3Io Cháp.zf. Carrawnrarienota types and figures ofGrill to come., and as fignesof grace by chime inaitution for hc time ofthe oldTcflament. Without ChriiI,when they arc vied oncly for cufaome , whether before or after.the deathofChrtfl. Againfl Chrtfl, when they arc e- ileenned as meritorious caulcs offaluation,and the iuflification 3 of a firmer is placed iathem , either in whole or in part:as though Chrill alone werenot ruflicitnt. In this refpef2Paul calls them impotent and beggarly rudiments. And Paul hawing faid,that the Galatians returned againe to the rudiments ofthe lawc,in the next words he lhewcshowe to 'they doe it: namely , byfëruing them againe. They ferucdor veilded feruice to them three waits : In.opinion,becaufe they fudged them to be neceflarie parts ofGods worfhippe , and inearzs oftheirfaluation.InConfcience: becaufe they iubiefted their confciences to them . In aW.Ction , becaufe they placed tî part oftheir affiance in them for theiriuflification and ialuati. on. Itmay be dernanded,howe the-Galatians can be laid to re- turne againeto the rudiments ofthe law,& (erne them againe, that were neuer vfcd to them before? Anfm. In the fpeach of 20 Paul there is that which is called Catachrt jr , that is, a kind of (peaking fomewhat improper in refpea offinenefle and Ele- gancie.Thc like wehaue,Ruth. r .2 2. when Ruth is faid to re- turne to luda withNaomi ; & yet axewas neuer there before. Neuerthelefhe , the [peach in fenfe is moil fignificant and pro- 25 per.For Paul (nodoubt) lignifies hereby, that when theGala - tians fubieaed themfclues to the rudiments of the law and pla- ced their faluation in part even in them, they did in effc ìand in trueth as muchas returne againe to their old fuperflitions,& 'f-uue againe their falle gods. 30 Here thenwe haueadefcriptionofthe Apoflafieof the Ga- latians. It is a vohzntarie finne (for Paul faith ,ye frillferre) after -theknowledge ofthe truth,in which they returneagaine to the - rudiments of the law , by yeeiding fubietion , and feruice to Them : whichaft oftheirs is indeede as much as ifthey had fer- ;5' wed againe their Falkgods . Here tomemay fay, ifthis be fo, ,then they finned againfl the holy Ghofl.flnf.The finne againfl theholy Ghofl,is indeede avoluntarie finne: but that is by rea- fonofthe obflinacie andmaliceofthe will : and this offence in i theGalatians wasvoluntarie oncly by infirmitie. Againe , the finnel.
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