the Ep¡tileto theGalrttiant. Chap.g. bound to keepe the whole IawQ 4. Ye are abolifhed fromChriff, S whofoeuer are iuftified by the law,.V yeare fallen fromgrace. Themeaning. Paul faith , l againe : becaufe he bath fpoken thusmuch ineffeEt before. Gal. 3.10. Lo That if circumclfed] who is of opinion ofthe falleApofllcs- thatwill becircumcifed°, and !Doke for Uglification thereby. Bound to thewhole law]that is,to the whole ceremonial! law, to thejudicial! law , and to the whole morali law. And further, boum! in rcfpeEt of jollification , and life , todoe all things in c 5 the law. For he that will be iuflified by one a(t of the law, is, bound to.performe the rell forhis iullification. A6olifbedfromChrifi] that is, Chrift is become an idleand emptie Chrifl vnto you. FEhofoetter ow ittfiifzed by the law] that is, areofopinion that- 20 . they are tobe iuflifiedby theworker of the law. For indecde a firmer cannot be.iufbfied by the law, but cutely in his owne falleopinion. Grace] that is, the loue, andfauour ofGod. The refolution. The third verte is a confirmationoldie rea. 25. fon in the fecond verte, and it may be framed thus : Hewhich is bound to keepe the whole law, bath no part inChrifl : he which is circumcifed, is bound to keepe the whole law : there- fore hewhich is circumcifed , hathno part in Chrifl. The4. verle is a repetition ofthe fecond verle, witha declaration ther- To of : for he fhewes-what he meanes by"circumcifion,rjarncly,iu. flification by circumcjfion,. and confccluently by the whole. law. And therefore whenhe had laid, If9e be circumcifed, he' changeth hisfpeach,faying, t9hofoe.eer zc imi edby the lazy. A- gaine_, }call men might thinke it a final] matter to beabolifhed 35 fromChrifi, he fhewesthat it is indeede to fall from grace.. The vfe. Thcfe verles are as it werea thunderbolt againf3' all Poperie. And fiat ofall I"vrge the argument of Paul a- gaintt the Popifh Church, and againfl the Popifh religion : If ye be iuflified by the law, ye are abohfhed fromChrifl; and fallen from. ChriP. Anfwer is made , that thewords are tobo vardsr
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=