Exod.:o•J9• Dcuc.18,t6 Chqp·.6.- the- Epi~le to the Cjalatians. 'all th'efoule, withalhhepowers and faculties A of ~he f0ule,'with all thdlrengrh and vigour ofalhhefe powers.· "": ·. '· · ; ' .- · And ih.,di{iirillion rhefmak'eto'beethe ground·oflheiropiqion, iouc!iihg rhe ~ulfit. lmg qf rh~ law, and iu(hfication brwotkes, &G. J)ut1t is a fandiefo~ridation, aqd_rhere· fore riiat which i~ bililtvpon it,cannbr'U'ancr: For belides that,it i• afond and friuo(ous di· (hn~iqti forged 0' !he,Schoole·~~~· ·wjrh:i :· out warrantof Scripnlr~; or confent oTAn– tiquill~ji't is manlft~ly falfe. For the,r'e,is one ODl'IY roleof righi~outnd,ananot two: one onely general! fentenceof thelaw,·morevn· changea6le rhen the 1~\vcs of rhe'Meaes and PerGaiis,euen asvncl)angcable;asGodhim· B fcUC;which is,that, Htwhich coniinaetltti'tit;, AI ,tbiiigi:Pritttni~ thd•w,td~' tfi,m.>,H·ACc~i'ftd: ,So i,hathee wbrct>'!ouei'not God withall his f6ule,rtiinde,and mig!lf,tliithall hTsvdlde(uo, thai is, with all the faculties of bisfoule, and all rhe P9wers of thefe facullies,-and rhat in this lrfe,-rsaccurfed. And it is abfurd w.hich they'teach, chat a maii r. not bound for the tearqleilfchislife,chus to loue God,butone· ly in the life to come. For lonkewharman could doe by creation, in the Uate ofinno· cencie; the Came & Co ';Ouch the law ~equires ChriJll/iedinv.Jine, Galar. z. Zl, le Js ao!We~ red, -rtfatChrifi died invaine, tf menby tha ,flrengthof nature could fulfill the Law: but chcfulfillin&oftheLaw is bygrace,and [o his death isnot invainc: for by verrueof theo· bedrence of Chrifl, wee arc enabled to fulfil! the Law. Buuhiswere to make Chrifino Sa· uiour, but onely an rnfirument, whereby wee (olfill the Law, and are our owne S•uiours; wheras theScripturefaith,thath' umad<vn· ' ro vsrighteou(nes, 1.Cor. 1;30. notrhatweQre ;made righteoufnes.by h!m.Thatwe·aremW !therighteoH{netofhim,z.Coc.srz I;not 61 him, as anmllrum·enr. That we ~~re.comp!etemhim, ,€ololf.:. t o.and not complete of our fclucs, lity'him. '· . at his hands in the Gate of apoUafie. But Adam.Jbycreation cduld loue God with all hi~fnule;wrthalihe (:.culcies ofHis foule,and all the pmvers oft11efu'faculcie!: therefore che fame perfect, gb(o(lite, and ebrjre9bedi· ence IS now tequLr~~:t his hands. F~>r ~he JcntCI}CC of the Ja\~; CIJt{tduhe! that contlntl– erhnotina/JriJi,gr,&t[. is not on~Iygtben to men glorified, but to· thofe that are in the C1ate of grace. Ao'rl Saint PnJt dotb fo ap· ply this Centence to men euen in tbislife,that bee pronounceth all chat are oftheworkes o( tl;lc)aw, to be vnderthecurfe; Againe ,if this were [o, the I~wbihadno i:iiUCetofeare rhe-feucrity and flrictnelfe ofche law,as they did: wheri they [aid,ifweh,ar{ih'ev~iceoftlu Lwil.."nymm, wee lh•ll die: cohfidcring they were·~~le eo kecpe'and fulfil! it, according to 'd#popith oJiinioo ·: Neither would God D nau~promifed t,he.'!' a'Mcffias·orMediatour toreMeme them from thecurfeofthela~v: b'uc would rarhcr haue comforted them in chat their fo great feareand aC1onifl>ment,by giuing them ~o vnder.Uand, chat they were not bound to ~h~full ~nd pet:f~~fu_lfilling of the law forthe time ofthis life. · · : •La!lly, the Scripture flmrteth vp all men ;vnder Gnnc,euen the moflfanll16ed, Prou, ;:o.9~Ioh,1.9. 1ob confelfeth heecannot an· fweroneof a lhou(and,Iob 9· 3· and 'Dauid raah, ·If thoH. L~rd, {httlt 11Mrk.e whatiJ done A· miffe,nohocanabid,it? Pfal, IJ0·3· andPaul faith of hirnfeife~that hefound nomeAtustoper– formethat>Phirh w good, Rom. 7·' 8, Hefaith ruuher, thatit uimpo/Jibf, to be kept, by rea– ron<>l original! torruption, Rom. 8. 3· Iris lmfwered, that all theli: placesand examples , muG be vnderLlood of venial! finnes, which make men finners indeed,yet·are notagilinfl, but 6efide tht law; and therefore thouoh a man committe them, y<t hee may fulfillthe ~ law for all that. .Anfwer, The common rc– C ceiucd oprnion in Sehooles,thatfome finnes are morcall, othcr,svenialfof their owne na· cur.e, i• a witlclfc diflinllion, Fa• ifall Gnnes deferue death,as Pau/tcachethl'l{om.'<S.~J,either veniall finnes,are no linnes, or they .muG ncedcs defcrue dearh.Mifesfairh,chat he tbt:lt R!ndethnot ln~&llthingrwrittcninthi& law Uaccurf~d,Dcut.z.7.19.whcrethc words th~ Law, maynotbe rcUrained onely to eh;Ca· talogue of gtea(and hainous linnes, which arc there reckoned vp, but extended to all finnes,asPAii/ applres it, Galat. J.to. pro– nouncmg h1m accurfed, that contmuethnot in Belides, the parheticall exclamation of Paul> Qmi(fra~le,mten tht~tlAm, &c. R.orn. 7· •4· and that fayingof P"'r, in calling the ·f_aw ayolze, which neitherwenorourfachers were able (0 bcarc, All. IS. thould bcchil· drlh, and ridiculous, if that ,.bich u impoffibi' in rl>elaw (as Paul fpeakes,Rom:8+)didnot appertainevntovs. · '• The third argument. If aman could ful· fill rhc Law, he ihould not £land in neede of aMediatour. For if r~~huoufnes iu b1 th! LAw, .. all thinges, n>ritten in the law, not this lAw. So chat euery finhe , eucn the (call finne in thought, makes aman fubiect to the curfe and fo in rigourof druine iuUice dcfcrues e~ ternalldeath. Andittsbuta poorethift "' fay thatfomc linnes arcagamH th' Law,a:all morrallfinnes,:andothers6ifidestbeLAw, as venial!. For the doing ofthat which God forbiddcth,is afinne not 6,fiJ,,butagainj/th' Law. But1dlc word•, refirng,and gibing,&c, (wh~ch the Pop1fl1 Doctours account veni. all hnnes,) are exprclfcly forbidden in the word 'Mat,U.36.0j 'ueryid/,wordthatmm fo•ll fP'•~'·'h'J foal/ g>ueaccour.t atth,daJof tudg,mmt.And Paullotbidsall{oolifo taii<J.ng and,j/ing, asthingesvncomeJy,Ephef. 5 . 4 : Thereforethey are not btfide, butflat again[/ the law, Secondly,thcy anfwer,chat thefc pia· cos and the likc,are tobevnderllood offeue· rail workes&aC!;ions of the Saints, whereof Hh 3 fome l
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