\ I I I l f I I FClmes lpc~ca1i. 364 AC ommentarie 11pon Chap.6.1 Jrom ~/lthings from lTJIJich ~"rcouldnot bu~tb{of. A preucntingallcon(emofwill, areindeedcin . ued b; tbda,.of Mofeo, bJhrmeueryonnbat the regenerate 1 but they arc no finne. ptobel"utth inuPrfied,Act.IJ.VCrCJ 9· Secondperly. But 1t IS falfe which they teach. ForeJy,thc law tc:achcth wbac manner ofmen wee ucry tranfgrellion of the law, is a fione,ass. ought robe, and what wceougbc to doe, chat l•hndefines ir, J.loh.j·4· but thcfeare traofwe mayco01c tocternalllife, but fhewcs not grcllions ofthe tenth commandemeot:for it how wee may become fuch indeed; the Gofeither forbiddeth thcfe fir(! motiom whepcll rcacheth,thar by fa~th in Chrill,wc may ther they-beprimO prim.s:,orflcundO pri:n.e.(as be (t.Jch as the law rcquircs.God h~th m.1d~him Schoo!c-ruen fpcakc) or it fotbiddeth noto 6r(inne for vs; who k,_~ttiPnn finm,thtJtwe mrght dung but the motions, which arc with conbem~de the righteorrfnejft of G•d in him,z.Cor. lent uf will, which were forbtdden in the forS· zr. mcrcommandements, and fo in etfctl there Thirdly, io theobiect, Thdan>ugiuen '' arc but mnccommandCmems,thc tenth forthe vniHjl t~nd l~w!~ft•.vngodl] and prophane, ~. biddtng no fpectall finne, . ' Tiro. 1. 9, ao. rbar 1trnayl11ewthemthetr Agamc,P11H/ tcacheth, thatthefe motions 1inne!,and the puni01:nent thercbydeferued, B preuenttng all confcnt of will, arcformally and fo may accu[cand condemne them: the oppofcd to the law, I fu anorhfr !tn:v in my Rom,7.13, Gofpel is to be publtfhed and difpenfed only rmmbtrs, rebeflmg o~~gainfl tht fllw of my minde. to the penitent, which :~.rccontri[c: and bro~ Seco_ndly,the~·anfwer,_th.au/,Romanes7. ken in he.art, and mourr.a for chc1r finnes, fpeal<es nor of htmfelfe, but in theperfon of MH.J t.H•-57.Luk.4. the\'~regenerate? accordmg to rhc opinion I V. Thclaw promifeth cternalllifcvpon of Same Aug~tflme. All{w:r• .A!Iglsffi,u incondition ofwork:-:Dorhistmd lifu:JfthoHwilt dcedewas once of that iudgemenr, but hce enter into liff·, k._eepe the CDm11'1aHndcmmrJ. The afrer retrad:.ed that opinion, (as ir is mani~ Gofpell promifcrh eternal! life freely withfelt out ofhiS booke of Rttra[rntiom,and the out any condition ofworks,Rom.+s.Tohrm fixe bookc againlf IHiiA, the Pelagi;:n) and thM wor~erh not,but bclecucrh in him th11t iujli{i~ that for thelc reafons: Fitll, bccau(e p,m/ eth the vngodly, his faith i1 count~d to him for faith, To IPtlluprefentwithmc: and I doe r.ct the ·rightcou(ncs, Ro~. 3• z_J,,2 z,The r•ghteoufne.t_of t.'"" !would: and, I delight in the Law of God qod is mademan~feft lf'Hhom rheltnv,h] thefa•th ,.Qnctrnmg the InwArd ma~J: all which are pro· of Je(m [hrift,vnto a!l,a11dvpondlJ thRt be!eeue. per to the regenerate, &cannot be ~ffirmcd V. In the etfi.!Ch:.The law is no inO:rumcn- c of the wicked. Secondly, bccaufe he makes tall caufe of faith, rcpentanc.e,or any fauin~ mention of thtinw4rdman, which is ail one grace. it lStheminiffer of de.ath,z..Cor.3.7·ca.u· wuh rbenew man,or rhe new crearure:which {ing n-rath,Rom.J.I5 But the Gofpelcaufeth agreetho11ly to rheregcnerore, Thirdly,bel1fr..:it Jsthcf.r~lceof Glld whrcb brtngeth{4!ua11caufc he (alth,ht is ledcaptiu~to jinnr,vcrC23. on,T1t.z..1 s.forthlscaufe PaH/calleth the law wherea~thc wicked are not drawnc to linne adead,or ~il/mg letter: the GofpcJ,..., q«ickcfjir.g by force,againU their wils, buc runne riot of f/Jtrit,z,Cor.z. rhei.rowneaccord into a!J w1ckednes, as rhc · Founhly,it may be demaunded, whether hor[e ru01cth imo the battell,Icrcmie 8.6. any mao bee able to fulfill the law, confideLa£lly, in that he cries outin afcnlcand fornno that PRulbiddcth \'S bcarconeanothers row for his linnes, 0 wretchednum th4t 1a1i:L>, bu::dcns,anJ f• f•l{illthel•w•[Chrif/ / An(w. whp.f.;aU d~~u#rmejrPmthebodyoj thiJdtath! No mcere man·can per.feclly fulfi!l the Law vcrf.z4.wh1ch cannot be thevoice ofthevninthis hfc. This condufion Saint P••lprooregenerate, for they fccle nor tho burden of ueth in limdry of his Epi(\Jes, fpecially by thcir!inne, nor delire to beeea[ed of it, but thefe argumento: D take delight and pleafure in it, His fecond Fir ll, by rhe great and general! deprauatirea[on isthis: fuchas our knowledge is,(uch on ofnamrc, which remamcthm part eucn isout!oueofGodandman: butourknow111 chc regcncrarelOaynmgtheir bell actions, ledge is onely in part: therefore our loue is •nd making them hke amcn!lruouo cloth: but mpart: and loconfequcntly our obcdiconfeffi.,gwuhal,that his bell works are not enceis but in part, and therefore there is no •nl"wcr:lble ro the law, by rcafon of the re. perfcctfulfillmg of the law, The aduocates mamders of originall corruption, Rom. 1· of the Rmmfh church anfwer, that our Now perfect fulfillmg ~f the law, cannot knowledge, Jouc, ond obedience, are perHand with t:orn1ptton ot nature, and tranffeet forthe condinon and efiare of this life, grdlic.n in life. For acorrupt fo~ncainecanas we are vit~tern, which is fufficient: though nuc fend fonh fw~cte waters: neither c:tn a they be not perfc<'Hor theconditionof rhe corrupt tree bearcgood fruit. S.Iamu faith, hfe to ccme, when wee fl1all beecomprthcnf•- H:tl>aroffendethin•••, i&guilty of all: and rhe ru, which is not required at our hands in this Scripture pronounccth him accurfed,th41a• life: for they make a doubleperfect fulfilling bideth '»Ot i11 4flthings~rittcn in the bookerfthe of the law: One, for the tcarmeof this life, /dtv,todo thl'm. Popilh Doaors anfwer, firfi, which is toloueGod aboueall thing•, and that originall corruption(which they cal the ourneighbour as our(clues, The orher affewell of linne) and the fir!! motions toeuill, rer this llfe; and that is to loue God with all ..
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