5 15 o 25 30 T5' Epsfile to the Gotlatians. Chap. + vsslayingour handsOn the head ofit that is , confefiing our gutitinefkand that wehaue iuflly&fatted ticath,andperditi- on from the prefince ofGod,In the laft place,vvesnult;intreat the Lord to accept theblood ofthe Iamb for vs,and thewhole obedience ofthe.Mccliatour. Thus than we be iuflifiedand fa- ued.Thouwilt fay,1 will therefore doethis,wheni atn dying. I fayagaine,let it be thy daily .catereife to the very dcath.Thou, waftfattenyeares in learningofthy trade-; thinke not therfore in anhoure or two,to workc thy reconciliation withGod . If thouart many yeares inkarningfilch things as are done-by the ffrength ofnature , thinke not taattaine'to things abouc na- ture,wher4and howe thou wilt.Itis a rule receined ofall men, that they mutt late& themfclurs : now the, right way to bleffie thy felfe is to plead guiltiebeforeGod, and to intreat him to, accept the obedience ofthe IVIediatoutiorthee. Vir[ 6. Sonnei] that is,fuchas inioy, the libertie offonnes.Sentforth] a fpeachborrowed fromEmbafraclours , which are lent forth with inaruiti6s,what they fhal fay or do:& it fignifies,.tbt the' fpirit male:nothingbut that whichis the wittof the,father 840 fonne,loh..26;t4.,Crying] makingvs to cric, Rom.8.16.For if the words be taken properly,the fpirit muff pray to -it felfe, e.,fhba]thenext vvord is theexpofition,F4ther. The fenfe. The father hath fent forth the fpirit of hisfonne vnto youuhis fpirirfentforthidwelsin yourhearts:dwellina in your hearts,itmakes youpray toGocl as toa .fathertandall this it doth;becanfe youare indeed fonnesofGod. The fcope.Thequell;on is, whether bckeuers4oFtheflewe- Teflamentbe feruants to the lamor children?Paul an fwerkno: and.hegiues tworeafons. Thefirft was in the former verres:r the fecond in this. And itis.drawne frotathe fig-ne , thus:Yee- haue receiued the fpirit crying. Abba, father : thereforeycare fonnes indeede. In the words , I confiderfiue things,: theperfon fentforths, thefpirit ofthefinne: the perfon fending, 9.0d.: the manner of fending: the place,vvhitherrhe fpirit isfentoatoheart,f: theof- fice ofthefpirirCrying,Aga. Ofthe firfloheftirit oftkefanne iris, who isfent forth :Heil i focalled:firfl,becaufelieproceedsbycorumunication fiance,or godhead,notonelyfiontthefather,butalfo fro-millet; Oo fo nne.1 293
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