rU1 Commentarie vpon cfrcC't bf NoahJ faith .It fo!lowcth, A E~tange/ic"/1, that which the Gofpe/lha:h re- · And WIU mad( heirt: oftherighteosifiu!Jewhich ,;, byfaith. . ucalcd, · , · Of legal~ rightcou'fi1cffc, I finde there u c three f6rt::i jpokcn of; 1: One that is a p<>feCI ( ·. 2. One tbat .is a tiuill ('t'ighteoufi;~Jfo. 3· One that is an inw11rd) Here is the th.ird and !a!\ cffccr, whereby the excellcncic of Noalu faith is commcndcd, It made him an heire, and rhat not ofthe wOrld: (for [o he wasbcrids)but ofrhilt that the world could not yccld; ofr~ghreOiifo:f(e , and rh:J.t of the bc(l of~11, cucn ot that righteoufilcs,~;\'hich is by faith. Thcfc words hauc rcbtion to rhat tefHmonic, which God gauc of Noab in G·e– nclis, 6, 9· No.1b w.u a iufl and vpright m.1n, ~tffd w.a!'<!dwith God, Now chat '"'hic:h is fpo– ktm there tnorc,~eneralb•, is hereparticularly o– opcncd and vn~olded; he Was iu!l. orrighreom: hoV.•?he \>\'as righteous by the righttoufoC'j[eof [f~ith: [o that thcfe words a1·e a commentarie B '! vnrothc other. But bccautC that, that is here affirmed of No4h, is:~. mon glorious thing; his f;!ith made I himanhfir", (th3t is, m<~.d.c.him that was hcire ofall the earth, abetter heire} thetcfor~ thefc P_erft£t r~~htcouflJcjJC Le~r,all, is the perfeCt fulhllingofrhc law in a r}Jans o·wnc fclfc. And by this 01all no man Jiuing be iullific·d before God': for, no man, f1n cc the fall of .Adam, is able pcrfccrly to fit!fill the Law. If any can, then fb:Ail hcc be righteous by it:but none did, nor eucr C3n; therefore, 110 mail {hail fl~nd ri_gh(cous by pcrfcCllcgall righteoufi1ci1C in hnnfclfc. Som~ ."'·ill obicC.t : But a rlgencrate man may: for he IS rdlorcd bygrace; therefore though byA dam.< full aman is dif.•bk d, yet br rcgeJteratian he is inablcd tofulfi!l the lttwperfett!y. "'" I a_nf·wcr; It were fo, if they ·were perfeR!J fanCbfied in their regeneration : but they a.rc fanCtificd bm in pa.rr,and his notptrfcct Yn~i!l death. ObicEt. r. Thc!f. f·2l. Wearefonf/iji,d throughout, fpirit, foule,and6odic. lf•ll tbo[e, what then rcmaincs vnfanCtificd?thereforc our f.1ncrification isperfe£1. I anfwer: It is perfect inPiflr.IJ, but not in ?Jieafitre nor dcarec. As a. childe is ape;feff man in aJJ thCparts~c;;f a m:m, but not in thequandtie of any parr: So achild .of God isperfectly !3nctified in all pws, bur ·not in themcafi~re ofany part, ''mill fldh,and -mortality~ and corruption hauean en·d. I word~ :~.re to be well wai·ghcd. For their full o– pcni!ilg, three points arc to be confidcred. r. W·hat IS the righuouft~Cffe here fpokcn of. •· Why it is called r/,. righteoHfnejfooffaith, ~~ byf•ith. ;. How Noah was madclleire ofit b;hu f.Wh. ·. For :he fidt, That rig/;tcoHfnejfo by which Noah and 311 holyincn, are to fiand righteous bcfore..Ga.d., is not arighteoufnes ofany nature, b9t fuch:a one as is appointed of GOd for that ·purpofe. That we may know it the more di-. lliqcrly, we mu!t.examine the feucrall kindes thereof. ' . Rigkteo:tf~te}: is oftwo {orts : Created, VtJ• cruud. . Vncr ..u.red, is that which is in God, and bath nobeginning nor cnding,no mcanc-s,nor mea– fur<. Of this fpc•kcth theProphei,Pfalm.rr9. T:37· R~httousarphaH, 0 Lard. This cannot makeanyman rif;htcous; for two reafons, f.ir!l; forthe Godhead a1id it arc all one: It isinGodeffentially. A man is one thing, and hisrighrcoufi1e!fe is another. But God and C, r'·, Sccon8!y,fomc may obiect:The vir"giil Ma– ,·ie fi"m\cd't1ot.I anfwcr: fo tcachcth the church of Rome,that .tltc neucr finncO,th:it her life was free fl:om finneaUua/,andher conception from finne original/. But {o ta:ught neither the Scrip– ture, nor GodsChurch: but contrariwife, it is more then manifcH, fuc W3S a finncr·.Forfiril, !he confcffethher fot~lcreioyccdin Godh.rSaui– our: bm iffl,1ec were 116 finncr, fl1t~C flood ii1 neede of no Sauiour. Ag·3inc, fhe died: but if fhe had not finned, f11ee·fhould i"n IUCHce not hauc died. For dMthentrtd6yftnn~: :rnd whrre no f1nne is,there death is not duc.Thusno man can be righteous by thcpcrfcl1 rigllieou[nes of .. 1 his righuDu_(neffiarc all one : And therefore it is as itnpoffiblc for ;my man t"o hatie this ritriJte- , or.tfoejJe,:J.sitisroluGad. .:> D the law, inhimfclfe. Secondly, there is :~..ciuill rightcou!i1cs :and s~condly, it i-s infinite-, and 1113.115 foule a fi– H:fe creature, and therefore nor c2pahleof any t'hintthatis infinite; and confcqucmly, not of the vnmcafurcable rightcouftJcs which is in the godhead. 'Therefore this we mu!lleauc vnro God, as propn to the Dciric-. ' Cruud 'l'igh"reo«fi1ejfo, is that, which God fran1crh in the rcafonablc creaturc,Mmandan– ._f.d~. Of Angel; we arc not tO fpc:~~c, though thc~rs :and mans differed not much mnature at th('ir crnrions. Cre~tud rightcoufitdrc of man,is of:. foFi:s, ~~~::~!!,or Eu'm,r,clica/1. !J€ga/lrightc-oufilcffc, is that \Vhich the Mo– ral! law prckribeth.... that is, ""hen a man in his ourwm·daUions, is conformable to the la\1\', cfpccially tb the com– maundtmems of thefccond Table. For exam– plc;hc ISfl·ce from the out.ward atl:ions ofnmr– thcr, adulterie, or thccucry,and fuch likc:or he can refraine his anger, & auercomt' hispaffions, that they Ol:lll tlot breakc out to open violCcc to the view ofrhc world:and forthcfirfi rabic; he CCJlnts'to the Church,and profeffeth religi– on. :All this isac.ui/1r;ghrmf"'J!e, ond by"this can nom::m be iuflificd, norm.rderight(ow.For firfl, it is nora pcdi.t, but a mofi irnpcffit ·righ– tcoufi,dfc,and therefore cannot iuHifie.It is fo imperfect, that ir is as good as none :It all in : Gods fight: for it isbut an outward~ :md con- \ . _/!!.!i'ud~ __
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