A Commentari~ 'l1pon Chap. r. moll riches, and honour, orgoeinthe fiodl A whichwereAp~ft!ube((Jreme,/Jitt lR~entimo A~ apparell,and Hnue not to goa one beyond anrAbit~.a,d tHrned Againe to Dam11(cus. other in good things. Agame,Pa•/s moddlie P4H/bcforeprooucd, that he learned not mull here be obferued. He doth notfay,thac theGofpel of any men before his conuerfiheptofitcd more then all, but nwrethenmany: on:here he further prooues,thar he learned it an,t he fa11h nor,more then hisfuperiours,bur ofno man after hiS conuerfion.And the [ub- >mrJrethm hu equalsfor time; and he faith not, fiance o(his reafonis this, becaufe immcdi~ morerhen all the world, bur morethen the1 of arly vpon hisconuerfiun , he conferred with hiJow,unation. Th1s modeClieof h1s muU be no man; but went and preached in J\rabia, learned of vs , for 11 is the ornament of our and Darnalcus. f•1th; and therefore mull be toyned with our In the words I confider foure things.Fir£!, ialth. thecaufes ofPau/s conuedion. And here he The matteror the thing in which Paulprofe" downcrhree degrees ofcaufes,depending fired, IS, that he was aboundnnrlp<.ealomforrhe one vponanorher. The fir!I is,the goodplea- '"dilloniOflbefarhcrs. Here! confider three fureofGod, whereby he dorh whatfoeuer he pvints.l.Whatzeale is?An(. It is a cetten fer- B will,in heauen,and earth, in thefewords[when uencie of fpirit, arifing ofa nnxrure of loue it plea(ed.] The fecond is,his feparation tram &anger, cauUng men earneOJy to mamraine rhcwombe:~vhich is an act of Gods coun[eJI, rheworOtipofGod,and all things pertaining whereby hefets men apart to be members of thereto, and moouingthem to griefeand anChrifi,and robe hisferuanrs, in this, orthat ger, when God is anyway dilhonoured. I I. office. Tliis leparatiot.is faid to be from rhe For what is PaHI zealous? Anfw. For theoutwomfu; not bec:aufcitbegan then, for it was ward obferu~rion ofthe law, and wirhall, for appointed by God before al rimes,euen from Pharifaicall vnwritren Traduions: which eternille,asall h"counfelsore. Eutrheholy therfore he calstheT radirioos ofhis fathers. Gholl hereby fignifies,thar all ourgoodnelfo, Ill. What is the fault of his zealcl (for he and all our dextcritie,to rhis,orrhar office, is condemnes it in hirnfelfe.) Anfw. He had meerely from GoJ:becaufe wearefanctified, rhezeale ofGod,but not according to knowdedicated, and fer aparr in the counfell of ledge.For his zcale was againfl the word, 10 God, from all ttcrni!le, and therefore from rhattt tended to maintalnevnwrirrenTradttl· rhewombe,or from our firfl conception, and ons,and iuflrficauonby the works of the law, C beginning. Tl)erhrrd caufe is, vocation by out of Chnll,Rom.J 0,2, grace; the accompliOtment of both the for· Hence we learnefundry thing•. (Forrhar mer,inrherime which God harh appointed. which Pauldid in hisrelrgion,are wero doe in The fecond thing i•, the manner orforme of the profdlion oftheGofpeii.J Firfl,wearero P••/svocation, in thefewords [19 mua/e h11 addict andfetour felues earndlly, to marn- (onnetome,]Thethirdis,rhe end of hisvocaritaine rhe rruth, and the practiCe of the Gofon,ropre<ehChriPamong tbe Gensi/,, The Jafl pei.Chrifl was euen confumed wlth the zeale is, his obediencetothecallingofGod: in the of Gods houfe. !oh.:. The angell of the 16.and •7- verfes. Church of Laodiceais blamed, bocaufe he is To begin with the efficient caufco ofPauls ,,;rberhot<nor eo/a, Reu. 3- He is accurfed of conuerfion: here wefee the orderand depenGod, rhat doth thewor/zeo[Godnegligenrt,,ler. dance of caufes, in the conuorfion and falua48.Secondly,we are tobeangry in our fclues, rion of euery finncr. The beginning ofour and grieued, when God is dilhonoured,and faluatron, IS, mthe good pleafure ofGod: his word di(obeyed.When the lfraclires worrhen followes fcparatton, or elechon ro eter· lhipped thegolden calfe, Mofes in holy annail lrfe:then vocation by the word and fptr~t: gcr,burllrhetables ofl!one. '])auidwept,and then obedience to the calling ofGod, and afP••lwas humbled for the fins of other men. •D rer obedience, enerla~inglife. This order Pfal.119. 1 36. :. Cor, u.u. Thirdly,we are Paul.here(crs down,and the confidcrarion of hereraugbr, notto giuelibertie to the bell of it, is ofgreat vfe. Hence it appearesto bea our naturall affections, as to zealc; but ro doarincerromous, which beginnes our[:llmortifie them, and to rule them by the word, uarion, in the preuifion ofmans fairh,& good Numb. I 5-39· otherwifethey willcaufevs to workes. ForinPauls order, workshauethe runne our otorder,hke wild beafls,as here we Jafl place.And it muil be Gods pleafurc,rhar fee inPnul. Lailly,ltrit beob(erued,rhar Paul man !hall do agood •·orke, before hecan do here condcmnes zeale, for the maintenance it. And1f fepararion ro eternalIhie, fhould ofvnwritten Traditions, And le!!hc Papills be according ro faith or workes, then we conGder this. Otould makefeparatlon ofourfelues, as well rs.But wh<nitpleafedGod (»hich hnd [epaas God. And vocation is nor for workcs, but Y.tt~d mefrom my mothtrs WfJmbr, and c.tUedme rhat we might doegood workciJEph. I .4 Seby hi!.~race.) condly, by rhisorder it appcares, rhat the fal16. Toreut4le hisfonneinml'(or to mc)that uation of them that bclecuc, JS mere fure, Ifhot~fd pre4ch himtlmo'-~g the qtmti/es, immedi.- then rhe whole frame ofhcaucn~ndCOlrrh:be- <1triy /communicatednon.,ithfl4lumdhliod. caufeitis fOunded in rhc voc~t!On of God, 17. Nettbercamelto F!JerHf4!em, to them whichiswithourrcpcntance, mrhe coun(cll of
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