496 ;AA:T ait wer vars Pttj. C4i6 Chap.6. ACormmentarie vpon ther,diaiers.or different languages,liom their vfuall tongue: for the meaning is not, that they inuented a new ianguage,which was neuer fpoken bcfore,but that they fpake ina lanzuagc di- ners from that which they vied before:for fo it isfaid,Af.z.g. They 6eganne to fpeake with other tongues : Thus our Sani slur Chrtll: tellethhis Apofltes,that he willnot drinke any more 5 ofthefruiteofthe uitsc,trllhe drink! it newe with them in the kind. dome of9Cod,Mettle. 26. 29. Where by news wire, heeneaneth not the liquour or iuyce oldie rape , toprefer tie animal! life: but another different drinke, wherewith hewould entertains to all that were inuited,and carne vntohis table. But thefe expo - !itions arc not fo fiue. I take it therefore to be called 4 newe commatrndement, ei- ther in refpeEt of Chrif}, or ofvs : in refpea ofChrilt two wales: t.Becaufe he renued it,not onely by freeing it from the Ty alfe gloffcs and interpretations of the Scribes and Pharifesthe Ieravifh Rabbins:butelfo in fulfilling it moli perfeCtly,whereas it was obliterated,and almoft antiquated, by the great comp- ionof man:for none did euer fo perfeftly obferueand lceepe the lawe,as he did.Therefore in regard of the ncwe manner of 20 fulfillingit, it is called anewe comraattndement. 2. Becaufe he abrogating the ceremonial! lawe , and many iudiciais, onely renued this precept ofthe morali lave, in commanding it as hislawe to the Church.Ioh. t C .This is my commandement that ye lone one anjher,as ifhe fhouid fay, Though I haue abroga. 25 -red theceremonial' lawe , and antiquated the iudiciall,yet this commandement thal neuer be abrogated:and this I commend votoyouagaine and againe , as my commmandcmcnt, which aborte all others,I would haue you carefully to obferue,as that whereby ye (lull be knowne to be my Difciples. In regard of 3© vs it is called aneme commatrn.ement , and that in two refpeEs: x .Becaufe it beeing defaced , and almoft cleane blotted out of theminele of man by originali finne, is renued againe in the hearts ofbeleeuers,by the powerful! operation of the fpirit of God, both in their minds, andaffe4`tions:In their mindes,be ; $' caule they are daiely inhñlerened with the true knowledge' thereof,inbesing taught whome they ought to loue: viz.not i only their f;iends,but men their enemies: with what kind of 1 loue,towit,with a ferucnt loue , not in word,or tongue cutely, but in deed,and trueth:and that with free,fincere,and confiant 'loúe:
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