I I 4-2.2 .ACommentarie --ppon before God, beemg named-;.Tth;;anifolde A imperfcd10ns? Foranfivcr whcreo(, we are! to know, rhatuutward things :ue(omcrime oppofcd ro Chrill,and his r~ghrcoufnclfc, as Colotl. 3• 11. Th~uY nesthtr ln11 h?r Greci.1n, ctrcumcifton norvncircumcs(ton,f'}i"C, but Chr~l/ U Chap.6. , all,and in aflthtng s: fomcumc to f3irh,asGal. 1 5.6. i.Vtithercirc:Jmcj(ionatfmleth :tn} thing,nor vncirc¥~mf:i{isn, /Jut faithtPhich work~th /JJJOtJC: fometimetorhe ncnvcreaturc otf.1nCl1ficari· on,as in thisplace, and z. C6r.7.z9. Ciret~m- ~ cijioniJ nothsng, &c. butthek._upingo{ thccom– mandemcntsofGod, But the fenfe1s all one;for ihcy are cippofed to Chri(l, asro thcmaJtcr of our iufiiticarion: to faith as torhe inrlru- . 1 ment apprehending it: to the new ::reaturt., asro the figneof.them both. B Further,whcre bod1 hcrc,and : .Cor.5.r 7. the Image of God iscalledanewcreAture, or asitisin rheNiginall (~ x1i>r.,]anewcreation; the mc~nmg is nor, rhat enher rhe fubilance, or faculties ofthe lOulc arc created ancw;bur rlHtthc workcof regeneration is wholly ro beafcribed ru God alone, (nor asrhough 1vc were ilockcs or Hones without life or moti· on,) but bccautc God doth create rbefe new qualities invs, quickeningvs when wee were dC'ad in Gnne,andworkmg invs both thewill and rhe decdc,Phil.:,t J. If reoeucr'ation then bec a,ewcrearion, it muff n~des follow, that before our conucr– lion wee were notonely dead, but euen Ratte nothing, in godlinelTe and grace. Bywbkh C wee fee what ro ludgcofrhcSemi-pclagil'lt1 he· refie, which tcachcth, that a man by aninur– num principium, maydifpofc himfclfc ro Will that whtch is trucly good: and that man h not flarJ:: dead in linne, but onely (icl,_c or woundedandhal(c d.ad, asthe man which fell among thecues,Luk.l o. or as a prifonrr r.hat 9.Wh•ther i& ii ca/itr 10fay to t/1• fic~ccfth<pal– {i~.Thy /imttl are forgimntbe-e; orto{a], Anf~, tal,s vp rby 6cdand l»allzc f yrt the holy Gholl fcemeth,oftheJwo,ro maRc it nwrcdiflicult, rocre.Jteanew hcan,thcn'a11cwworld,irithat fpeaking of1hc creation ofthe world,lld~Jth "wasmaJe by the wordof God, B1thomd ofthe. I...tJ:d theheimens weremade, PfaJ. J r:6.oT by h1~ fingers, Wh(n Iconfider th~ hellunf}, the work;ofthJfi•gm,Pf.S.J.or by his hanas, Pf. Io:,zs. The heRuem~trc theWtitk_softhyhtl:,ds. ~ut the rederi1ption of inan,nnd theconuer– honof a finner, is (aid robe wrought by 1he armcD{God.MAricin her Mt~gni(icttt,falth,He bathPm•ed f/re•grh.,itbhi4arme,Luk.:: 51. nay, hecwasfainc tofcthas fideroir and it made him lhedde many atcarc,and f~cate as lt were drupptr ofblood, trte/ding downe to tht grotmd, Luke 21. 4i· Before our conucrfion wccarcf1ke the dne bone~, Ezcchu~l37. for as when the winde of God camevpon them, bone came to bone, and were ioyncd with fi. newcs, and coucrcdwith Rcf11, and had rh'c1r fenfes rcflored: fo when rhoSpirirof God, IJkethc Fauonian "dodc,bloweth vp0n vs,it rcUiucth vs agame; giuingvsanew J1fe, uew fenfes, a new heart,neww1ls, and aff'eChons : for all oldc thingts p11 1 7e away, and flll thinges be– cOmenew, z.Cor. s. J 7. For it openstheeyes of.our vdderll~nd1ng,makingvs d1fccrneof , rhmgsrhardlfler,Ephe(. 1.18. Phd.r.ro. it boarerh anew eare ofobedience in vs, Pial. 40.6. andgiueth vs a new tafle, not to fauour 1he things ofthe ftcfl,,bur of tbcfpllit,Rom. 8. 5is fl~ackfcd and manackled, who can walke of hirr.fdfe,if hisfctr<roberaken from him :fo ~<e (1f Chri!lloofe the chaincs ofour finn") haoe power of our (clues to moueour (dues. VVh1ch doChincwec know is moll iniuri· ous to the mercieofGnd, and mof! dcroga– roric ro rhe merits of Chrifl,fccingit m2kes him in rhcworkc ofour faluation, to be bur caufa rem01Jcns, prohibenr, (which as Logici~ D ans teach) is bm caHfa finequ!J non, wh1ch in truth is nocaufe at all. So that they make rhcmfducs their ownc Sauiau·rs, and Chrifl: ro bee bur an in(lrument whereby th•y faue rhcmfclues: for if heedoe burremoouerhe unpcdimcnt, they without any more adoe, are able to moouc and act thernfelucs.When as the conuer!ion of a Cinncr is as great a workc, as rhccreationof hcaucn and earth: for Pmd callerh it here a new crcatiow. Nay, here is a greater power required (1fl mayfo fpcake)rhcn that whereby the world wascre– ared. Forthough an infinite power be requi· red as well to thecreatingofthegreat world, as the recreatingor regeneratingof rheJctTe w_?_rld 1 as our Sauiour Chrill Ggni6es,Mar.z. Funher, this fcrue& to detect the narurall Popery of the mulrirude, and of our owne hcarts,whenwe pcrfwadeourfclucs(though falfcJy) that though we gocon in our finr.cs, yettharwecan repenhvhen we !ill. VVhen as the Prophet faith, 0 lArd, 1~tJOW that the Ier.To,2. 3 , way ofmanUnot in him(elfe:and P~k/faith,tha.t it isas greataworke tocreateanew hcart,as to crcarc a new world: for regeneration is a ,Jet¥crearifm,z..Cor.s.I7. At~gtl/hne(atth well, Q!i dJbit He that n:ill grantpardon to htm thttt rrpcnts,rr-~U panircmi not aiWIIJgiuerepentance to him that {imuth. ven! 3 m n:, Againe, in the fcnfe that Pmtl calleth the ~;~~;~;i_ Im::~gc of God, 11 new cuatHre, or tfic new tenti~m. man,and cBrr11ption theoldeman: wcguunt, that our religion is new, and popilhrcligion isolde. For as the new man is the reflorcd Image of God,in which Adam \\·as firfl crea– ted,though afterwards defaced by hiJ. on·ne.:nHtnrions, Ecdef. 7. 31. So our rel1gion is the rellorcdor· reformed doctrine fir(IJaughr by rhe Apofiles,u·hich afterward wastG!Iupted bymens d~:urccs. Albeit inTtrtullimn {en{~, O!.ro_d!lnri. qurs is the oJdcreJigi~n, and thcusrhenew: ~u~l!~~ffi~:,. astheImageof God IS the old man,and cor- mum. ruprion thenew. ) Vfe. Ifwe be not changed in ourliues, bur remaine(Jide Ad•ms Uill,cuen the fame men earthly things, and faO>ioning onr fclucs to \ we wtre bcfore,in mindwg, wiJJing,afteding . 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