Chap.6. the Epi~!e to the qalatianr. vs: In refpeCI ofChritl rw~w~ies: 1.Becaufe A llI. fJ.•rf/ton, Seeing the commaundehe rcnued ir,notonely by freeing itfrom rhe mcnt of louing our brethrcr., 10 called the falfe glotfes.&mrcrprcrarions of the Scribes law of Chri{i, and a new commaundemenr, andPhanfes, rhe lewilhRabi>ins: but alfo is not the Gofpel anew Law I An(wer. In rn fulfiliing it moil perfectly, whereas it was no wife: foralbcit the law and U>e Gofpell obhrerarcd, aud aimoil antiquated, by the agree ia fundry things,as firil,ontheAuthor, g<eat corruption of man: for none did euer God bectng the Authour of them both, of lo perfectly obfcrue and keepe thelaw, as he the Gofpell, Romaoes 1.1, of theLaw, Rodid. Therefore in regard ofthe new manner manes 7.H. Secondly,in that both ofthem of fulfilling it, it is called ~new commaund(- were preached, knownc, 3ndvnderfiood tn mmr. z. Becaufc he abrogattng the ceremoboth Tcllaments: the law be.eing written in nialllaw, and manyiudicials, onely renued the heart of man in thecreation' the Goftlm precept of the moralllaw, in commaunpell preached to our fir(! parents in Parading''as 1111 law rorbeChurch,loh.15. This dife, immedrarely after the fall, and repeat1111J(ommaundement, tlu~t ye !oueone t:m9thtr: tcd agaioe and agamc to the Patriarkes and as if bee lbould (ay, Though lhaueabroga- B Prophets, from time to time. Thirdly, in red the ceremonial! law, and antiquated the the general! matter and ende of them both, iudiciall, yetthiscommaundement lhallnein tilar both the law and the Gofpcll reuer bee abrogat. and this I commend vn· quire nghteoufne!fc io him that wouldcome toyou againcand againe, as mycommaunru hfc eremall. Fourthly, in this, thatthey dcment,.whtch aboue ail others, I would confirmc and cUablilll on.e another, in that haueyoucarefnlly 10 obferue,asrhat wherethe lawcommaundingrullice, and iuJlifytng by ye!hall bee knowne to bee my Drfcrplcs, ooue, lhewcth that a man is ruili6ed by the In regard of vs.it is c;;lllcd a newcomm12undrfreegift and grace of God, and that Chr1U men<, and t!Jat in two refpeds: I, Becaufe 11 ·is the ende of the lawto euery one that bebeeing defaced, and almoll cleane blotted leeuerh. In that the Gofpell iuilrfieth P.ot out of the mindc of man by ortginall (inne, by workes, but by faith, and yet fo, as that is renued againe in the hearts of belecuers, wee d~cnot by our faith abrogate the law)or by the powerfull operation of the Sprrlt of make tt ofnone dfett,but rather eilablill11t God, both in their mindes and affeCtion.: and that in two «fpeds. 1. Becaufeby fait!{ In rh.eir mindes, becaufe they are dailyen1vecapptehendtherighteoufnelfc of Chriil, lightened with the true knowledge thereof, andfoin him (who bath fulfilled the law for in becing raughrwhomc they oughtto loua, C vs) wee fulfillir, and fo c{iablilh it. z. Bevn.. notonely their friends, bur euen theire· caule hauingour heartspurified by faith, we nemies: with what kinde of loue,to wit, with Irue no more according to theflefl1, but aca feruent loue, not in word or tongue onely, cordrngro the fpirit,and [o by inchoate obeburin deede and truth: and that with free, drencewefulfillthclaw. fincere, and conaant loue: in their wils and La{!Jy,in the end,in that both rlie law and alfcdions: in that they are perfwaded by the rbe Gofpcl tend direCtly to the manifeilarion rnward working of the Spirit, to loue: and of the glory of God, are inclined therero, being renued by grace, Yer they ditftt in fiue things. FirU,in the z. Bocaufe it doth after a peculiar manner monner of reucalmg:the law before was perbelong vnrovs, who are vnderthe newTefectly knowneby nature, and Gnce the fall in ilament, in the kingdome of grace, feeing parr,Rom.:.15, The Gofpel is not knowne that this cornmaundement onely is renued bynature,neirherwas it eucrwritten in mans byChrill, a• hisowne proper commaundehearr,bcfore,orafterthefall, as Paul faith, ment, many others beeing abrogated: as al- D I.Cormth. z.9. Tho("hingn>hichrhe '1'bath fo becaufe it is daily writtenby the Spirit of not f~ene~ northeettreluArd, or the heart ofm4n Chriil, after a new manner, in the hearts of concrrued, are th'].,hich God harh prep.rrdf"' new conuerts: fo that they haue not onely them that louchim ; therefore tbeGofpell is a new, that is, a true knowledge thereof; but calledam;f/eric,Rom.l6.v,:s.:6. Firil,be· al(o a new, that is, atrue fenfeand feeling of caufe thedodrineof theGofpdl was made the power of it in their hearts: in that they known to men and Angels by the rcaelation are become new creatures in Cb1iil lefus. of God,Ephef. 3· s.&9. Secondly, becaufe For in himalloldthingspafJearoa;,andall thmgs there is required a fpcciall reuelation, and becomenew, z.Corinth.4. Fortothem, the worke of Gods Spirit, before·• man can law is no killing letter, written in tables of yecld alfent vnro it. Therefore P4111 faith, flone': bur aquickening fpirir,as beingwrit· Wu hnuenltrecfliHedlhe fPirit of the rrorld,6ut ten in the Ae01y tables of their hearts. Thio thr Sptrit•(God,th•r"'"might ~ow therhing 1 fcrmeth to bee the true,full,and proper meatb.r•re f.'"'" tovs of Cjod, 1. Corinth,'· u. ning of theft places; forthus Saint John 1.ESecondly, in the fubiect or do~rineit (el(e pdl. 2. 8. doth expound ir,when he faith,thar and that in two rcfpetts. Fir!!,rhclaw prea: it id""' in him•nd in J'"· in thefenfe before cheth nothm~ but abfolute iuUice, to the fpecified: both in regard of ChriU, and the rranfgrelfours thereof: the Gofpell 0 1 ew- / bcleeucroinCht~fl. eth how IURtce rs quahfied with merci" Hh Z f rom ..
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