Chap. 4 Commentarie vpoa .5 vnderftoodoffuchworkcs of the law, atarefrom nature, and zoCbefore. faith : and not offuchworkes as arc fromgrace, andfollow faith: for fuch workcs(they fay) are fromChrill, and (landwith him. Ianfwer , thewords of Paul are tobe vn. dealood of all workesof the law , whether they be from na. lure, or from grace. For this Epifbe ofPaul was written about fixeyearcs after thoconuerfionuftheGalatians:therefore they were and-had bialongregenerate perfons : nowmen re0bene. rate looke not tabe junified by work b sof nature , but by good workes, which arc workesof grace. And Paul faith, Eph. 2. io I O. Were notfiendhworewhich Godhathordained , the we Amidwalk! in: and there are- thebell workes thatareor can be. Againe,Tit. 3:509fbùmovielacfaued.vsondnet ofworkfe of Tighteoulnes. By this text wefurtherfee, that we and thePapas differ not 15 about circumilances, vnleffe Grace andChrift be circumflan- eCS. Againc , we (cc that the Churchof Rome is indeede.no Church: bccaufe by maintaining ha ficationby works, n is a. bolt fled front aria , and fallen from grace. Againe, I vrge Pauls argument againft thernEcothisman. 20 ner. He which is &later to the whole law, hash noi.part in Chrift : he which is iufbfied by workes, is debter to the *hole law.: therefore hewhich is iufbfied by workcs hathnopart in Chrift.Lttrhem anfwer , ifthey can. I turne the fameargument another way, thus : Hewhich is /1 iliftified by workes, isbound to keepe the whole law : but no mancan keepe.the whole law :'tlicreforonomancanbe iulli- fiedby workes. 'They anfiver to theminor ,'by making a double fulfillingof the law,one for this life,tkeother for the life to come; andboth ;0 in their kind perfeCt. The fulfillingofthe law for the time of this life(they fay) it is to loue God aboue all creatues in truth: and that he which doth thus much , fulfills the law, and is no "offender. Hereupon they inferre, that works may be anfivera . bleto the law, and be oppofecl to the judgement ofGod.And 35 for this doetrine, theyalleadgeS. Augufline. I anfvver againe, that Paulin-this place takes it for aconfeffed truth ,that noman that fulfill fillmthane fhlawoutldanbde hbeouvrngdettiot it aw And cc great ihnocloenlu e ience, before hc bath laid, Hewhich itofthewoke' ofthe law, ii carfed:._ \ -.--..m.r.m011.0.11111111111111
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