4-2.0 ru1 Comnientarie 'Ppon Chap.6,1 01ot vp in aMonallerie: bur to renounce rheLA account! as nothing in £ifpeeiofregco~· \\'Orld;and rhc.corruptions that are therem, J ForthAt whichU htgh!J ~cctJHnttdof 11 mongmetP bothtnalfechonofhearr,&prachfeofiltc. u•b•min•tioninth<figl"ofCJ•d. Luk.r6. 15 • Fourthly, wee are taught to came our Therefore\ wi(edoroe; weailh nobiliue fdues to th< world, as crucified and dead llrengrh,arenorhing,r. Cor.r.z6.0utward men,not to loue nor like it, eo fcekeor affect callingo,as to beKing,or J(a:J;ar,Pwphet,or tt, but ro renounce and forfake tt, wtth all the Apome. Outward adions offalling, almcs, vanltics,de!tghrs, and plcafuresthereof, and prayer, Nay, kindred an.d alliance asto bee to be as dead n~cn roour owne wicked wils, rnorher,or brotherofCIJ.rj(\,lsnorhing_: (or an.d. to our carnall rcafon, lcttmg them he tfche blelfed Virgin had-not borite Chrifl in dead In vs;and fulfertng our felues to bee fU· h<r.hcarr,as flJe did in her"wombe n,e flJOu!d led, ordered, and guided by the Spirit of neuer hauebconefaued, Luk.11.;7, 28. at;d yod: rnakmg hts wtll our wt!l, ltts word our tf his kinfin<:n had not beene his brerl1rcn by ;"~)(~dome. . . fptntuall adoption,aswellas by nacuuiJ pro- ,.J',frly,by thts we m•y exammc our hearts; pagat10n, rh•y n10uld haue had no.inherifor tf wee haue our affections glued to the rance~n the kinguome ofGod, Mark, 3 . 33· "orld, and fetvpon the honours, plcafures, B 3s. Nay, the outward element of baprifme, profits, and preferments thereof, wee ~re ~·tthout the mward gra~e)is {,)f (10 forcc;fcr lt worldlmgs mdeed: forthey that areChnlls, ts notthn•a/hing•w•yofthefiirhiftheflrP>(tbat ~recructticd with Chrill,Gal.z.zo.and haue is acceptable to God)6•t tht ffip•lati•n •f a crucified theflcfh, with the alfedrons and g"dca.[cunce, which,oaf«thrrqurfl v~t•G•d, lufls,Gal.s.>4· aJ'ld therefore mu{\ needs be r. Per. 3. 21.And iftbeco!llmunicanrat the cructfied to the warld. A man that is hanged Lords rable,doe not catcpantm DominHm, as vpon agybbet, ceafeth from,his thefto and wellaspanm>D•mini (as A•g•f/ir.e[p~aketh) tpurthe.t~: fo all that arc indeede crucified chat is,ifhe doe notreceiueChrillipiricually \vie!) ChriU to the world,ccafefrom their old by thehaqd of.his faith, ashedorh corporal· offences, For as theApollle rea!oneth,ifwe ly receiuechc element by his bodily hand,hc bertfen with Chri!l, wc:coughtto fceke the rtceiruthvnworthiiy, 4ndjo eatcth anddrink.!th tf!ings rhat arc abouc,and not the th.ings rhat hi& onme iudgmunt, a,Cor.r I.Z91Ncw therea. af,evpon the earth, Col.;.t,>. So tf we bee fonwhy thcfcourward things arenorhlnga- . dead with ChriU from rhe vanities of the uailcable, is, bccaufethechingschat are ac- , U.orld, wee ought as dead men to abllaine councedofwichGod, are fpiruuallandeter· .from all worldly lullo,which light again(lthe C nall,nottcmporalland carnall, avrhefe arc: )pule, LPeu.u. which as ther. fhall vtterly coafe en the kipg. :.,.'15. Forin Cbr~l11e(Hsn8ither circumci(ion domcofgJory,Match.~!.3o. (forthenChrt{J \ aft~J/tth an] thhJg.rJOr '!lnCirC#IfJCijOll 1 6ut a neW wi/lput Jo»~nt a/(ru/c,Auth8ritle, and po~tr, l. cr..eat:tre. . . Cor. 15, .z4.) (o arc they nor ofanv moment i "' Jiiere theApolllc prooucs his former af. or accquotJn th~ldngdoflleofgr;cc, as p..,J · f.c.r.tiqn, v.r4. t~at he neither did, nor ought tcacheth,z.Cor.s.• <>. Gai.J.z8.CofoJf.3.11. , tq glom in 'nytbing, faue in the cro!fc of It may be faid,chefe priuiledgesand outward C,hrrn, beca.pfe nothing is ofany account m thmg•,as Prmce and people; maller andfertlic kingdo:r,e of God, bur a new creature. uant>bond &frec,&c.haue place mchekmgAnd tht~ he prooues by the remoouall of all domeofgrace,feeing Chttllianitic doth not ~ho(cchlpgs, i)1a~·are either oppofite_co, or ab9lifh nature,nor ciuillpolicie. To wbicl.>l cliuersfrom ancw,creaturc J fig016ed b:Y c11:.~ anfi~Jer, that man mufi bee conlidered two · c;;wc.ij1on~and '!lncf,:cumcifton: a.od withall h~c waies, iJ;J rcfpedof theoutward, or inward laies dowoe two conclufions.The 6rllis,thac D man.Confider him as he isa memberin ciuil ;n· Chrij/f,j;u, chat is, in the kingdome of foeietie,asofthe family,church,o!common· grace, 11tither cirpsmcifi?n, nor vnCSrcnmcificm wcaJrh: rhcrearc fundrle differencesofper~ · arr ••! thing,that is,are neither acceptable to fons,as bond.free;magillratc.fubitd 1 poore, God ' nor auaileablc to faluation: . Vnder rrcl>,&c.m whrch fonfetbe Apolllescxhorta- ,;,.re rwo, fynecdochically comprehending tion takech place, Willts,jwhmit yonrfdms 1• ail ounvard priuiledges, and prerogatiues, f'"' hm~ana';.CololT.3.1 8.Childrm,•6qyosr <l1goitiesand regalitiei, or whatfocuercan be partr.ts, v. zo.Str~•r.ts, beo!lrdunt tD)QH~ma~ named: vnder circumcifion compnfing rhe t ~trt, ve.rf.. ~l. But 1fm;m bcconfidere.d mre· p'i~J1cminence oC:1helew, and che pro6r of 1 rpeCl ofhis fpitimall eflate, ash<eis a memqr,tJmctfion, whrch was much euery way, .!Jer of the. inuifible, or Cacholtke Church, R"oii1. 3·'· fccing.rhattothtmappmain<dtht ~ndcr fpiriwall gouernrn<nt, conft!lmg rn adoption,and theglorie,l4n4thecoN,mants,aP1dthe , rtgh!eoufneffe,pt.~tu~f~~nftttnc/, And"! tn!he giflingefrlu /a'f,a,ndth• [<ruie<of God, andthe 1 holy Gho.fi,Rom:•4·'7·•hcrersno dlflmC!tcn pro;;;~ift's,Rom. 9 . 4 . Vnderflncircumcijioncon· i '?{:c~llmg,~ondmon, or(ex~e; !o~ 'TPt"re 11.flDtJt caininothe Gentiles with all their wealth in Chrrfl, Gal. 3· z8.or,Ghrif/uallnndrn all wifcd.;'rne,Orcngtb,l:wcs,policie,andwharfo: rhing;,Colo!f.3.11.in thauhough we be ma· euer is ofhighaccount, and glorious in .the ny,y«arewe but onebodtc Ill Chnll, Rem. eyes ofthe world. All u-h;ch he excludes and 12. 5· reemg wear< gwckned wJtll'one Sp!Jit, Epb.! ..
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