Chap. 6. the Epijlletothe qalatians. 413 ( 1I. fl..:_,ff. Howcan" be <rulyfatd,that A more llrJdly,rhen fallmg from fin ne, which the f•lfe apoOies compelled men to recetuc tsche onely true fafi,Ef>y ;8. verfe 6. And I clrcumcl!ion, (zein; Tlt;u w.M ~t'Jt comp~ll~d ro their owne flor.les doe lhcw, that men hauc h~cJre~Jm:i.fed?Ga.l..t..J. A.tf. That place ma~ been morefeucrdy pumn1ed,for eating Acfh l ke[h nothmg aga nrlthe!text in hand: the vpon g?od_fri~ay, then forc?mrnmmg of ! meaning is, that Patt! for his part w~s ready hmplc formcat1oo, or fo!Jowmgof !hangc 10 hauewcurnctfed Tm" (os heedtdTimoflelh. They ltand more 111 vrgtng the outth~<,AC1:.16.J.) rather then offond the weake warJ worlhtppmg of antmagc 1 or a pecceof brethren. }:)ut when it ca;nc to this point, bread, then me Jnwarcifpinruail worlhippc. rlllt(hey would nr.!edes vrge circumclfion.as And as they hauc made the Saims da1cs ea thtng ne:clfary ro faluation, P•ul refufcd q<~all wtth rhc Sabboth dates, fo haue they to doe tt, (sr aIIth({<1!(e brcthrm thtJt crept in, made theprophanaflon ofrhem an eqllafljn, v.4.that is~notwithllandmgtheylabonred by and hauc pulllflJed it wtth cqu•lpuntJnment. ailtneanes tn brio" 1t mvfe aoaine.'Neithcr It IS further ro bee obfcrued, how they adid the Apofilcs :rgc it, or ~cquareir, as a bufecirc~mcHion, for \\hereas byGods orthmo necelfary to faluatioo. d1nance lt was but a f~aieof th~rubtcouf:JcJfe I l 1. It rnay be demaunded,whcther that B if f•irh,Rom.4·"· they poruw·~g the ende circumcuion beingCo vehemently vrged by ot u, make it ameritorious caufe of 1aluauthefalfe apoUles,maght nothaue bcencvfcd! on; a_nd therefore compdimm tobuircumciA'if. It might not. Foralbeit it be in it felfe {'d: ttts God• wo,ke,they makeitthcirowne a thing indtfferent, and fo it skilleth not, worke, yea fuch a worke as by which they whether a man bee circumctfcd or not, (as l~opc to befaued.And this their deaimg may Paul faith) Cirt·um:i(ion u nothing. andvncir· firly bee paralleled by the PoptOJ praCltfc at cumc,firmiJNothing: yetbeeingvrgcd as amat· t~1ts day,m makmp bapr1fme, which ts but a rer of abfo(ute ncceiliry, as without which hgne and feale of grace, to beethe proper, nw1 could not bee faucd, Acl.I;.I. tt oughr tmmcdta«,and phyficallcaufeofconferring not to becvfed. The hke may be faid of al1 gr~cr.,by the worke wrought. Almcs,praier, mdifferentthing•, ifthey bee ma.le clfentiall and falling (whtch arc but !ignes and rellipans of Gods wurOJtp,or necctfary to faluamoniesot tullificatton) to becaufesrhcreof: uon; as rhevi'e of meatcs and drinkes,ob(erNay tbctrownedcUices,ofconfeaionlattsfauing of times & fca[ons, wearing this or that dton, fuperer?gatlon J to bee mcucorious l1ab1rc, or auirc, forbidding of marriage to C caufesot tull~hcauon,and faluar10n. fomeorders ofmen.For when things mJiffe· La[\ly, Ice here ho"' the pcnterfenctTe rent are made occelfary, the nature ofthem o(thecorrupr heart of man,dorh thwart the i3 chaungcJ. V pan this ground E:::.rki:th ordinanceufGoJ. Aslongascircurnci!ion brake m peeccsthcbrafenfcrpent, when d·e ~ascommauoaed by God, moll abhorred Ifrael1tes begannetoworf11ip n,:.King.I 8.4. H; for the heathen cel11fie fo much, chat the Apcll.lluFidt, Jet vs obferue out of thefe wordes, lt:w_es were odious for ir. Bur now beemg a- d:x:us. they compcU 7ou to be circumci~d, that P~tJ! bohf11edJ ~hey take it vp againe; 1cccme ir, Joth not onely vfe Chri(ltan policie. but and vrgc tt as a thing necetfarie to bee obdcalech very rhetorically, C'Xcutiug rhe Gaferued vpon paine ofdamnation. VVhcre· Lltlam, as though they were confiramcd aas tf God Owuld enioyne it againe, they gatnil thctrwtls,ru doe as they dtd: and laywould (no duubt) account it as a hc:ruic ing al tho blame vpan the falfe apollles:and yoke, whtch neither they nor their fathers Co doth clo(clyalienate their afflldion from wereabJe to beare. This improouing ofthat chcfe fi.!ducers, who would haue them ctrwhich God commaundeth,and approouing cumctfed,eirher by volun"ry fubmilfion,ar that whtch bee forbtddcrh, argues rhr great byvtolenr compulfion: the ltkcgodly poltcorruprton of the heart, and chat the wife. cieweeought tovfein deahngagainfi here- D domeo(rhc:flcOl!snoronclyanenemy but ric_kc:f, and falfe teachers, char the peoples euen Aarte rnmiry agasnf/ God,Romancs'8. 7. mmdes may bee e!lranged from them, and Ir mu(l therefore teach vs ro capriuarc our rake no loueof their doelrme, norltkmg of reafon, and to fubteCl our wtlsto the will of thctr perfons. God in all things. Herewee haue afecond note offalfetca· . Therhtrd properricofthefe falfe •pofllcs cheri, which is, not onely ro retaine cere· as, rhe teachrngofcircumctllon, rh 2 r is, of moniesth<tnfclucs, but to vrgethern vpon fal(edoCltine;l"cauf"h'J"""/dnotfl•Jfcrpcr· orhers, and con(lraine men totheobferumg (rc~tso11forthe c~offt'of Chrt[f, rbaris,for prcaof them: for they were more earncil and for· chtng the true doClrine of the Gofpell, con· ward in vrging ctrcumctlion (thetr owne decernmgChrifi crucified. ltm;;y bedemaun~ uice) rhen the kecptng of the moralllaw:and dcdwhetheritwasnccc!Tary that tbofcwhich fo aceall fcduccrs. The PhariGes did vrge taught not circumcifion,hutfp•kcagainf!tr, their ov.rnc cercmomes, as waflung before lbouiJ bee perfecured l To \~hid1 ~IanfwcrJ mcare, wafh1ng of porcesJ cuppes, 2nd plat· that it wasnccctfary,according as P4ul affir.. ,r.crs,&c. morcthentllecomtnaundcment o! metl"r,Ga.I.~.J J.if Juachcircumcijion,n•h) d~~ Go:I._ An~apills vrge the Lent fall I 7ct {~</fer p.rfcc•tion! 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