494 Chap.6. AComsnue.ntarie vpex the Lawof Mofes , círcutncifion ,dies , and times , moneths, . andyeares, and fo ye doe indeede. Well , ifye will needes be obferuing of Lawcs , here is a law for you to obfcrue, beaee with the frailties one ofanother,and fo you Thal fulfill thematt excellentlaw that euer was,the lawofChrift,which is ncceffa., rie to be kept, whereas the keepingof theCeremonial! law is but invaine. 1 1. GQ.ec/1. Whydoth Paul call the loueof our brethren, the law ofClarift , rather then the lawofnature, or the lawof God,or the lawofIvlofes ? feting it was written in theminde so ofman in the creation , was giuenby Godhimfelfe inMount' Sinai, was written by Mofes , the reliqueswhereof are yet re- maining in themindeamen ? Ant; It is fo called,becaufe it is a new commandement giuen byChrifl himfelfe , aftera fpeci. all manner. But it is hereupon further demanded , why this es commandement of louing our brethren, fhould be called a new commandement ? To whichCome make anfwer , thatit is fo called, onely becaufe it (heaves anewmanner oflouingour brethren, after the example ofChrift ;a1 hehath lordedvs.Now this manner of louing our brethren(asChryfoflotate expounds 2p (it)is this; that as Chrift loued vs freely, not mooned by any a- miable thing invs,nor for any profit that fhould redound vnto himfelfe thereby : fo we fhould freely loue one another, not for any benefit receiucd, or expected. But asCyril of lllexanr upon Iohn, expounds it, it Hands in this , that as Chtift loued el vs more then himfelfe, fo we 1hou'.d loue our b:etbsenmore then our felues. But this cannot be the mear,in . For S.Iohn in his e. Epift. z. and Epift. 2. repeating this new commande. ment,faith onely,this is a treecomrt oraiement,thetyehue oroe an- other, and neuer addes, as aril? lottedv; : the which he fhould ;o haue done,if thefewordes kee 1 haue lowed you]be an effentiall part of the new commandement,which he enioyncthvs to obferue. Befides,our Sauiour himfelfe faith,a little after ,By ttrir,?all allmenknowe,thotye rremy'i/ciples, i fye lose oneanother,not '; adding,as lbane louedyou:therefore,the new commandement is laiddowne ire therewords,Loue oneanother, not refpeeting thofe that follow , as a modificationor limitation , as /hew le- atodyou.Bcfides,this expofition takes it for granted , that the morali lawc,L'uethy neighbour s$ thyfelfe, is a certaine rzale,by which,
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