5 the, Ep:file to the Galatia:x. Chap. 4. ting good things. Therefore it fundsvs in hand topule, and examine our hearts , leaft we be decciued in our !dues. For there may lie a depth of deceit and falfhood lurking in the heart. And that we benot decciucd, two thingsmull beobier- ucd. One is , that wemutt chcrifh inour hearts an vniuerfall hatred ofall and cucry finne ; firf} in our felues, and then in o- thers. The fecond is, that wemull bechanged and renewed in our minds, confciences, and affections. Thirdly, herewe fee thepropertieofenure, and Ambition, in thefe falfeteachers. Paul mu[t be excluded from theloue of the Galatians,that they alonemay be loued.Thus Iofuawould I haue excluded Eldad and Medad from prophefying , and he would haue Mofes tobe theonely prophet : but Mofes faith, Iwould to Gedallthepeople could prophecie. Num. 1 1.29. Iohns difciples would haue excluded Chrift baptifing: but John faith,He muff increafe, acrd 1matt decreafe. Ioh.3.3o. Thedifci- pies ofChrift would haue excluded one that call out deuils in the nameofChrift, but didnotfollow him, andChrift forbad them.Luk.9.49. Lafily, wehere fee the propertieof deceiucrs is to makea diuifion betweene the Pallorsand thepeople. Betide theformer pretended icloufie, there is agood ielou- fie,which theApoftle takes to himfelfe , and els where he calls it the ieloaie ofGod, 2.Cor. t 1.2. 25 This icloufie prcfuppofeth the officeofthe Apof}les , and all Minif}ers, which (lands in three things. The firf}, is, tobe- comefuters to the Church,or to the foules ofmcn, in thename ofChri(},and to maketheoffer or motion in his name,ofa (pie. ritual! marriage: and this is done in the miriifteric and difpen fationofthe Gofpel. The fecond is, to make the Contra&be- tweene mens Coules and Chrift. Now to the makingof a con- traEè, the content ofboth the parties (at the leaf) isrequired Chrift glues hiscontent in theword,Ofe 2. zo.andweglueour content to him and choofe him for our head, when we turne to God, and belecue in Chrift. And the miniftcrie of theword ferues to fignifie thewill ofChrift vnto vs, and to flirrevp our hearts to an holy content. The third is , after the contra&, to preferue themintruefaith, andgood life , that theymay be fit to be prefented toChrif} in the day of iudgement , and fo be married to him eternally: for then,andnot before, is themarri Tt2 age t© 20 30 35
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