the Epifile to the Galatians. Chap.4. + 29z w Without flareofdamnation, or anyother euill.Lulc.t.74. The laa is, that affhtlions ceafe to be curies, and are turned tobleftings : and for this ceufe they are delaied and qualified for thegoodofthem which arc afHified. Pfa1.89.32.t mill cor- reEU them that offend witha rodde , but 1will not takemynsercie from, them.Prou.3.t I . Grieuenotfor the eorretlion ofthe Lord : forhe lorteth , whome he corret7eth. Icrem. to. 24. Correa vs in iudgement : andpowreforth they wrath vpon the nations, that halm not knotrne thee. This mull teach men that profefle , or teach t a Chrif}, not to be difcouraged when they areabided , railedon, (laundered , or curfcd . For if they be fromvnder the law, and fo from vnder the dingofa guiltie contcience ; nothing fball hurt them. Theymul be content for awhile to futfer the fnat ehes,and bitingsofthe deuill : for in the ende his head (hall be .r 5 bruited in peeces. To ende thispoint, it may be Paid, ifwe that belecuebe not vnder the law, thenwe may hue and dieas we hí}. Anf. We are free from the law , as a yoke, but not free from it,as it is the rule of obedience , andgood life. And becaufe we arc freed from 20 the bondage of the law , therefore we mull be a law to our (clues : we mull bevolnntaries,Pfal. r ro.4. without conflraínt, freely yecidingfubialion to thewill ofGod, andnot for feare ofhell, and the laa iudgcment. The third and la(} degree, is theFruition of adoption , in 25 there words [that we might receiue theadoption ofTonnes.] Here twoqueflionsare to be confidered . The fir(} i_s, How the Church ofthe newTeflament is faille to receiue theadoption whichwas before receiued in the old Teflament? Anf.In(trip.. turc a thing is often faid tobe done,when it is done more fully, o and plentifully. Chril tells Nathanael that he fa11fee hearten o- pen,Ioh. r .5r . that is, more plainlyopened. For it was not (hut in the old Tef}ament. And,the holy Gho,(f was notyet, Iob.7.39. that is,in the full meafure. And , the way into the Holiefa,w.et not openwhile the Tabernaclewußanding,Hebr.9.S. that is, plainly 35 made manifefl. And in this place,Beleeuersofthe newTefla- ment receiue the Adoption : becaufe they receiue it in a more full and plentiful] manner, in that the fpirit of children is pow - red forth vpon them in larger meafure , whether we regard Il- lumination , or the gifts of regeneration. This Inuit teach vs that hue in theft latterdales toput on the condition affonncs 0 0 2 and
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