fl8 .ACommentarie 11pon Chap.6. t:hufe Ap,fll",•ltho•gh 1amnothlng,2.Cor.J %. A ousper{ono, mo!l religious :thegreare!lop5.11.0fh1S perfon orperfonall g1fts he boa. prelfours,furf<ren,drunkards,fighrers, moll !lerh M!: bur oncly of his Apo!lolicall calvahantand couragious,&c.Now rhiSmay be ling,and his fairhful d1fchargerhereof,ro the donethree wales, either ignorandy, as when .end he may lloppethe mouthesofthe falfe Pa•lgloried in his cruell perfecuringof rke Apo!lles. Tbusroconfelferhegood things Saints before hisconuerfion, AtbcS. 11. or wehaueto thegloric ofGod, bceing vrged prefi1mpruoufiy, when men glorie in wickedrhereunto, islawfull boalling,nay iris fomenelfe,.norwirhflanding they be perfwaded.in timenecclfaric,making much for the mainconfe~ence,that 11 IS eu11l:and then it is the fin tenance of the GofpeJJ ,. as Pa•lt boafling ofSodom,Ifay. 3:9·or malitioufiy,to defpire made much for the good of the Church of ' God,and rhcn llts the finne againll the holy Corinth, Againe, thereisatwofoldlawfull Ghofl. boa!ling, one before God, anorher ,before The fccond poinlto bee.confidered in the men, Rom.4->. Ofthe formerrhe Apollle words,i•,the thin&wherein he will glory, calfpcakcs in rhis verfe: ofthe latter in the •· B led hercth( Croff•.ofCh1{: Sa•e i• the Croff' Cor.r :.Hegloried notin therellimonieofa ofour Lordlef:uGhrif/, he words io rheori- ··~· goodconfcience, before God, but onely be· ginall tranfiared{aue, are exceptiue: as ifhee tore men. Before God hee gloried in noil1ouldfay, I w,!l glotie in norhing exceptio thing,burin rhefauingknowledge of Chrill, the crolfeofChti!l :and excluliue, onrly in andh1m crucified. And whereas itmay bee rhecrolfeofChrill, and mnothingelfe. AI- [aid, that this his bo>!ling in regard of the be itrhey arefometime aduerfariue,asGal.l. falfc Apo!lleo, as alfo his glorying in rhe te· t6. and. Apsc.1Vz.7, There /httlhnterintoitno r.r.u llunome of his confciencc , and in his infirt•ncleane thing,H ,..;.,but thtJ thAt Are"'ilten,drc. micies,:.Cor.ar.3o, werer.:ot in thecroJTcof where the words are not exdufiuc: (for then Chrifl. Ianfwer,they were: for hisglorying I! would foHow that fome which workeabooucrthefalfe Apoflles, in teaching fi·eely, mination,flJouJd enter into heauen:)butadwas in rhe good and profFerous fuccelfe of uer(ariue,as Matrh.I :.4.and Luk. 4.verfzo. the Gofpcll, which IS the doctrine of the which may feruc(bytheway) to cleare the cro!fe, and his glorying in the reflimonieof texr, loh.t7. u. Thofethougaueflmehanel il(.d!' t,~,'l'~~ hisconfcience; in that it was wafi1ed by the k!pt,andndne•[thtm u loft,bHtthechildof perdi- ~~(1<1(J blood oft\lecrolfe,as J'au!fpcakes,Coloii.r. c tionahat isJbm thechildof perditionUloft, For :o.In hi.a!Hictions, in thatrheyweretheafthe 1vords, ,;,a,(as I rake it) are nor fowell Aictions ofChri!l, and hee by them made tranflarcd by thccxccpriueconiunChonnift, conformable to him. as by the aduerfariuef<d:fe<inghcre is no exBut it will bdaid,rha< hegloried in his reccption madeofJud.u, as though hehad bin ud.uions, in his paincs and rrauclJ, in prea~ gmen ro Chri!l, and afterward had fallen achingrhcGofpell, and in d1e multitudeof way:wbich expofirion mull needs bemadc,if Churches which he had planted, A•( ...F,rfl, the words beread,ni(ifiiimptrditionic. he did it bcemgvrgcd thercuoro; fccondly, Furrher,by the Crolfe ofChnll,theApohe diJ it to defend his calling, and the credit fllc'vndcrllandethfyncc;Fochically, rheallof theGofpcl: and therefore this boalling fufficienr, expiarorie, aildfarlsfaCloriefawwas nor vnlawfull; nay it was nccclfarie J and ficeofChri!l vpon rhe crolfe,wirh thewhole iothcLord, Forwhenwearecompelle, we work ofour rcdcroption:in rhefauing know. mayconfelfe the good things we baue, if we Jed,;e whereof bee profelfcth he will glorie ' doeit fparingly, and for thced1ficarion of oand boafi.For Chrifl i4maJtvnro vswijtdomt : I.Cor.r. rhe", tharrhey may be bettered by our exrightecHjntffe ·~"·that IU it U'rPritttn,He thatglo ample: and that they feeing our good work., rttth, {boHidglorit in the Lord: cucn to mak c 30·31. may~lorifie God our heauenly Father,Mat. D boall ofhim all the day long, asthcPfalmi!l s.t6. (peakcth.And the reafon way P•HlprofdTeth Here we fee what glorying is Vnlawfulls that bee w1ll glorie oncly in rhe CroiTe of namely, when men afcribe vntothemfelues Chrill,is,bccaufe Cbril} crucified is rhe rrra eirher that which they haue not, or more the furie,and llore·houfeofthe Church : fecing they haue, or as proceeding from thefclues, that in him are hid 1 nor oncly the rr<afurcs of rhcirwi(edome,!lrengrh, induflrie, in facrifiwifcdomeand knowledge, Coloil.z. J. but of cing to their ownc nets,and burningincenfe bour.tieand gt>«·,Ioh,J.J6,and of allfpirito rhcirowncycarnc,Habac.t.l6, or in boa~ tuall bleffings,Epb. '·3· For Jirll,by Chrifl iliogofthem withoutncccffariecaufe, either crucified, wehaucreconciliation with God, for theirownevainc glorie, as Ne~fl,h(ldPnD· remiffion oftinnu, and acceptation to erer- (.,.did,Dan.... or nor for Gods glorie, as Htnail life. Secondly,•·• haue the puce ofGod rod did,Act.u. And ifthisglorying bee fo which paiT<th all vnderfianding, pracewirh great a linne, fillely boa!ling in wickedne!Te God,wirh Angels,l''ith men, with our felues, '(asDoog did,Pfal.52. 1.) muflneedsbemo!l with rhccrcature•. Thirdly, wcrccouert\le damnablc:as when the greare!l {wearers and .right and title which we had in the creation j fwaggercrs, count thcmfelues the beft cornro all rhecrcatures and b1effings of God. 1. panions:tbegreare!l idolarers,and fupcrfliriCor. 3·"· Fourrhly,nJJ alllu91ons and iudgcmenrs• z,C('J ..
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