Chap.5 ACornaventarievporr . not the truth. The like is, Pfal. 2. i . Whydoe the heather) rase that is, it is great wickednes for them to rage. Let] floppe , intercept your courfe tunic you out of the way.. Th4ryom Paddgot obay] that you fhouldnot glue credence 5 to.the doet.rine of Paul,and obay it. The fcope. There wordes, are a repetitionoftheprincipall conclufion of the whole Epiftle. And this repetition is not in vaine. For it fettles tobring the Galatians to a confideration of their offence,and to amendement of life.Hence I obferue, to that the often and ferious confiderationof our finales andhues pall, is a meanes toworke in vs a deteflation of'our finnes,and a reformationof life. Thus Dauid faith, that vpon confidera. tion of his waies stowed feete toGods commaridements. Pfal.119 .5R. And thecaufe why there is fo little amendement t s among vs , is, becatafe vvc neuer fo much as thinkewhat we haue done. In thefe wordes, Paul letsdowne three duties of Chrialan people. The firft, is , that they mat be runners in therace of God. Indeede the Sabbathof the Iewesfigured a ref which is 20 contrarie to running : but this refl isfrom finne, andnot from good duties. This dutic of running teacheth vs foure things. The &IT is ,that we mutt make haft without delay to keepe the commandements of God, fpecially the commandements offaith, repentance, new obedience.Pfal. I 19.32,6o. Contra- Is, riwile it isa great fault for youth &others , todeferre amende. ment till old:age , or till.the lati and deadly ficknes. For that is the time to ende our running , and not tobeginne. . The fecond is, that we arc toincreafe and profit in all good duries,fpecially in knowledge , faith, repentance. But we in1 30 this age doe otherwife. For either we (land at a (laie, or got backe, and very fewe of vsproceede forward in good duties. And there are two caules of this. One is blindnes of minde, which makes vs that we fee not how little our faithand repen- tance is, and how great is themaffe of our corruption s the fe- 35- ( crud, is our vnbeleefe in theArticleof life cuerlaffirm The third duck IS, that we muff neither looke t:the right or left hand, or looke to things behind vs to let ouraffettion on them, but we mull preffe on forward to the price of nail life, PhiL3.1 3.Luk.9.62,. Herecomes a common fault to
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