofes,and it isfo ealled,in refpeCt ofamore fulland plentifull doarinc,in the minificrie of thenewt Teflament. And it is called the Raiment: oftheavorld,becaufe Iewric was ask were, a little fchoole fct via in a corner ofthe world , thelawc ofMo- 5 as it were , an4,6,e,or Trimar, inwhich Chrifl was re- uealed to the vvorld,indarke and obfeure manner , fpccially to theIewes. Thevfe.Here we fec,that thepeople ofthe oldTenement, .10 were for right,heires as well as we,and therefore they had right to all the bleffings ofGod. The difference betweene vs and them,is oncly in the manner whichGodvfed m difpenfing the forefaid blcffings tovs. A,,,,aine, the fathers of the olds I'd-lament before Chrift, 15 were but as children in refpeCt ofvs. now. Thus much faith Paul inexpreffe words.And theywere fo,twowales . Fiat ,in refpea.of the Mofaicall regiment: becaufe they were kept in fubieetion to more lawes thenwe . Secondly, they were fo in refpeOt ofrettelatiombecaufe God hath reucaled more to vs, 20 i then to them.Read Luk.zo.24.It may be faid,wc noware (the heft ofvs,) but children to Abraham and the Prophets. whe- ther we refpetic knowledge, or faith. Ae. It is fo.lf weC0111- parc perfon and perfon:but it is otherwife , ifwe compare bo- che withbodie , and compare the Chriftian church , with the_ 25 Church of the levees beforeChrifl:then we exceccle them, and they are but children to vs.This muR teach vsalloo.be carefull toincreafe in knowledge , and in the grace ofGod, that we may be anfwerable to our condition,And-to hue in ignorance (as the molldoe)is the Chame of vs all . For in refpeti of the time,we fhould all be teachers,Heb.-5-.1 2.and yet God knows, 30 the matt are very babes. For astre a man how be lookes tohe faued,hewill anfwcr , by fettlingGod and bydealing tritely. Now his fettling of God, is his flyingofhis praiers:and his praiers are the Beleefc,and the tenConirnandements.This is a pooreferuingofGod,fitter for babes, then for menofyearen 3 5 It is further tobe obferued,that Paul faith,thefathers of theold TeRament, were inbonakeevnder thebare, after the manner of feruantsfpecially by reafon ofrites &ceremonies . And hence it followes,that the obferuation ofa religion, in which are ma- nifold.bodily rites and figures , is a kinciof bombae, andper, ______ _ . ?elm 3 nine: 2.77
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