NNW 5 ao 15 20 ?5; theEpíflle tothe Galattass. Chap. 4. ofthe law. And the laws is the bond that binds vs to the pai- ment of this double debt.And till the iufliccof God in the law be anfwered to the full,this bondcannot be cancelled.There- fore the fonne ofGod the Mediatour,muft not onely die for vs,but alto perforate homagefor vs to God, according to the tcnour ofthe law.Therefore hefaith, that he mull perforane all. righteoNfnefe,Math.3.I S.AndPaul , that Chr: is the endofthe /aw. f or righteoufne fe,Rom. I 0.4. It is alleadged,that. Chat as man fulfilled the lawc for him- felfe:and therefore not for vs. Anf. The flcfh or manhood of Chritt confidered by it (elfe apart from the godhead of the fonne,is a creature that oweshomage vnto God. Yet if it be confidered as iris receiued into the vnitie ofthe fecond perfora; and is become a part thereof,it is exempted from the common condition ofall other men,and is not bound toperformetub. ietion,as allenenare.For iftheforne of,osan be Lordof theSat: both,then alío is he Lord ofthe whole law.AndPaul here faith, that the fonne ofGod,is not borne but made wider the /awe.., Againe,it is alleadged,rhar thebloodofChriß taketh awl'all fnne,I.Ioh.,.7.and when all finne is taken away, the law isful- filled,and the perfon iuflificd,Anf,When S.Iohnfaitb,the blood: ofChriflpargethvsfrem all excludes the bloodof beafls, and all meritorious means offaluation inman,out ofC hrifl,& he excludes not theobediencewhich the Mediatour yeelded to the father in all 'his fufferings.Againe,it is not truc that a Lo- ner is iufhficd , when all faune is aboli(hed , vnlcf c iuflicc be, added.For iutlification is an alterationofa finner from onecâ- trarie to another, from mill to good , from life todeath: and therefore finne mutt depart, and Milice come in the roome thereof.That a dukehoule maybeinlightned , darkenes muff- firfI be abolithech, and light mull come in the ttcad thereof-. And that a man may be iuflified, finnemutt be couercd,and righteoufnetle imputed. The fecond quellion is, how the forme ofGod'performed this obedience?r3nf.He was obedient tohis father to thedeath, and that according to all the duties ofloue in the firfi table: &`I for the iecondtable,he louedhis enemieas himfelfe,becaufe bpi gavehis life for man. Marke then, he did all things contained in the lawe,and more too,in refpeet-of the duties of the fecond !. Table. For the lawe binds vsto loueour.neighbours asour felies 3a 35
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