I 382 Chap.. ACommentarieviva reproouevs for we hould nothing againft confcience , but are perfwaded ofthe.thingwhichwe fay. To thisPaul anfwers here : thisperfwation is not &fad: becaufc it is againft the Cal.' ling, ofG od,for he calles you tolibcrtic : and this your opini. on drawesyou into bondage. Herewe fee thepuleofnatnsdeclining fromGod and worde, and that is this:Wien&Me credence to Godsword, & Mien toplaufible perfwafions, and fo fall awaie. ThusEue fell in the eflateofinnocencie by Wining to the fall: perfwafions ofthedeuil . The Papifts nufle themfelues in their &path. lions, by a prefumption that theChurch cannot erre , and that god cvii not lcauehis churchMinuteof the affifface ofhis fpi. rit. Our common people boulfter themfelues in their blind waicsbya prefumption that God is all of mercy, and that if they doe their true intent, ferueGod , fay their praiers , deale Wftly,anddoe as they would be donc vnto, they fhall certenly be fatted. Tradefmenoften vie, many praelifes of fraud and iniuftice, and that vpon aperfwafion, that they haue a charge and family which muff be maintained. Ifmen now a claies will notblafpheroe,drinke,and riot, as others doe, they dial be chargedwith precifenes : and that comes vpon a perfwafion, that it figficeth to auoid the outward and notorious crimes which arementioned and condemned in the law. Thus the whole world is milled by blind perfwafions. Secondly, hence we learneto dare vp our eyes (as it were) and abfoluielv to follow thecallingofgod,8t to fubieft all the powers dour foides vnto it. Thus didAbraham when he was called togo he knewnotwhether,and Paul without vfingcon. fultation went and preached in Arabiaat the callingofChrill. Thirdly, Paul here lets downe a note to difcerne of falfe doftrinesand opinions in religion.lfthey be finable to the cal. lingofGod they are good: if they be againfl the calling of Gad, they are naught. This is Poufs rule. God calles vs to h. bertic : therefore thedatrineofiuflificationby the workes of the law is naught: for it drawcs vs into bondage. In like fort God calles vs to free infitfication : and therefore the doe ofhumane fatisfaaions andofthe merit of workes is naught: Againe, God calls vs to an vtter denial! ofour felnes : and therefore thePopifhdoétrine ofpreparation,and offreedome ¡awl! in theconuerfion ofa finner,is naught. to 20 25 3° 35
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