I 15 so 25 30 g5 theEpif!e to the Çalatiant. Chap.4. he died,and the lawe was.the meanes ofdeathvntohim,Rom. 7.1o.Here is another difference between the law and the Go. fpel. The 'awe genders to bondage : the Gofpell genders to ltfc.For it is an inflrument ofthe fpirit for the beginning and confirming ofour regeneration and faluation : and fo is not the law,which is no caufe,but onlyan occafion ofthc graceof God invs. Where as Ierufalem that now is,is hid to Ge in bondage,as Si. naand Hagar.It is to be obferued , that there is no Church in the world , nor people, which is not fubie 1 to Apoflafie.Forr, God had made great and large promifes to Ierufalem , Pfal. 12a.and t 32.and yet forall thts,Ierufalem by refufingChrif},, and by eflablifhing the iuflice ofthe lawe, is corm= into bon- dage, and deprives herfelfe ofthe inheritance ofeternal! life.. Therefore it is a falfhood which the Papit}s teach , that the in- fallible affiflance of the fpirit is tyed to the Chaire, and Confi- florie ofthe Pope,foas he , and confequently the Church of Rome,cannot erre.Here againc,we fee what may be the future condition ofEngland. For it maybe Paid of it hereafter , Eng- land that now is , is not that which it bathbin,nameiy,a main- tainer oftheGofpell ofChrifl. Thereforewe muff not.be high: minded but feare,and now take heed of the irf} beginningof . apollafie.The holy Ghol},Heb. 5.I 2, r z.fct down the degrees thereof,and they are flue innumber . The fir (1 is,tbe deceit of fnne :the fecond is,the hardening of the heart after men are de- ceiued bv,Gnne:the third i.s,aneuillheart , which grow.es vpon hardneffeofheart:the fourth is,vn6eleefe , whereby the word ofGod is called inqucflion , and the trueth thereof:andafter vnbeleefe followcs a departurefro»; Goland Chrill. That this- may not be,wcmull carefullyavoid all the deceits of fnnc,as namely,couetoufhes,ambition,luf},&c. Againe,as Agar figures the lawe,fo doth Ifmael all iuflicia- ries,that looke to be faued by the law.Here thenwe fee the con - dition ofthe world,the greatef} part whereofare Ifrnalites.For theTurke,and the Iewe,looke at this day to be faued by their workes. The Papifl afcribes his conuerfion not wholly to grace,but partely tograce,and partly tonature,orthe flrength ofmans will helped bygrace. And thus are they borne after the flcfhas Ifmael was. And ourcommon people,though in Phew theyprofefhe reformed religion,vetindecd a great part of I: Xx 3 them 349.
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