Chap. I. the Ep4leto the Galatiruf. ritie ofGod , andGadputs his ownc authoritie into the word which he vttcrcd:and hewas Ailedby the extraordìnarie,im- mediate,a°nd infallible afliflanceof Gods fpirit. From this fup- pofition, fundrie things may be learned. The fir(f, that the 5 word preached and writtenby Paul, is as eaten, as ifit had bin writtenby God himfclfe,immediatcly.It maybe obict1ed,that Paul faith, i .Cor.y. r t. 7o the remnant,1fpeake, act the Lord.! anlwer,Paul faith,l,aot theLord,not becaufe he was deceiued inhis aduife,for hie ipakeby the fpirit ofGod,c.7. v.4o.b.ut be- t0 caufc he gane counfell in a cafe ofmarriage, whereoftbe Lord had made no exprefle Iawc.Thc meaningthen is this , I fpeake by colletìion from the laweof God,and not the Lord, by any parvcular and exprcf e !awe. Secondly it appeares hence , that the articles offaith,or the it C doftrincof the Gofpcll, is in excellencieand authoritie,aboue all menandangeis.And hence it followes,that theChurch and Connects, cannot authorize theword ofGod, in themind& at confcienccofanyman.For the infcriour,and dependent autho- ritie,addes nothing to that which is the principal!, andfuperior 20 authoritic.Therefore,the opinionofthePapifl is falfe,that we cannot knowe the fcripture to be theword ofGod, but by the te(limonyofthe Church:as though the letter ofaPrince,could not be krsownc to be fo,without the teflimonieof the fubiefts. Theprincipali authoritie is fufliicient in it felfe, toauthorize it 25 felfe,withoutextetnallteftímonie. Thirdly , fince the daies of the Apoilles,fundrie doctrines haue bin receiucd and belecued , touching interce Ilion of Saints,praier to the dead,and for thedead,Purgatorie,and fuch like:and thefe doctrines haue bin confirmed by fundrie revela- 30 tions. Andhere we learne,what to indgeboth ofthedoctrines, and ofthe reuelations; namely, that they are accurfcd:becaufe the doctrines arebetide the written word , and the reuelations tend to ratifieand confirme them. Laflly,hencewelearne , what to thinke of the writings of 3-5 Papiffs, and Schoolemen,whereoffome are called,Serapbicatl, cherrbicall,or AngelicalldoElorr.They broch,and maintaine fun- drie thinás,befïde that which the Apotties preached,&wrote; as iuftification byworkes , and a mixture ofthe laws and the Gofpell : they glue top little tograce , and toomuch to mans will.In thisregard,Paulbath giucnthe fentence, that theyare ¡ -- D 2 accurfedro I 2
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