theEpi/Ile to theCatati nit. which weare to fquareour loue, vz.that we muff begin at our 1 felues,&tookhowmuchwe loueour fclues,fomuch we ought to loueour neighbor, &nomore,& that therforcChrifl fíhold j giue a newe commandement ofgreater perfetion,.thcrt that 5 in the 1awc,towit,that weloue oneanother as he lowed vs,that ts,naore then our felues.But this is a flatrnilakingof the (trip turc:for the commandement, Lome thy neighbour as thy f eífe,is no exalt rule whereby we are to trieand examine our loue,(as the Popifhdoelors,and force others teach).For then Paul and :o diuers oftheSaints of God,fhould haue done workes offope- rerogation,more then the lawe requires, in louing their neigh- bours more then theinfelues,Rom.g. t. And ifit.vvere a rule,it were but a leaden and falfe rule :. for we are in (orne cafes 15 !bound to loue our ne'aghbour,nnore then our (clues, efpecially, ifhe be agreater inflrument ofGods glorie, in procuring the goodoftheChurch or commonwealth , as to loueour godly king more then our felues,and prefcrre his fafetic and life tie. foreour own,as the Ifraclites did Dauids: bon art worth, ten thou(.tndOfvf,z.Sam.18.3. fo.res, is a notcof Z2fnilit'ude,and s4t?71G«T» ,.. 2,0 notofequzlitie,fignifying,that as we loue our fciues heartily,' 7he07tiyta- andearneilly, and inwardly, wifhing all good toour (clues: cuts with the like finceretie of,ffeiion we fhould loue our bre- ;UT. id thren.So th ,t Chrifl bath added nothing to the ]awe, in corn- quaftin EL .. manding to loue one another, ashe loued vs. Others fade, itis 3 : ;m11, 25 called a news cotïtmandemrnt, becaufe it ought to be kept with as great a carc.and diligence, as though it were newe, and hadbeetle new firfl giucn:4or newe ]awes (we know)arc com- monlyprecifeiy kept at the fir!l,but after a while, they begin to be neglefted : and men doe(as it were). antiquate thctu,ac- 3.0 countingthem as though they were not. Others,, by a new commandement, vndcrfand another diuers or different commandement; for Chrifl in the begin- ningofthe Chapter,hadgiven thema commandement to flic pride,tobe humble,tohue at peace,and concord one.with an- 35 ', thee : and then he faith:, Bat Igiueyen a newe co :a:eder ent,i.a. cbmandement differing fi ó the formcr,thatye 1ue orne another. Theword.Nerre is often taken in fcripture in this fenfe,as Leo. t.8.. Therearofe lip 4 new kingwhichk iew not lofph:that is, (as the 7o interpreters,andS.Luke,Af.?. t 8. tranflate it)ane4 'barking. Mae. r 6.s7.th fha11fpea r withnew tongues,that is,c. F c te 3 ther,
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