the Epi`$le to theGalatians. Chap-4. 289 offs : when it was abolifhed , thenmenoffundrie nations im- braced it as necdcfull tofaluation. Tobe cider thc law then,is to be in ftibietion to it , as it is a burden and yoke in the three former refpetls , fpecially to be fubied to thecarteofthe law. 5 The fecond point is, who arevndcr the law ? .tint. The levees before thecommingofChritl werevndcr the law in re- fpeft ofCeremonies : and Amen naturally arevnder the law in refpeet ofthemalcdidionand curie therof, all beeingborne childrenofwrath.Eph. z.3.Ficrecomes alamentable matter to to be confidcred. Very few in refpef} , know themfelues to be in bondage to thecurie of the law. For they thinkc it an ea fie matter to obkrue thclaw : andk is vied for a forme of praier wherebymen vie tobleffc themfelues morning and euening. Learne therefore this one leffon, that thou alt bynature in thy cS felfe vnder the curie of the law , and for thineoffences by it bound ouer to euerlaflingdeath. Ifthou flhouldefl beproclai- med an Outlaw, ora writ of rebellion fhould be faucet on thee, it would make theeat thywits ende.Now behold,the law proclaimes thee a traytour and rebel! againfi God, through heauen and earth. The law (huts hcauen againfl thee : it fits hell and death wideopen for thee, and itarmesall the creatures of God againfl thee. Therefore it flands thee in hand to Tooke about thee, and to fue from the lenience of the !awe, to the throneofgrace formercie and forgiucnes. It bath bin the fa- 25 (Ilionofall holy men to acquaint themfelueswith this one lef fon, that they were by nature vndcr the law, fpccially then when they were to humble themfelues ir.the prefence ofGod. Daniel inhis praier, afcribes fhame and confufion to himfelfe, Dan.9. according to thevoice andvie ofthe law:and thepro- 3o I digall forme contcffeth that he had finnedagaint} his father, andagainfl heauen,and that he was vnworthy to be accounted achild ofGod; according to thelaw fudgingand condemning himfelfe. The third point is,whatis the pricewherby menare bought 35 or redeemed from vndcr the law ? Anf. Theobedience of the Sonne, whereby he flood in fubieflion to the law for vs : as Paul fignifies in the words immediatlygoingbefore.It may be laid, how can the obedienceofone man be aprice ofredemp- tion for another ? I anfwcr, we mutt confider Chrifl not as a :mereman , but asGod-man , and by thismeanies his Obedi- ._ _ Oo a cncc
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