291 Commextgriewpm and daughters ofGod ,inmere= , obedience, and thanke- ,, fulnes. Butalas, among the multitude, it is farre otherwife. For 11, themoll liue tuen -as Atheills in ignorance, according to the hafts of their owns hearts. The faith and repentance which they profeffe,is but Ceremonial! faith,and Repentance. The fecondqueflion is,whence fprings our adoption? The 5. anfwer is plaine In the words: from the obedienceof the fonne, whereby he flood in fubieCtion to the law. Here thegust-lion of all guettions is anfvvered , namely , what is that thing by which, and for which , a firmer is iuflified before God, and fa- ued ? A;?/.. The Obedience ofthe fonne of God mademan, and made vnder the law for vs. For this is it that frees vs from vnder the law, and glues vs theAdoption offonnes. And this alone is it,vvhereby we flandbefore theTribunali feat ofGod, which alto we arc to oppofe to the iudgernent ofGod, to hell, 25, death,and condemnation. Therefore our common people erre, that looke to be faued by their good decdes, that is, by their good meaning, anddea. ling. They thus tread theblood of Chrift vnder their owns feete, and become Iefilfes or Sauiours to themfelues. 20 Secondly they erre, that teach iuflification by the effentiall inflice of the Godheadof the fonne : for that it.is incommuni- cable : and they which are iuflified by it, are alto deified. Thirdly, the Papa en , which teacheth iuflification partly by remiffion of finnes , and partly by that which we calf- 25 inward fanetification which is imperfeet and mixed in this lire withour corruption, and thereforevnfit toabfolue andac- quit vs before God. Itmaybe faid,whavmuff we doe that we may be iuflified andfauedby this Obedienceofthe Mediatour? Jimfw. In the 30 oldTeflament,when a man finned, he brought a theepe oranoxe to the dooreofthe Tabernacle, andwhen the Priefl cut the throat °fit; the partie laid his band vpon thehead of it.Exod.29.1o. And hereby he fignified , that the beaft had done no hurt,and that he as aguiltie malefailourhad&fettled / death. Now all thisvvas done in figure. And it teacheth vs,that we miferable finners mull come to God ; that we mull bring our facrifice vvith vs, namely, the larnbe ofGod, which is the ; fonne ofGocl,rnademan ,&madevnder the law:that wemuff prefer)t thiilambc,and the oblation thereof to the father fvosra
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