380 Chap.5.;:. 44.Commentarienew ....,, v. 6. Ise thatis,in the Church,kingelome,orrilloio of Chria, 2.Cor. . any, be in Chrift,that u,ifany bea dui! flan, he iJ4fleWCr4aUOe. ,Incireutocifion]that is,thecondition and workes of menvn- circumcifed. Anadeth anything] isofnovfe, refpal, or acceptationwith God. Faith working] faitheffatuall in duties ofloue. The refolution. Dick wordes containe a fecond reafon, where Paul confirmes the forma conclufion , and it may be framed thus. That thingwhichmakes vs waite for the hopeof righteoufnes, that iurtifies: not circumcifion , but faithmakes vi waite for thehope ofrig,hteoufnes : therefore not circutnci- fionbut faith inflifies. Thepropolition is omitted : theminor is in thel.verfe. And it is confirmed by two arguments. The firft, is the confent of all Churches, we :mite. The fecond, is taken I frorn the propertie offaith in the fixt verfe,thus: It isfaith, and r` not circurntifion that auailes before God: therefore faith and not circurncifion makes vs vvaite. Againe, in thefe twoverles, Paul meetes with an Obiation, whichmay be framed thus: Ifyeabolifhcircumcifion and the 2a ceremonial! law ,ye abolifh the exercifesof religion. Thean- fwer is r infindofthemwe haue other exercifes in our fpirit, namely,the inwardexercifes of faith, hope, and loue. The vie. In the 5. verfe , foure thingsarc tobe confidered. The firf} is, whowaites ? Paul faith, wewaite. Before he bath inftified his 21 clo&rine by theScriptures , nowhe addes the confent of the. Churches. Here thenwe fee what is theoffice of alt-faithfull difpenfers of theword,namely,to declare loch datrines as are founded in Scriptures , and approoued by the content of the true Church of God. Paulan.ApofH:thatcouldnoterrc,re. 30 fpated conknt , much more are all ordinar.e Minifters to doe it. Againe, it is theoffice ofall Chriflian people to maintaine and defendall fuch datrinesand opinions as are founded in the Scriptures, and ratifiedby the content of the truechurches 3 ofGod,and no other. This todoe is towalke in the way ofv- nitie, and peace: and todoe otherwife is to vvalke in thewayof 'fchifineandherdic. The fecondpoint is,what is waited for ? Paul faith, therote- /4,60nofrishtemAes andetern4fiphotien. Here I obferue, that !hay_
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