Chap. 2. the Epiflle to the qalatians. 193 notlqpointsc.:f rcllmon. ln nlauerso~ this A world,wc~maybeip.dJff'crencJand,o! ne1~hcr fide:but in m:wers otGod,wc: may pot.Tncrc fS no tiafting betweene two rchgtoos. The fccpnd point is, they gaue not place b; th<wa) bf(<tb~eRi>n.The reafon IS,the Apo· Luk.ro.l6. l!les wcrcofhighellaurhoritlc, fimply to b<e bclecued in their doelrinc. At)d t!Jt;y had ex. traqrdinary authqrity,to punifh"tl)em that re· bclliouOy withflood them.At1"·,5.& !o.and X6t.t3.2o. z.Cor.1o.6. Forthiscaufc,rhey ~verc not to Lland fubieCl: to the: iudgement, a(lil'cenfu(c of any man. Theywillingly fuf· fcred their doelrine to be tried, yet were they not bound to fubt,;Clion, as orher rninillers ofr.henewTdla.meiuare, r.Cor;I4·3•· r. loh.4. r. ltmaybee faid, If they would not B giuq place by flipieefion, how r~en gau~ they place/ Anfwer. There is r1vo kindes of yeel– ding:oncb'ytol~rition withou~t approba[iOI~ rhe other by fuoicClion, which is the grcarell approbation that can bee. By the lirfl, it may bee, P(mt was content to gj~J,ep~acc, but not bythcfccond. Herewe fee ~ow,wc arc to yceldto the corruptions ofrhc timcs,in which weJlue, wllctltcr they be in manne~s,or in dq_– Clrine.Wearero giuc place by inccke &pari· cnt bearing of thor which wcc.cannqt mendc, but we arc not to giuc place by lu/JieCllon. The third pointis,the end of P••lsrcfufaJJ, That thetmth of dJe qoJPel might c'on~ir.ue: that is, that the Gofpel mtghr be pre[erucd in pu· ritie,audmtcgriticinall things. And by this C Paul giucstpstovnderllaod,that if circumci– fion bee madeanecelfarie caufe of iullificati· on' &faluation, the truth ofthe Gofpcl cloth notcontinue. Here Ietvs obferue,that when iu!lJfication, or f.iJuztion is afcribed to works, orSacraments, the rruthof the Gofpelgiues place,&falniOod comes in the r0ome. Whet· forerhe religion of the Church of Rome,is a mcere dcprauation oftheGofpel,forit makes workesto be the mcriroriouscaufes ofiullifi. cation,andfaltJation. Nay, which is more, it tcacheth men to wor01ip apleceofbread,and to inuocate deadmen, ar..d to kncele downc to nockes,and (!ones. * 1 le:trncd 6. And of th~m :hflt feemed to begreat/----: nothing,or, (lvhatthey n:n·l' rnt1mes paft, it m_akpnomarter D l w:ts not to mee: God ac~c;teth nu mans pcrfon :) fQr the] taught. thflt attethcchiej"e,did n~& comnmnicatelltry thmg tome, Here Paul laies downe thefecond iigne of hisa.pprobarion, namely, rhat inconference, heelearned nothingof the cbiefeApollles. And this hee exprelleth in the firll words: in wh1ch~thc conccalcmentwbich hevfech,is to be ob(erucd. For hauing begun a (enrence,he brcakes it offin the middle,andconceales the latter part,andleaues it to be fupplicd by the r-:adcr, thus, Of them that fcemed to begr~:Jt, 1 lP,u not t.:rught, or; 1 lcanudnothing. -The like forme oftpcaking, isvfed, r. Chron. 4. 10. 1 1 \Vhere Iabez. faith, If the /.,t;rd bleffcme,and be ~me;concealing the end ofhis f:ntencc, I wUI bnhnnk.;fteU,thJU,and thm. In the roome of this con~ccaiement, PriHI puts an anfwer to an obicChon.For fome man might take exception, againlt his former fpcech,thus:Thou ca!Jdl th.eAponies Greae, bur tbpufpeakertfainedly: forrboukncwen, they were but poore fi01<;~·~1en. To thio bee m::tkes anfwcr, 'thus: Wh~tt tb.ey~cre o11c~, it mak..ammattertome. Tben hercnc{ersarca– (ono( his an.(\v;er; Ged acc,~p_is.no man; perjrm. This done,~.c prQceedesanc'.rcnders areafon ofhi• fir!! fpeech: he learqc~,nothing of tl]• chicfe ApoUJcs: becaufe, ~hqdid '"f commu– picate an7 thing,to him, either mdodrme, or counfcJJ. . . . The vfe.This verfefenies.toexpotindother placesmS.Iohn. Where Cl,Jlill promi(eth rq giuehU Spirit~~~is Difciples. to-teach thttnlfll t hit.1gs,Ioh.14. z6.and to lca4_e them into ai tm~hl !oh.16.13. Now thefe pr9mifes dirctlly,~Dd properly, _s:oncerne the Apollles: and r.lJ_!!Y are here vcrillcd inPa1si. VVhowas fa farrc forth taughtby God, and led imo all truth, th,at the chiefe Apo!lles could not reach, or communicate any thing to him.. For aJJ this, though i'•ul &the reftwercled intoall truth, that th;y coul,d not crre, yet were they not led into all l;lOlinelfe of life,thatthey could not Gnnc. P11111 [aJtb 1 tOWI!tis prefent wtthmee> but headdcs,that h' cannotdo thegoodhewould. ChrillfaithtoaJJ rheApollles, H<thatinM· fhed, and isalldeaue, muj! fliOh11uehisjeete wa· /b,cd,loH. r;. I o.Wherefore they are to be re– buked, that thinke there mu(! bee no want at all in them that arcpreachersgf the Gofpel: and hcreup,op rake pccaGop ro defpife their Minificrie, if thc:y can f_eic any thing ami1Ie in their doings. Vpon the fame ground,they mighrrcietl t)leMinillerie of the Apontes. for though,theycquld not erre in preaching, and writing,and though they had noneede eo be taught ofany man, yet were they not free from finne in their hues; and the chiefe of them fundry times faded. Againe,here we learne,that there is agood and lawfull kinde of boalling: and that is, when am::tn is difgraced, and his difgracc is the di010nour of God, and the difgrace of the Gofpel.This makes Paulhereto lay, that helearned nothing of the chitfeApofllu.For ifhe had faid orherwifc, bee lhould haue becne re· puted to be no more but an ordinary difciple: and thedodrinewhichhe taught before this conference, lhould haue beene called in que· !lion. Forthis caufe, bee nandsvpon it, that~ chey did not communicate c:my thing vnto him, VponthelikeoccaGon bee profe!fcrh that heewi/J boall, z. Cor. I r. 16. Here the faying of S•lomoomay bee obieded, L<t at~fJo rhnmammouthpraifothee~ and not thine owne, Prou.Z].z. I anfwer, itli1ffiicth for the truth uf fundrie prouerbes,if they b'eecommonly, ordinarily, and vfually true, though they bee not generally true. Thus ordinarily, men arCIJotto praife rhemfelues: yet in afpectall R and I
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