288 Chap.4. 4 CommentArk upen. felues,andnot morethen our relues. This obedience therefore is truely to be tearmcd a works of/xpererogation : and there is none in the world befide. The vfe. That the fonne of God wasconformable to the law,it argues the goodne1Tc,perfeflion,and exccllencie thcrc- of.Hcreagainemake the diffcrence,between the man Chrill, S and all other men. He was not borne fubietl to the lawe,but .madefubieft: not fubicel by nature, but by will and by volun- taric abafement. All other men are fubiezt net bywill,but by nature:not rnade,but borne fubicft. ThereforePaul faith, the gentilesdoe by nature the thing: ofthe larre.The remainders of t° the law fince theTati arc natutall in all men:thcrfore thc whole !awe was naturall before the fall. Manwas at thc fiat created in righteoufnes and holincíre, Eph. 4.24. and therefore ina pert& fubictlion and.conformitie to the lawe.It is a naturali propaneofa r-eafonabic creature, to doe homage to thecrea S tor.It is anerror then in the pa;pifl.to teach, that the Image of God in our firfl parents was fupernaturall. The fourth point or degree is , the Redemption .ofman frô vnder the law in therewords [that he might redee ,e.thea, which 1° werevnder the lam.] Hereflue things are tote con,fideced.The fini is,what ismeant by bccing vnder the law? An/ The lawe mutt be cófidered two wales: firfl,asthe Rule of life.Thusan- gels arevnder the lawe,and Adam before his fall,and the faints nowt inhcaucn. Andnoneyecld snore fubietlion to the lawe than they:and this fubicaion istheir libertie. Againe,thc lawe muttbeconfidered as a ggricuous yoke which nonecanbeare. It is a yoke threewaies:firfl,becaufe it did bind the Churchof theolde teflament to the obfcruation ofmany and that very cornyceremonies,forthe maintenance ofthealtar at Hicrufa- 3o lemwas a matter of great charges. Sccondly,it is a yoke .be- caufe it binds eucryoffendour to euerlaf ingdeath,Gen. 2. t 7. Gal,;a 3.Thirdly,it is a yokeas it increafeth Pinne, and as it is the flrength ofit t.Cot. t 5.g6.Rom. S.zo.and 7;8.And it in- creafetb finne,notas a caufe,but as anoccafion.For the wicked 35 natureofman is themore to doe athing,themore he isforbid den.The Ifraelites arc bidden to goe on to Canaan, then they likeEgypt weli.They arc forbidden togoe to Canaan,and cô. inanded to flay in the wilderneffe, but then they will needs go 4oCanaan. Circutncifon commandcd,was lothed,of all natt tions:
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