410 A(ommentarie "Ppon . ---L._____ Chap.6. L9rd, (:;'-c. 1graunt 1t Is prob;ablc that Pllt~i A writ h1sownc name mthe cndcof euery Epi~ Hie (uthechcr in the Grcekerongtle, and in t 1 lC H~b:·aw characters (as Haimo affirmcrh) I icauc:t ~s vncertain 1 and that by thefalU!a· t10n or iifjnc ofhis Ep1HJc; his name written with his ownc hand, is in part to bee vndcr· !loud :yet 1t ts not onely nor principally meant. The ccrtl!n figne therefore of his E– p!fiJes, is befidc the fubfcription ot his owne name,the farewell that hegiuestbem in thc(c words, The grace of our Lord le(<t4 Chn{l bee wi1hJ'Hail,or the hkcto the fame effect:I fay to thefame etfect,becaufe thefe very formall words,are not to bee found meucry o( P11ufs EpiLile..Tberefore Cai<ran is farrewide,who raketh the enmeand formall falutation,as it B 1s literally (et downe.z.Thelfal. 3.17.to bee a note that the Epiflleis hi•, fo that if it want any one word, cU:hcrrhc EpiOlc is not Paul!, or there isfome defect in the text: for here· upon hce concludes that the Ep1flle to the Coloffi<1ns onely,harhlOmcrbmg wamtng in the farewell ot r.Jutation,becaufe it is (JJd ' Col.f.tS. Graa be with 7ou: and nor thegraaofcurLPrd !<("' Cbrift bewirh)Orl, •• it IS inall)'usother Ep1Uies.But 6d!,it is an vntruth,for they ate not only wanting in the Ep1flle to <heColof. 1.Tim.6.u Hanslbur aJfo in the 1. toTimothJ,and in that Tit.3.1 1. toTitm. where it is oncly (aid, Oraaheewtth thee.Grt~cebe P:ith)MaU. Secondly,it isa Hat m1flak1ngofthc texr, for Pauls meaning was not in euery Epi(!le to tie himfelfe prccifely C to fo many wcrds and Gllables: bur to corn· mend them to the grace of Chrif!:fometime making <>prclle mention of Chnf!,fomtimc cunceal10ghls name: yet foasrhar it is alway vndc(lloodlthoughnot exprdTcd. 12 ~~mm1J tU mak_e ll[.ure foctP Jn tbc .fl!fo, 'ompe/1 )O# to bee circumczf~d. onelj fucmife thry woJJ!dnor(uffer perjt'&ution for the croj{e 1[ Chrr(f, Fromhence to the ende,is laid downe the fecond parr of theconclu(ion,which I call a Rccapitul.~tion,whercm rhcApoLIJcdorh very artihcially (as Orators arcaccullomcd) re· p<at thofethingswhich he would baue fpeci· ally to be rerroembred,tbemainc pomtshan- . dl<J in the Epifllc.Fu·fl,that neithercircum- D ci!ion is necclfary ro 1Ufii6cation,tlor thece– remoniall law to faluation. Secondly, that the falfe apof!les vrging the obferuation of the law as a thing necelfary to faluation, foughtnothrrcin Gods glory,orthe edi6ca, rion ofthe1r hearers, but theirown~cafc 1 and frecdome from the crotTc, andperfecution. Thirdly, that Chrifl crucified is the onely thing that iu{llfics afinncr wirl1out the works of the Law. Fourthly,that truereligion flan– deth nor in outwardrhings, but in the rcno– uarion of rh~ mward man. In tbi..verfeand the next following, Paul dcicr1bes the falfe apoUics by fiue proper– lies: three wherpfarc!aid down in thisver[c. Thefir~thattbeyma/zeafairefhew.The[e. con~, th~t tbry comp~/1 men to thc(Jb[trumgof rh"rdm(<drtligion, The tbird,theendeand fcope they aimeat, tbatthey may alway bee m the funne.flJine, huing at cafe, and hauing tile world at will;•»t, bec.ufe the) w•uldnot J•f– f" p.r(e<ullon[onhecroffoof Chrifl. F~rH,theApofilefaith,that th<Jmak<a faire lhewsn1beJlefo ' which istaken diuerfly,for it f1gmfics fundry thinga. Firll,to makean out– ward glorious lhew accordmg ro the fleOJ, as rhat they were rrue Ifraelites, of the{cede of Abraham,&c.Ofwhich boaflingPaulfpeaks t.Cor. I 1, J8.Sui.'tlgtbatmAnJ gloryt~ftcrth; flefo,IP"Ugloryal[o. Th<J ar. l{r.eliwfoam J, rh'l are the(«d<of Abraham,foam /.Second– ly, to plea{e theIfraehtes,which are aftetthe lltfiJ, and toapprcue themfeluesvnto them, wh1ch held the keepins of the ceremoniall law. Thirdly, to vaunt themfelues to the !ewes and them of the circumciGon, of the Galatians, whome they ltad circumci[ed in the fteth,as beeing madeprofelytes,& wonne to their profeiliou by theirmcanes. Laflly, ro pretend great zealc and religionm out– ward obferuingofthe law,C!andingin carnail rJtc.sJ and boddy cx.ercifcs, a1 circumcifion, mcatei,purification,and the like: whkh car– nail rues the Apol\Je oppofeth to fpirituall wo1 Hnp. Rom,1 z.t. and ro the new creature, v.t6 ofthtschap.and bodilt exercife(which pro6teth ltt1lc) to true ptety,and thelioccce praCl1fe thereof, which is profitable for all rhings,1.Tim.4.8. The words may bctaken mall thefeacceptions,though principallym thelaf!. Here wee haueanotable property of falfe teachers, which ts, to [et a fai1e tacc vpon the matter, to carry all before them with a fmoorh coumcnancc, and in outward appea– rance to excell. For as Satan,though a black diuell, and angell of darknelle, doth change himfelfe into awhite diuell, a. though hee were an angell of light, fo that a man can hardly drflmguilh his wicked fuggeflions, from thegood motions of Gods Spirit,and therefore may fay, as/ofouafaid to the An· gdl, Art thouonourfide,or~nouradutr{Artes! Iolhua 5· 13. So his in!lrumentstramf.rm< lbtm(tl•ts, 44 though th<] wm the Apojiles •f Chriff,andmi•if1m of righttou{n<Jfr, >.Corm. 11.13,15'. In the oldT dlawcnr,fal(e prophets were ~ccuOomed outwardly to conform< them· felucs to thehabite& attire of the holy men ofGod,in wearing ofarough sor menr,as£– '"" &thertll of the ProphctsdJd,Zach.I J. 4 Vnder the new TeOament, in the time of Chrrf!, thePharifiesin hypocriGe, vndcr a lhcw of long prayer,deuoured wido•·es hou· feo,Mat.• 3.14.1n thcApof!le.time,falfetaa· chers with their wil-woJ fllip,asrPrl&h n~t,tafle not,hand/eNOt,(wbich had afl,cwo(wifedome in voluntary rcligion,&hllmblencs ofminp, and not[paringof the body) did vndermme the religion of God,Col.z.u,u,•3· Aod i 1 ----------------------------------!--------~=-----·
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