S i;o o 30 s'S theFrigle tothe Cjalariartr. Cliap.ç. 387 beconfidercd we, in rcfpeft of ,profef ion goe forward : yet once Tookebacke in our ccwrfe,andminde earthly things. Laffly,.we muff not be moonedwith the (peaches of men whichare 'Linen of vs either toor fro. Theyare lookers on, and muff .haue their (peaches , andour caremutt be not to hecdc them, but toTooke to our cour(c. The fccond dutie ofChrifiian people is , that theymull not onely be runners, but they muff runnewell. And that is done byWearing andby °baying the true religion,or asPaul faith, by hawingfaith awl 'good coafcsence. t.Tim. t. a 8. Thefearc as it were the two fette bywhich we runne to lifeeuerlafling. Vn- der faith we are to comprehend the true acknowledgement of God,affiance in him, and inuoration, &c. Vndcr good con- fciencc, is comprifed the purpofe ofnot finning, and the care to obay God in all hisrommandements. To applie this to our felues: twirlers weare: but,alas,few ofvs arc goodrunners.We haue onegood foote , and that is our faithor religion which is found andgood: but we halt on the other foote : our care to keepe confcience is not futable to our religion . And three things caufea lamenes or feeblenes in this Foote , the lull ofthe eye, that is couetoufncs; the lull ofthe flelh, andpride of life. The third dutie is,that we muff runne the rare fromthe be. ginning. to the ende,and finilhour tout fe , fo as wemay ap- prehendllifeeuerlafling.t.Tim.6.i 1. "..Tim.4.7. i.Cor.9 24. And for this caufewemutt cherilli in our hearts a loue and fer. uent defirc of eternall life, and by this meanes we (hall be drawee on through all miferics , and ouerpafle them to the ende. Secondly, wemull hold and maintaine a co: ft and dailypurpofeof not finning. And where we are the weaken_, there muff our refolutionbethe ltronget1. And thus (hall we beconflant to the death. 8 It is not the perfövaion ofhim that callethyou. The meaning. This opinion ofiuflificationby theworkes ofthe law, is not from God, who bath calledyou from bon- dage to libertie. The fcope.,Paul here meetes with a conceit ofthe Galati. ans, which was this : Why doll thoufo often and fo íharpely Ccc z re'
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