174 ACommentarinpon Chap.r. ;;:;;;;;;~Iou1 ofrhcTr;ditiontofmJJ.-1~~ A 'Clrine ~as co,nmonJy imbraced ofthclewes.· tbm. And thereforebyludailiue (as I rake it) Phalnthc former ~erfc the Apofllc feue nfailiuc is here meanr. Now the principall dou·ne, that heelearned rheGo!pell, not of duClrmesofthePharifcswerethefe: l. They man,GutoflcfusCtmll,immediarely. TIM held, char thcrewasuneGod, and that this mthe nextplace, heegoes about to prooue at Godwu the Father, without anydifimCbon large. H1sreafon is framed rhu" If! learned of pet fo"': for when Chn£1 mentioned the the GollJel of any man,IJc:uoed it either bed1UmCtion uf rhcF;~chcr,anJ the Sonne,thcy fore, or alier myconucl'iion : burI learned it would notad<nowlcugcir,Ioh.8.r 9 .II.They ncahcr before, norafCer myconu~rfion,of aackuowlcdgcd 111 the Meflias but onenature: ny n;an. The fidl parr ofhisreafon is here fon~hen it was asked them,how Chnll being confirmed rhus: Beforemycallmgand conthc!onne of Dluiu,O!Ould neucrrbclc!fc bee uerlion 1 I profetfcd Iudaifi11e, and I liued achiS Lord ; they could not anfi,·cr, Matth. zz. cocdmgly, pcrfccurmgcheChurcb, and fup· I 1I. They held, that eh: kinodomc of rhe pw1ingtlleGolpel ot Chrill, and pro~ting Mclfias, was an earthly kihgJt,:;,e: and with 10 my rdigionabouc: many others: therefore B dus opw10n, the D11C1plrs of Chrifl were I was noetilcn fitto h<arc and leacne the Goramted. I V. Theyhd~,chu chckeepingot' tpdof Chrifi ot any man. ThiSargument he themoralllaw, flood 111 extcrnall obc:d1cnce, further cunfirmcs, by the ccllimony of the as appeaces by chc fpccchcs of Chri£1, relorGllatlamd~us: rhat thJswas my~onuerfati· tTIIIlfi ... t.hcir cr~oor_sJ.lYhtrhc:w 5:6;7· chapten.. vn mluJ.utme, yearC'w1rnetfcs; fur ye haue V. .1 h:ymamramed a naruralJ trccdomc:ot berl'tcforc heardas much. the \.\·iJJJ 111 the obfe1u1n£ of rhclaw, Lu~. 18. In tllccxampleof l'•ul, r.vo points aregcLord I th4n/ze rhu(falth the Phacifie) 1doetluu n<rallyro beeconliJcred. The tir£1, rho< che ,,.Jrim. V 1: They held a iuaificaciou by Jifl1nClion ofmananU man,arifcth not ofthe .rh_eworkcs of the law wid1out cheobed1ence will,or natural dl(politlon ofman, bur ot the ot the Mellias,Romanes 9·3· VII. Befide grace and mercy of God, For p,,.t an ElcC! the written word and law of Mofes, they had velfdl t(;r nature and diJi'o(irion, before his many \·uwrittcn traditions,wh1ch they obferconu~.:dion,ls as wicked as any other. And he ued precileJy, and the vbfecuation of them !auh,Rom.?.l6.tbl thcdrfferencebctw<ene was accounted the u•or01ippeof God,Matth. man and m:m before God, 1s nottn him chtd l5·3·9· <?ther pomrs rh:yheld, burthefearc willrtb, 11oritt hnn th~t nmnezb, 1 hut mGod thllt rhc prmctpall. It may fureher bee dcmaunf.·rlvrthmrrnr. Therefore it is aPelagiar. er- C dcd, how the Iewes could holdcfuchhtrctirour, to thmkc rh~c men, doirig that which ::all,and damr.able opinions, and yet bee the <hey can,doe by nature occalion God togiue J people of God 1 An{w<r. They had foreheir them fupernacurall ~race. The fcwnd point pans forfaken God: but God had notforfaISJthat P.m/hcre makes an 0pcn _.nd ingenuken rhem, bccautCthcTcmplc was yet ftanous confC(Iion of h!iwlcked life pall. And ding,and rhcfacnficcs "''th the outward worhcnce Igather, that rh1s Apoll Jc, and confclhippc yet remained among them. In this rcqucnrly the rert, wmre the Scrrpturcs of rbe gard, they were full a reputedpeorleofGod. new Tellamem by the inllin<'l of Gods Spi· Ag•me,rhey arecalled a people of God, noc rir, and not by lru.nanc policie, which (no ut the biggec,burof che becrcr part :and che doubt) would hauc mooucd them ro haue eobetter ~au was afmall remnant of them-that ucred and concealed chcir ownc fau~rs, and rruely teucd God, and beleeued in the Mefnur ro haue blazed their owne 01ame ro chc ti.s. Of which fort,werelofeph,Maric,Zaworld.And thcrforc che bookcs ofScripture, cbane, Elizabeth, S1mcon,Anna, Iofephof arc not bookcs ofpolieic (a. Arheias fupArimathea,andN1codcmus, Againe,itmay pofe)to kecpe men m awe,butthcyarc th_e vc· D bee dcmaunded, how theI ewes, beeing fuch ry word of God. Agamc, the code of this a people of God,illouldfallawaytofodam• plaineconfe!lion is, thatP~Tul mighrrhcreby nable a rcl1gion? An{N-·rr. They neither lo· conficmcand iuaibe his calling, torhcoflice ued, nor obeyed the doctrine of Mof<S, and vf an Apbllle. This fewcstu giue achecke thePropbers: and therefore God in iuclgetofuch perfons,asvfe eo litand rchearfc their menc lett them corhe blindne•.of thmowne wicked Jiucs pa£1, in boa£ling and reioycing nunde&,and the bardnes ofthe~rownehearts, mznncr. l[ai.6. Thelikemaybeourcafe.lfweeloue In r.,.,/sexample there bee two thinss to and obey net cheGofpel,morerhen WC baue bccconfidcredJ his profcaionbeforcluscalJonc., our Iehgion may cndc in ignorance, l~ng,and conuerfat1on.H1sprofcffionwasIufopc:dfition, anU prophancnctTe, as theirs da1fmc: and this hinder~d him from cmbra· hath dune. cing the Gofpcl. le may be here dcmaonded, The fccond ching in I'affls example, is wila1 luda11inc)or the hwifhRefigion is? Anhisconucrfation, whereby hccliuedand con- /rur. h1the dl!cwfChtill,and the Apotlles, llc<fed according to his religion. The hke rherc •·ere three fpectall (eC!s among chc il10uld bee in vs. For the profeffion of the lc•cs, Etfeis, Sadduccis, and Phor~fcs, And fai<h, and godly conuerfacion arerogqe to· rhc Phau~·-w~crbe prmcipall,andcheirdogether,Phii. J, >7· Faich in chc h.artisa lighc, -·------and
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