5 theEpiflle to theÇ4t tions. Chaps. condition, Ifye will 6e nullified bythe1áw. And therefore v. to. he faith, that be isperfwaded betterthings ofthem. Laflly,herewe fee it is falte that euery man (hall be fatted by his religion : for he thatis abolifhcd fromChrifl, is quite out of the fauour of (And therefore no religion , but that which is trulyChriflian, faueth. 5 For we in the fpirit by faith Ro waite forthe hope ofrighteoufnes. 6 For in Iefus Cbriftneither cir- cumcifon nor vncircumcifion auai- leth Es any thing, but faithwhichwor- keth by loue. Themeaning. tve]I Paul,there(l ofthe Apoflles,and all o- ther Chriflianchurches: Infpirit] that is, in thepowers of the so foule fanaified and renewed. In this fink Paul faith that the truecircumcifion is that which is in the heart,in fpirit, Rom. 2. 29. and Chri(l faith, that trae reorjhip ofGodis infpirit, Ioh.4. 24. And thatfpirit is here taken in this fcnfe , it is rnanifefl : be. caufe it is oppofed to circumcifon which is in the flefh. 3o Byfaithwewait] Faithapprehends the promife,and thereby bringsforth hope : and faith bymeanes ofhope makes them that bcleeue towaite. Hopeofrighteoufnes]that is , faluationor hie eternal!, which is the fruit of righteoufnes,Tit. 2. 13. or a- gaine, righteoufneshoped for. Righteoufnes indeede is impu- 3 S ted tothem that belceue,and that in this iife,yet the fruition and the full reuelation thereof is referucd to thelifeto come, whin Chrill our righteoufnes (hall appeare, and when the effea of rightcoufnes, namely fanflification, (hall be accomphfhed in vs.Rom.8.23. r Joh. 3.2. go The fcnfe then is this. All theApofllesand Chriffianchur- ches with one confent in fpirit by meanes of their faith, Waite l for the full reuelationoftheir imputed righteoufnes , and for eueriaffinñ life : whereas the fall Apoflles place their righte- oufnes in circumciftonoftheBefh, and Tooke to haue thefrui- tionofit in thishfe.. 379 Rbb 2 v.6.
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