166 The title AnExp-'}fition leJL(s_; ' loh.4. 1·-;-.:-.d;-:-::-. --:-;-;---;--;;-;-;--:::;-::-;-;--;-:=-.r, _______________:___ ,1. """ agairc, Herhat<•nfefftthtl:.r Chr;p u the A forei_t is notgiu<tl':ntovs n~w,that we mighi A!ttOH Stnne •! G•d, G.ddr<tUtthin bim,••dhe inG;d, byour felues fulfillrt, and workeoutoorO\'vb ' And againe, Tokimti•t•Rtht Pr~phetswitneffi, fa(uation,but that being conde~ned by·it., we tha:1hro•gh huH•mtoO thJt btk•., i• himJh•ll mtght .wholly dep<nd on Ghnft for eterhall All•6 Jr .'""'"rem•ffi•••ffinnu. P""'faith , .Bde<utin life. 1f ~ny further alleadge~ that fuch as walk •''' the Lord 1<[<~<;4ndtbaujh>lrbe(.tued,< ••d•Yth] accordmg to rhe commandc'ments of-GocF tloh....:. ~1:u.r.n Luk,t.)l h••fh•lli: Thus then the confe!Sion iii which thoughtheir:obediencebe imperfea,yet dley . weeacknowledge that wee beleouein lefus haue the proinifes ofthis life and ofthelifno , t· . . Chrtft, hath a ;1tomife of fellowfhip with ~ome.TbeanfiYeris,rhatiheyhauefoindeed(. ~. '"•~" G~d, andoflife'euedafting. But it may be yetnotforth~~rworks,butaccordingtorhei~ obt~lt.d,that euery fpirit(as Saint•/chn faith) workes , whtch are thefruits oftheir faith wl\ich'confetfeth,rh4o lefu. Chdjl i4 ""'' iM th• whereby they .are ioynodto Chrift, fer whofe flefo,u •fc,J, Now the diuell, and all his an' meritsonely they ftand righteous, and areacl gds and vnbele<uers do thus much: thetefc:src ceptable~foreGod. And whereas it is faid why:may not they alfo haue the benetit ofthis by Ptter,th•rh•ptifm•f•••thvS, his meaning is , Poq,r , confffsionl PA•fi>er, By j}>iri<inthat phce g nottolignifie(hat there is any venue in the lS nctthcr meantahgels nor men;nor any creawater towafh away ourfinnes and ro fanditie ture,butthe dochine:which teacheth that le· vs, butthat it feruesv.i!ibly •to- .rcprefcnt.and fus Ch'riftiscomeinthefleOJ;anditisofGod, conlirme vntovsthe toward wafhing of<Jut becaufe.it is holy anddiuine 1 atid hath God to foul~s by the bloodot Chrift. It may fitrthet be the Authorofit. As for the diuell and his befatd, thatothers haec beene Saui0urs be- All.1·41 angdsj they can indecde confetfe that Chrift fide Chrift, as l•fo•h the fonneof Nun who Ikb.•. l. the Sonue ofGod was made man, and a wicfor that caufeis calledbythe fame nam~with ked man·may teach the fame; but vnto the Chrifr. An(w,l•f••hafter the death of Mdconfefsion w)lereunto is annexed a ptomife of [11 was appointed by God to be a guide totho eternalllifc,is required truefaith, wherby we children oflfrael, which mightdefend them doe not oncly know and acknowledge this or frorn their enemies, & bring them to thelandthat to bee true ip Chrift, but alfo tell vpon ofCanaan:but this deliuerancc wasonlytemhim:whichneithcr Satan,norwickedmen can porall;and thatonely ofone people.Now the doe. And therefore by this confe!Sion; the SonneofGodiscallcd ltf¥1, t~Ot becaufe b_ce ChurchofGodisdiftinguifhed from all other. deliuereth thepeople of the l<wesondy, or companies ofmen in the world which belee- C ceeanfc~cfau<th mebodies ofmen only, but •eth not; as Paynims, Heretickes, Atheifts, bteaufe hefaueth both boc!y and foule, noi Turkcs,Icwes,and allother infidels. only ofthe Jews, but atfoofthe Gentils,from This name J-fil4, was giuento the Sonne of hell.death,and damnation;And whereas pro- Oba.!.,, Cod by the Father, and brought from heauen phets &minifiersoftheword, arecalled Sa-· "· by an Angel vnto lo(eph andU'lt'.rJ; and on 'uinur; ; it is becaufc they art the in!lruments :lim.4. theday when he was tobe cimumcifed as the ofGod to publifh the doarine of taluation maner was, thls name wasgiuen vnto him by which ispowerfull in mens hearts, not by any his parents, as they were commanded from· verrue ofthdrs, butonclyby the operation of the Lord by the Angel Gahriel;And vhercfore t~fpirirofChrift La(Uy,itmay beobieaed,• the namewas not ginen by chance, or by the thar the Farher •nd tile haly Ghoft are Sauialone willoftheParents, bur bythe moft·wife ours,atKI therefore not onely the Sonne. An[. appointment ofGod himfelfe. True it is,thatinthe workeoftalu,tionaH the The name in Hebrew is lehcft••, and it is three pcrfons muft be ioyned together, and in changed by the Grt•cians into /ef;u,which fign~ wife to be feuered: the Father Gueth,the nilietha S••iour.And it may be called the pmSonne iiueth,the holy Ghofr faueth: yet mufr per name ofChrift, fignifying hi> office and D we diftinguilh rh<min the manneroffauing: both hisnatures, becaufo heis botha perfed the F.ther ~aueth by the Sonn~, the _Sonne &- & abfolu:c Sauiour, as alfo the alone Sauiour omg by paymg the ranfom~ and pnce ofour ofman hecaufe the work of&luationis wholfJiuation; the holy Ghoft faueth by a patticw- .ly and ~nly wrought by him, & no part therelar ap~lying ofthe ranfc.me vmo _men. N'?w ofis referued to any creature in hea.ucn or in therefore whereas the Sonne pates rhe pnce earth.As Pmr faith,Act-•!-1 z, For""""gmen ofour redemption, an~ not.the Fatherorthe /here u nocther••m• ,giuenwxd" htAuen 1!1bmh] holy Ghoft, therefore m tlus fp~ctall refl"'a ,., m•J he{<wcd hut bJ the name •f Jefi"· And heis called in Sctiptnres, and intttuledbythe •the anthorro the Hebrewes faith,Hobr.7,z5. name of hfo, ,and none buthe. _ . Th<t he u able rrfeCily " fo"' them that c.me By this which hath b:ene Cud, the Paptfts vnto god lry him,fuinghltuer ii11eth t11 m:f~t ;,. are tu.ulty two wates .. Fnfr,that they gt~ero;o tercefsianforthem. Ifany fhallobieCt, that the much tothenameoflrjiu; for th:ywrn.e _m promifc:s offaluationarc made to them ~vhich plJinecearmt's, that the bMt n•~uftlft b~11ng d~~7z,~. k~~p the commandemcms: the anfiver ls,that I vfiah~tthgreiit foll'er'end doth Jr~H' ""'•J dtnels, thd s67• the law ofGod; doth cxod mofrabfolute and ! tho•gb th•P"""''that fl{ur hevo•d •f g••« •ffe69 . perfect ~bcdiel!CC· , which can be found in no 1 1 aiomwhereas indeede it hat? no more Yertue l man but tn Chnlt,who neuer finned; & there- , then oti,ertltles ofGod or Chnfr Second!~, ------ they _ 1
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