-·\Chap.6. the Epi~le to~ the qalatians. . . 425 I reconcili.riol),with God, ceafech ro a.ccu(e & A hard thing robe fcuered from rhe focrery of rerr16e,anJ begtnstocxcufe,and comfort vs, rhofe, ro whome rhe prom1(e$were ma.dc:; l oppoJed re> rhe conflrft; tbM .a.dr!lretfed parrlyforvsGenrileo, thatweemrgh~know confc&cnce h,ttfltWrthJegall r·eitreurs,and the that 111i ~tiLt diJt l(ratl;which.are of f[r,.uf,Rom. an.oerof G .>d.. 'Ry.mm; (wh<ohiHhe caufe ·9· 6. bur tharall they whrch areof f~1rh are of ~his peac<)<are vndcrlla'od,call fpiriruall blelfed with faithfull Abraham, GaLJ.ver(e bl•lling•, whrch flow vnto "' fr:am rhe bue, 9.Ceeing that God is no accepter of perfons,· a~q~fauourof ·G~d·in Chrl/.l, as·rcmillion of Ado I o. 34· . (jnoe,,ruHifi~aridJl,fanCltfic,.t,ttao,-anJ erern1Jl v. 17 From henttfo,.th l(t ~uman P'!t mr to Iif•lffelfe.The wor<b•~· """''' vpo.thtlf',haue ' 6N6nr!fe 'f•r I bta"'i•m; boa~<''" ""'k." of grea'r emphal).s,..lignifying, .tliat thefe blef~ rh< Lord l<(uJ, lingscomedo••n-fcom heauenJand ilghtvp, Here the Apollle !ayes downe his !all ad· onthe:ntharfoUowtbis rulcrapd.rhar.they monition, prcueming ao obieClron that cannot be hindcr.edby the malice ofmen. . mrght bee made by thelalfe apofiles, or the Let the Popetheo anatherua!ize,curfe,& Galarians. For whereas it might be faid,tilar excomonunicarevs,both Prince and people, PAulli>ughr bimfclfe and the world, ilrunbecaufe we tread not in the !lep• of.his faith, B ned'perfecurion, and therefore ioyned cir· but of thelairh of our fathet·Abraha,, and cumciGon to ChriC!, ro pleafe the lewes,and walke not according to his rule, but accor~ followed nor his owne rulev. 16. bee takes a· dtngtQthis ruleof the Apo!li<:•for we need waythisobieClionwirh greataurhoriry,wpcn not tCarchasthuodcrbolu nor;e9rfes, fceing htJe(aith,Fromluncefortb 1ft noman p~ttmuro t/>«••felt/[<curf< fo•U"'"'""""•Prou.16.1. hu{intJ' And withall hee addesa reafonof ir, forwhatrhougll he cUife, ifGod doeblelfel For I b<or<inm;b,dytht mar~"•ftbeLord./<· It was rhethingrharcom(ortod Dauidbeing (111: asif hee firould fay, llhe bonds,theimcorfed of has eoelntes, i:~ that l.bt~ugh thq dtd prifonrnents,thc llripes,wouods,and fcarres cur(<,;-'qod wouldbi• 1 J•,Pfal,109.18.and let 10 my body, dofufficieotly ti:fllfie my fidcli~ vs comfort our feluesinrt·us,that h( wi/lcurj( tyin my Inmillery,for if I had preacheds::i.r~ thm,.harcur[< hup<Dpi<,Gon.U:J . cumciGon, I Owuld not baue fuffered p.erfe· Againe.,1f. pc~ceand mercy Ihall be vpon : - curion, The words may be, and arc taken in them.that walke according to rb,isrule, then a doublefenfe. Flfll rhus,Thefalfeapo~l«; wrath and indign:>ti<>n thalll1ghtvpon rhofe andyou Galatians(by rhm inlligarion)haue rhat follow any other rule, or dcuife anyo~ beene rroublefomevntP me, by fi1lfcaccubJ 1 rher way, or fet downe.tny-othec meancs of C tionsand llaundcrous imputations~ as that I faluation beGdes, or contrary to this. Falfc raught ·circumciGqn and th.,obferuation of tber.efore isthe opinion of P•ck(im, that if. the cercm<1mall Law, as a thing necelfary to man leadeanour.ward ciUilllifc,hee may bee faluatioo,&fo you haue made a reuolt from fauedin anyreligion,the I"v in hiS ludaifme, my doctrine, and by that- m<anes haue cloutheTurkeiohisM1hometlfme,rheHcathen bled & rripled my labour and paines.among inhisP•ganifm~ .Forrhey tharwalke not in y.ou: But from henceforth cea(e w be trou· tbis way,according to this rule, do but waary blcfomevorome, youm.ay·take experiment themfclues in codle!fe Labyrinths: and fo and proofe f<om mee; the markes thar I "'alkingwithout lfue orrole in rh<ir cr..kfd beare in my bndy doe fofliciently witnetft '· ntttiC's,/h41/fteledrJ~ith work,ertofmiquitJ,_whe,tU and fealc the truth of my doClrioc, and my p••cefh•llb, vpon l{r,;,,I,Pfal. 115·5' 0ther V· fidelity io mineApo!llefl1ippe,~s alfo wh.Q[e fesar.emadeofmercy and peace,Pag.11.aod difciplela"1, Mo(t~orChn!ts,:nd what r·ule .&Mowllich placosrJ referrethereadcr.. I (ollow,,ludaifmeor CbrillianHrne.Secon~~ The ApoC!Ioaddeth; that peace and mer, , ,ly,-they carry. this fenf•, I.baue faid, that CJ !hall bee vpon,fll them thatwalkeaccor" . ·they whrch walke according to this rule, in d1ng to thiS rule, A!ld vpon rh<,l(i'a.t/ofGod, b gloryingonelyinthe crolfeof Chrill,pMe< T.here ts adoubleJfrael menuoned by Paul, . f/jaNb<vpon.tbun, and .mrq, andvp"'l th' l(ra· /(rat/ •ccordmgrorb• fi•fh, 1.Cor dOl 18.and tllof God••And Hay againe and a•aioe 1bar the f(r~el of God: as there is at"wo-tOid Iew, weeough~ to £1riuc: and contend fo~it, t~ obonco~r_ward,m tbc flcfh: another.inward, in fcrueand keepe it, as a thirg ·moll necetfathc (p!rtt,11omanes z., I 8, 19. By the lfrae/ of ry to faluar10n: "i ).,Qt,.ii, as for other things God, rhe Apo(!Jemeaneth all fuch as are like not necelfary to faluarion; as circumcifion toN~th41f}ri,whowas;~trHel(r4~/iu,inwhom &c. Let noma" trouhle mednthe ex~cutfo~ rh<r< li'M ••guil<;loh,1.47·whether they bee of mineApo!lolicall funC!ion,or hinder the rho fa1thfull Gentiles, or beleeumg Iewes. .courfeof the Gofp'ell, byvrging any other And he makes mentton ofthe lfradofGod, .dodrine or ceremony contrary or diuerfe partly by r•afon of the aduerfanes ,. who from thrs,., necelfary to faluation: This one braggcdfo much of their father Ai>raha,_,, thing is necellOry, otherrhingo areneedlc!fe and-that theywere the onely trua Ifrae!Jtes, and fruidelfe in comparifon, therefore nei· and·y,crwere no Ifraehres,becaufe they troad ther I, nor the Church of God ouohr to be not in tile !lopsoftho faith ofAhraham;parttroubled with them. This latter fe~fc I take Iy forthe weake conuerrs, who thollght it a to be morugreeableto rhe text.Somelllake Nn 3 the ..
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