the Epifl e to theçalati4ns. Chap4 The doElrine then of Iuftification by works , is a doftrrne that maintaines idolatrie : for if they iuflifie , we may pat our tru(I in diem : and ifwe putour confidence in them , we make idols ofthem. That works may merit at Clods hand,thcy muff F not onely be fanehfi;d, but alto deified. Thedrflinélion vfcd ofthe Papifts,ofLarria,and'`Dr lia,that is ofworAip`andferstice,fall s to the ground. They fay theyglue rvorthrp to (Joel ,andferuice to Angers and Saints.1t is a toit. For here Paul condetnnes the veryferaiice to heathen gods : and the ro feruice of the rudiments of the law, is the Apoflafie of theGa- latians. And to gluc feruice , cr worfhippe toany thing, areall one. The third conclufion of Paul is,that theywhich haue giuen their names toGod,and Chrifl, muff not returne to any thing, t5 ; thatthey haue forfaken , or ought to forfake. He that putshis hand to the plough,mufl not lookc backe : he that goes to the land ofCanaan , muff not looke backe to Egypt. We in Eng- land hauebin longdeliuercd from the fuperflttionofPoperie, and wemull not fo much as dreameof any returne. It is a rom- 30 mon fault among vs , that in outward pro(eflionwe cleaue to Chrifl, &yet inaffeaion and praaife wecleaue to the world, and walksafter the lulls ofour o'r'nehearts. This is in (hew to goe forward, but indecide to turnebacke againe. But our dutie is,in thought ,confcience,will,affeaion,word, anddetdc,to go 25 on forward, and noway togot backe. I/erf t o. In theformer verte , Paul fits downe the Apó fie of the Galatiansin generali tearmes, Paying, How turne opine to the Elements ofthe world? In the t o.verfe,he fhewe4,what there E- so lementsbe, Ye ohferueddaies,andmoneths, otnd times, andyeares. By daies,aiemeant Iewilh Sabbaths: byman:hs, the feat'sob- ferued euery moneth in the day of the new mo:one. By times, force vuderfland the feafl ofthe Paffeouer , the fcafl of Pente- cofl, and thefeafl of Tabernacles. But the word;xwpric)figni- c 5 fies,feafons, or fit times for the doingofthis or that butines. So is ittranflated,Aa. 1.7. It is notforyou to know the times andfee:- Ions. It was themanner ofthe Gentiles to makedifference of times in refpe£1ofgood or bad fuccetl`e, and that according to the lignesofheauen.And illsvery likely,that the Galatiansob- fcrtieddaiesnot onely in the Iewi(h ,hut allo in the heathcnifh R r i man-,
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