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Chap. ,to ·the Hehr. . · I-'~-~ I jl-rained, and diffembled obedience, and wan~ A tins hfe cannot befuch, as may make h•mugh1 rhc inward and true obcd1cnce ofrhe heart and rcous. . foulc. . c Hm it may be obicd ed : Though our works ~ Secondly, it c:umot make 3. manr~hteous: hauc fomcdtftElsi n them, yerGods m.cn:ie,aca \ , for •..vieked men hauc it which arc vnrightcous, ccprs thcn.l fo~· rigbreotual~d·iuO. ~and rhcrcfor~ and cannot be (:J.Ucd. llaman barcdMordectty they m~y 111Hificvs. 1anhnr.: As Gods men:y 1 in hisheart: yea, his heart boyled in malice aaccepts rhcm, (o mufl hislu/li'(le be fauSfic~ al.o: ! g~in!t him: yet chc ~rode faith; Th11t ncucrthc- (~;but .theybccing in~per~e& ,.,a~not f.an.s.£ir: f tej{c herefi"aim:dhimfc!fe tillhe came home, EH. l11~ J_t~/ftcc: for Gods mfimtc.lu!l:Jcc rcq.u1rcs I 5 • r 0 • And thcretOre Clui!l ~alth, that e.>.·ccpt perfect fatisf.'lCHon.But as~or Our bc~·wotkcs~ o:irrightcOJifi:elfc exceede the nghteot•foeffc of the as they are done by vs , '"'gb tbcm •.n eh< b~l- .1 Saib~1 & PhtlrijicJ,w~ cannormur tntothc k!_nglance of Gods Iufbce, and they arc lo l1ght, :2S dom:of heotue~:. Matth. 5. :o. Noli\~ "''hat was they dctCruc damnation·: yct:inGodsni&rcie tn ·! r I theirs but an outward cit~ilrightcoufncs,whcrChrifl, their defects arc Cducr<?li, and thcyJ.arc .J by theykept the lawe, onely in outward aClireputed good '-''orkcs, and arc ricwardcd; bm I ons? as appcarcth, in that Chriil, afterward in we incroach vponGodsmeTfJ, and abu(c his the f 3 mc Chapter, expounding the Lawc, cloth B 1Hj1ice,ifthcrcforc we imagine they fhouldrd('li reduce it to the inward; which is to hisfull and · fcruc Gods mcrcy,or be able to iultific\;s.in]lis I propet (cnfe: So ~hen, yet we haue not found fight. Thus then fccing Legall rightcou'fi1cfiC l thJt righreoufneffc,whichmay make amanrighfuilcth vs, lee vs come eo Euangchl'all. Uol<:4. Euangelica/lfighte~P.foelfe. , is rhatthat is re<. Thirdly, ehere is a dghteoufndfe,.callcd the uealed in the GoJPcl,& fhould ncucr hauc bc'cne inwArdrighuoufr.c/Je, of a Chriltianma~1,which reucaled, if that ofthe Lawe could hauc f<1uCd is this; Aman ha~ing repented, and h1s finncs vs. But when it (not by defeCt in'it, butdcE\utt bceing forgiucn, he is by the holy Ghoilfo:tninour{el11u) could not, then Cod inmerde af~ aiftcdimVardly, in his fou!c, and all the parts fordcth vs lnorher in the GofPcl. ' and pO\ivcrsof it. This fant1ification is called EuangclicalrighteoufocJ is thar,that is in Ch'~~lf in\vard rightcou:!i1dfe. Now the Chu~ch of lcfUs; his it is, that mufi make a man righteou~ Rome faith, A man may be iuftiftcd by thiS.But before God :But this Chrift was an cxoraordiit i$ not fo, as appeJ~cs by th~fc rcaiOns; FirH, naric perfon, confifiing of two natures ·,MGodthisrighrcou!iJCffds in this life imperfcCl; and head and Mtrnhood, And accordingly, :Ire j that isprooucd by the Apo!lle, where he faith, bath a double righreoufoeffc' in his lwly:per1JVtdoeh:rt/tnowe hut inpart, t.Corinth.I 3.1 z. fan. · .Therefore our vnd.er.ft~ndixg isbut in pan rcge- C Firll, as he is God, he hath in his naruti: the /ncratc :: and asit, fo confequcntly. all other righreoufoej{eofGod, and that is vncreatcd1~m·d 1 1parts or powers ?f our foule, are but m part reinfinite; and thereforcincommHnicaMe : arldfo generate ; and in th:mall, we arc partly f}irit, none is, nor can be~ig_htcom ?Y it. ~,r' c ~ and panlyfo(h, Galath, 5·'7· Therefore tfour Secondly, there IS m Chnft a righteotljiJCj[c fanttification be imperfcCt,i~ cannot iufiifie vs. .ofhis humanlrie: and thisj,dlough it bcc.fin~ic 1 ~gaine, thi~ rightcoufndlc is J?inglc~ w~th an~ created ,'y~t is it beyQlld ~cafure in corn-' t.mncandvnnghtcoufndfc: and from thJs tn1xpanfon ofthe ngeteouft1citc of manor AnC"cl: ture, comesthe combat bctwixtthe flcfh and So faith S.Iob-3- 34· Godgilmh not him the~pttbe Spirit (fpoken of, Gal.5.17.)Forthefo nvo rit bJme4ure. . ~ );u;a 11rt contrArie onao the other. .. This righreoufoe/feofChrift; as man ·or MC'- lf it be mingled v.. ith finne, then it cannot di~tor, confificth in two things; .. ·.· 1 makcv~ righuam: no, northc workc.sbfgracc · 1. In thepu.riry~ofbis nature. .- H 01: r:hat come from it, though God in mcrcie re2. In theperf~flion of his o[,erficpcc: · word rhcm. And though as S.lames faith,'The; The firll branch ofour Medi~tors rigbrcouf~ itiftiftcourf•ith,~ndll>a"-!vsistjl6eforonm,lam. D ndfe, isthe holineffc. of his hum.witic ;" vt1rich >. 1 r. ycc can they not wfiifie vs 6efore GodJ was perfectly fanc1ificd in his conception, b)" I iuj/ice; nor at the barr.e of the lafi Judgement, the powerful! operation ohhe Gotf:h<•d:· and I will theypaffe for paunent. S. Paulfmb, .1. this was doncauhefirfiinltam of hiscoMep~ C!lrintb. 4· 4• I ~owe nothing.bJmy{el(1,Jet tion in the virgins wornbe. From rhfs·pulliti'e of Ami not theuPy t~tftificd; that is, 1baue fo wal~ n'acure, procaedcd his o[,edience, which ·w~rs as 1 . 1 ked in my calling , fince I was an Apojf/, and pn'[e£f,,ashis nature waspur".and fo pure a-n:!' ' · Mit1illcr qf the Gofpd) as 1am not priuie nor ture made a plaincway topcrfeil obedience..And I guiltic to my frlf.e of any negligence therein. therefore as his conception was free from finne ! Ifhc dare not (land tothar,co be iufiified by it, .origlnall., fo was his V.·holclife from thdea(t . who dare take hold, when he refufcrh. Again, finne aCtuall~· ··;:.;; ' no man can doe any perfeCt good workcs', vnNow thc~M.cdiarors-obcdience.was double·' lcffchcbcperfcCI!Jiiuil: For, how can perfccti- . .JJ£/i,.,,,,rd 'Paf!iuc. • • , • ' on come out of iinpc~fcCl::on? ~ut noman can .And both~~hcfc he. Performed in his··ownc be porfitly iu(\ in this finful body:as isprooucd pedon. t · , • in the fir!l rc:afon; thercfote his workcs here in . His' Pttjfieco/Jdimcewas hisp:affioi1 ,;~0f {i 1 f_ Ff 4 fering
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