Soo Chap.6. tboaa.7as3. vtCominentarierpm or it forbiddcth nothingbut the matiös, whicharc with cáfent ofwir, which were forbidden in the former commandements, and fo ineffefì there are but nine commandements, the tenth forbiddingno fpeciall finite. Again , Paul teacheth , that thcfe motions preuenting all s content ofwill, are formally oppofed to theLaw, lfee another law in may members rebelling again!! the law ofmy zvinde . Se- condly,thcyanfwer,that Paul,Rom.7.fpcakes not of himfelfe, but in the perfon of the vnregenerate, according to the opini- onofS.Asg ifli,ce. 'Inf. Auguftinc indeede was once of that to 1 iudgetnent,buthe after retraffed that opiaion,(as it is manifcfl' out ofhis bookeofR,etrat1ations,and the 6.booke,againft Ita- lian the Pelagian,) and that for thefe reafons. Firft, bccaufe Paul faith , To will is prefent with rime: and 1 doenet thegood1 would : and?delight in the lamofGod concerttingthe inw rdman: 15 all which are proper to the regenerate , and cannot be affir- med of the wicked. Secondly, becaufe he makes mentionof the inwardman , which is all one with the new man, or the new creature: which agrecth onely to the regenerate. Thirdly , be- cattle he faith,he re ledde captive to fnne, V. a 3. whereas the wic- as ked are not drawne tofinne by force, agaínf1 their wills , but runner riot oftheir owne accord intoall wickednes,as the boric ruheth into the batten, Ierem. 8.6. Laftly,in that he cries out in a fenfe and forrow for his 5nnes, Owretched man that I am,, who/halldeltater me from the bode ofthis death? vr.24. which can zg not be the voice of the vnreaenerate, for they feele not the burden of their finne, nor delre to be cafedof it, but takede- light and pleafure in it. His fecond reafon is this : fuch as our knowledge is,fuch is our lone ofGodondmats:but our know- ledge is onely inpart: therefore our loue is but inpart : and fo 30 confequentlyour obedience is but inpart, & therfore there is 1 noperfcf} fulfillingof the law. The aduocatesof the Ronn b Church anfwer, that our knowledge,loue, and obedience, are perfef1 for thecondition and eflate ofthis life, aswe are viats- res,which is fufficient: though they benot perteì for the con- ;§ dition of the life to come, when we (hall be comprehenferet, which is not required at our hands in this life: for they make a double perfefl fulfilling of the law : onefor the tearme ofthis life, which is to loueGodaboueall things,and ourneighbour, at our lilacs. Theotherafter this life, and that is to loueGod quill
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