'378 Chap. 5: 4Commentarie vpon when hebath refpeíltoall the commandmentsof God. Pfal, t t9, 6. On the contrarie , he which lath many excellent things in him, ifhe liue in the manifeft breach of force one commande. ment, is found innone , nay indeedehc is guiltie ofall. Herod did many good things : and let all was nothing : becaufe he lì. ucd in inceft. Mark. 6.20. The deal is able to bring a man to perdition as well by one finne, as by many. Whereas Paul faith, lf ye beiaffifiredby the law, ye are aboli$ed'ii from Chri/l: Fir(' I gather , that theLaw and the Gofpcl are not one in fubflance ofdoElrine, as the Papifls teach : for they' 1p fay the G ofpel is nothingbut the lawmade more perfth , and i plaine : which ifit were true, aman might be iuflified bothby Chrift and the law , which Paul faith cannot be. Secondly, I gather hence , that it is a meere deuiceofmans wit, to fay that Chrilt byhis death and paffion merited , that we fhould.merit t$ by our owne workes our iufbfication and faluation. For if! this were true, that the merit of our workes, were the fruit of Chrifls pafíion, Paul would not haue Paid that iuflificationby the law, fhould abolifh Chrifl vntovs. For the caute and the effea, both hand together : whereas Chrifls merit, and the 20 merit ofour works, agree euen as fire and water. Andno mar. uell. For the reafonwhyChat meritcth,is thePerfonall vnion of theGodheadwith themanhood: whichvnion, becaufe it is not tobe found in any meere man,neithcr is there any true and proper merit tobe found. 25 Whereas Paul faith , rearefalln fromgrace, force gather, that the children of God may fall quite from the fauour of God. Anf. Men are laid to be vndcr grace, twowales. Firffi, in the iudgement ofinfalhbilitie: and thus onely the Elefl are vn- der the grace of God. Secondly, in the iudgement ofChriflian 30 charitie : and thus all that profef e Chrif},(though indeede hy- pocrites,)are under the graceof God. And in thin fenfe Paul faith, that the whole Churchof Galatia is vnder the grace of God. And they are laid tofallfromgrace , not becaufe all were indeede vnder the fauour of God , and at length call out of 35 it : butbecaufe God makes it rnariifefl tomen that theywere neuer in the fauouí" ofGod. Thus Chriflsenemies are laid to be blottedant ofthe bootie oflife, Pral. 69.28. whenGodmakes it manifefl that their names were neuer written there. Second -, ly, I anfwer, that Paul fpeakes this not abfolutely , but vhon COI] di-
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