~ ~\,. rVl [ommentarie vpon . ,.,,,.,,,;,,.. tcnng of ...vh:~.tfocucr the IuO:icc ofGo...dh~d in- ' A , he!uuingin hin~ tha·' Jorh it, do fulhll the L:~.w. flit't~don man·for fin:1c, whcrhcrfOr tOule or 1· \ Now ifit be not ::unitfc to f2y, wu doeir.C-hrift bod1e. fn!fi!lthe Lawe: no tnC'IlC is is to f3y,rVct!rem. 1 de The A c.1ft.H obtdimceof' the Medi:uors per- · righr.couJ/Jj,CJJri/f! rigbuouj'mffi: thou'gh it bee ... ~or'!, \V:lS ~is perfeCt fulfilling. or rhc moral Law, his, and not ours, but onclyby faith. ! wall dunes to God or man, 111 thought, word, Let vs ;hen fee (in the fccond place}\\ h~t \ or dcedc; and all this for vs in qur Hc:-~dc :~.nd the Church of Rome obicel: againfl: it. Th~ty \ ~n our bch3lfe. And h~re is tm: rtg?rtouf?(!f: {irH obic& thus: I tor where the nacu:c ot any pcrfon ~~ pcrtedly .J:s "m:m c:mnot be wife by an other ht:ms \ pure, :md t~H: ~bedw1c~ pcrfcCt,,thc nght~oufnu wdcdomc , nor nc/.1by -an other mans riches, ofthat pedon IS pe1fcd. An~ I f:1y aH th1s was nor flrong by :m other mans {lrcngth: f(, c:~.n he done by lnmfor vs: hcc fuff:rcd all that wee not_be rigl;uous by an other m:ms rightcouC- . fl10uld hauc fuffercd, and fuftcrcd not: he did I ncflc:. .· thadwh~d~ we il10l~ld hauc done, <'tld ~i~i not. I anf..\• er: The compa.ri~on. is not ::tlikc:. For And thiS IS that nght~o:-:f;,rjfo, by \d11ch, a one man hath no propncue m an other rh~ns {inner ismadcrighr~ous before God. For, fee- ~ B · wifodom~, 11:rcngh, or dches: bm we hauc :1. ing/~ga/lcannot, it is this that mull.. And now right and proprietic in Chrifh right:oufmfjC.Awc haue found th:\t rightcouft1cflC, by which I gaine ,'the wifcdomc of one man cannot bee Noah ;md a!IhOly men \Ve.rc made and counted the wifcdom ofan orher; bcc:tu(e they :~re t\'\'O righteous; namely,,that ~h'lt is rdi.dcnt in the ~crfons! fully and equally diHinCl:: .but is not j holy perfon ofle[ I" Cbrijfthe Mcd.ator. lo betwixt Chnftand 'ffimm, for cueric belcc- ~ And yet this is :1bouc and beyOnd all rc3fon, ~er is fpridtua.lly,and yctnucly and ~.:e:llly con- . that one {hould be iujlijiedby an orhcrsri~zhre10yncd to ChriH, and they make onem\'ili,al! oufncjfo: and the doChinc,though it be ofGod, bodic; Chrifi bccing the head, and cuc'rv true!! & grounded ncucr fo firongly.on Gods word, · 1 bclccurr bceing a mcmbcro'f rhat bodie': and yet hath it cncmic:s iand is rnighrily oppugned thcrcforc 1 rh:u which is his: rigbrcou{}1dlCinay by the Church ofRome. Therefore let vs fidl bcalfi> trucly ours. JliJ~bccauiC it is in hir.n;andl prooue it! and then11n[:wr the obieftions to the oHrJ,?ccau(e "'\'Car~ knit to him. For, by rcafon' comr:~.rie. We proouc it thllS ~ ofth1s myfiicall vmon betwixt him a'nd :rs, all' Fidl,. from p!ainc Scripmrc, t. Corinth. 3· blcflings offaluation in him, as in rhohead :~.re :14. !-le~ tbark!z~we nojir.u~, w:u mndc fnn~ for 'diffufcd inro vs,as his mcmbeootbranches;;nd V I; that.wee mi,d;t be mrtd~ th~ rt£buollfo~(Jc tif yet arc as properly Hill in him, as is thchrmyf'in I Godin him. what can be faid plainer? he was the.hrRdofaman. And thus. though'in·'fcnfc madcf••e for vs', and wcr~(btmrfotjfe byh\m. C and rcafon this cannot bc...yct by fai th & Gods ThereforcasChri!twasnol1nncr in his owne · \ fpirit, the rightcoufitcffc of Chrift is made pcrfOn, but om·ftmtu \\'Cre laid vpon him, ~md ours. . _ ~ . fo he was made a flnner ~Y o;tTjimw;fo though Secondly,thcy obiccUfthis bC"fo, thenGod we be not righteom in our O\\'OC perfons, yet iuftifiethwick.!d men; but Go.d will nor doe fo : bauing Chrifls rigbtcot:focff'e imputed to vs, it is againft rhc nawrc ofhis holyneffe and Iu:. wee are made righ~eous by .his rightcouf- !lice. And againc, he th:u iuj}ifiNrhewid:.Jd,z{ ndk abhom;nabh to God,Prou. t 7,1 5, therefoye Cod _ Againe, therighuorlfocj{e that mufl: fauc vs, ·will not doc.fo himfelf(. · . · ~ ~ muffbc the tightcoufildfc of man :-tnd God::~.s We anf'Q·cr : The iround is good, hut t}le, itfthe afo.rcn~mcd phcc it is C1id,.that wemight 1 co/!~Uion i: vntruc. Godwill11ot iu/fi(ie a Wt~ckfd bcmadetne ng1Jteo14jiu(Je ~f God m Chrifr. But . man, th:u tS true: but that therefore am~m \::lllno mans ownc. rig.h!coufnetfe c:i.nma~e him 1 not be !ufHfiedbyGhrifls rightt>oufocjfo,~s falfc. thet·ig~tcoufocj)C ofGOd, nor can-Gods rigluc1~or~od.·doth not iullific hi~n t~l<:t li.ecb:or·ting, ouii1cfic be thc.rigbtcoufmf{eofman: therefore j m lusformer finncs, and wclmng . I~ ht. _chlej it rcmaineth, th:!t onclvChrifi, becina both corruptions; but hinu:hat belccucth·m Chritl:, God and man, h:~.th in l~im that rightcot~fndfc, D 1 andrepentcth of his finncs: And ~that· nmn in which may make a man the righteoufilcffe of . ! ,his f.Iith is i:l}f~'i.cd;:J.Ild in his repontancc fan[f;_ God. · fied, anrlJ-o he is tuade a ncwein._nn : yea, <is S. Thirdly, the Scripture faith ,.f:hrift is the end p,,u/.fait~, He that if inChri}!,i: anc'R'ecrentm·c:· fJfthcL;.~wetoalltbatbeluH~, Rom.10.3. The :. Corinth. S'I.J7• For, ~·itisinthe fidlconcnde of the L~w :.that is, not the.taker away,, 11erjion~ God turncth'nor faueth nO m:m ag:linfi Ior alrrogttur ofthe law, but tl1c fuljiller ofit: as his will; but firH m:tkeshimwilling by his 0\>\'1lC the abrogatcr ofthe Ctremon;all, fo the fulfil- \~:or~c.:tlon~, :md ,hen co~uctt{'lh :1!1d fnucrh. !er ofthe frforalllarn. If he fulfilled the La\-\'C, hurn\•Jth h1s ownc fl'CC wJll, workmg togefor whome was it ? not for himfclfc. FOr as thcr with Gods grace. So is it in tile workc the M1Jias w.unotjlainefqr bimfolfe))an.9,'!6. 1 1of lujlificttti~n i Go~ iufhji"rh ~o Wlckc~·n~an ,· fo hcc obeyed not the Lawe for him{<![<. For · 1 but ':'akcs .h,m-fidt mlt and n~hteons. m and whom then ?' for all that bclccuc. Therefore I byClmH, and then accounts bJmfo. But th{·n I J Chrifl doing it for them, they fulfill the Lawe: 1 (wil fomc fay)thc.flnnrr hath no righrcou!i1es, I in Chri!t: and fo Chriltoydo;ng, and they by but that of Ghr:Ps ;·and th•t "111 Chrijf, and not ·---. -
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