1 &,Groitnd. the Efiflle oj lude. i 4;; -, ·-----·--- to bis oJvt:cimagt, Gen. 1. 27. For-by-creation~ ; A man bad three rhings: Fidl)_ the fu bfbncc ot [ bodie a:1d foulc. Secondly, tn them d1c powi crs-- and flcultic:s of mindc~ "\'ill, atfet:hono;, 1 &c. T hi:d!)', an cx'ctllcnt cbn~"orr11itic of all thcfc tO rhc V\' ill of God: This is the image men had not been wholly _dnpilu~rl of'thc- gloric of God. · , ) '" T he 1 t. ground is, that rhe i,.i# a»d Gbfiu/t are. twoparts of du ·ward- t1f God; m.:d tt~l'~diUen kjndc.r of dotlrine. 'fly the d.JiliP~ I v:n·rlct 1 Jb'nd ., c~ .. ,~. l of God, c:~U<'d In the Scr\pmrc rfghr~ollfacffo a11d holi~uffc. This.is.a·ground: for the image of c~6d iS' the fubflancc and bodic ofthe La ..,·; h~ therefore that dchi"et-h this~ denicth ihc: Law, rhcfa\1 f1·om it, and ~the rdtoringvmo it by Chri!l. · - ·, . '- > "The to. ground is, that by A~am1jim1e ana· dMth mrredinto tbe world., and-ilPhim all mcen mm Jinn~d., Rorn. 5 i 12. To the concciuing of which \-\'C n.uH kn6v.i, that the firl1 finn·c ofA- 1 .~ dam'W:J.s eating the forbidden ~rufte: t~c- next B vias, the putting our of Gods 1mage, m flcad of which corruption of heart looke -pbtc fo I fari<!';1iS '(the [cede of all Gnnc bcdng withm him) hee was prone and rcadie-toeucry fin·nC!. Now .Adambecing apublickc pcrfon, andha– uing rtcciued wbatfocuer hee had for h~m_fdfc and hispollcrity either to hold for,or lole fcom both; hence i~ it tbatbotH thofe fi_nnes arc be– come chc two firft finnes in our conception, he filming we finned, and with himhauethc feeds ·of all finne within vl by nature,no l1nnc excep– ted, no not the fione againll the holy Ghof\, Yea no ocherwifc is it with vs thC with a noble man praClifing treafoo, whofe whole blood i~ thcrcbyllained.Obieil. ButChrillcameof A– dam,thorefore he in Ad.m finned, 'Anfw. God made this law with Ad.,,that all who came·of C himby-ordinarie generation lhould be guilde ofhis finne:but Chrift was extraordinarily con– cciuc'd bj the holy Gholl, and cooke.of Mary .Ad.Am1 nature,but not AdAms finne. Againe, Chrill came of AtL.m but from him as a be– -ginning, and not by himal by afathcr;.whercas all other- men ore both from Adam and by him. This is is a maine ground ofour religion, ;without which t·hcrc couldc bee no rcdempti– :ort. ..Ad,Jcrfari~J hereof are; that p:m of (;'ods "' 'erd whi:th promi:(,d). life to thoobeyc!'l By tlte Gofptlboth>ap•t'r'wliich promifctlrtO'"\hc bdceuer:r/ I:hcic 11~]' 'arO diL ucrs kln~l.s·t-,Jdo~rinc;to rhc-:Iccrina ofot.-vhith c0nfidcr firtt·; ;;heir confont::m·d·!l.gttalhi:.n:rt~ condly, thc:it.fiiffcdt and di·ffcfcncc. F.itl~)!t{c Law and c:orpcl confcnt: firH in the AuthtlPof both,v,·hich ~~God. s~condly~ iB rhe-if genora)J matter,forbothrequitc iufil(cand. right:cbuf~ ... nc!fe ro faluation.T~litdly, ih trheir:cT"i, IJ.artie{f lhe glory ofGod.Secondly,chey di!fcni itt f>~c things : {irf-f", .~hc Morallla-\q -is ·wrin~n in Jl'a– turcby crearioh; yea an'df!hct:.thc f'J.ll.wchatJc fome remainder of it in vs, Roi-n. 1~ J) :1:lre .Gmtiiufh~wr/Je.tjfeOl of rJJtrl~ wrinm ';n ihel.r · htarts:but the goipel is not itl.n;fturt'\b'nt ibb~iC the reach'of•n:ature crc!l.rcd;.rri'udltnorcc:o~i'upted. The ground ofrhe - L~w. is tbtimageof God ; but the ground of the Gofpcil is ·lefus Chrilt Secondly, the Law will hatte-vs doc fomething 1hac we may be fa'oed'by it,and'_Jhatl isco fulfil! it. The Gofp<ll ieqoircth no dl>ing of vs, but on~ly be!eeuing in Chrill.Obielt.1l\tt ob;,,., bclccuing is aWorkc t0' be avne. .Anf. Tlie G<>L Aufwc:r. fpcll rcquircrh irn.or as a '"''otke,.·Our;as it is a·n inllrument,and che hand of'chc foole t6 lay holdvponChri!l, Rorn, ,.. 5.: and j. 2r: and Jo. 5· Hence is it rhanhe L<tw requlrcth {igtt– 'u·oufnelfc inherent; but rh~ c ·ofpclf,' itnputtd. "'hirdly,the law is propounded to the vnrepolltanc finnet co.bring him to falth:but th~ Gofpcl to thcbelccuer to the begddng·and incrdf~!df faith, Founhly,rhc law lheweth finne 1 accttillli and reucaleth iufHce without mcrcit:; but!rht Gofpell coucrcth finnc,and is a.qualificatipll-'of ·the rij)ourofthe Law, The·Law·f.,ith, ·C~rfe'd -ueuery one, r:;,~c. The Gofpclqualificth thai, ,urd f«hh, Eccept hc'C b~lcfftteandr(!pent, entry man Uacc11r{ed. Thus the Law --which manifcill!th -iuflicc is ~od-cra~ed_by the gOif.d,:/IJhicb't~lirfglcth mcrc1c: and tufltce together~ llltltcc \t~\O'tt Chrift, mcrcie vnto vs. Fift!y, the-"hn.v tdlCth -vs what good workcsmu!l be done' theGofFi~ll, our common people, who fay theyc– ucr kept Gods Iawc, and Ioucd him with all their-he-art, and their neighbours -as thcm– felues, and thinkc hence all is well: but were it fo as they dreamt, they had neucr fallen in A– dam,and [o .Ad.A11ufinne had not gon'eoucr all men. · • Secondly, the Popilh Church: firll, in tea– ching that the Virginc Mdrte ( ''·ho came of Adam .by ordinaric generation) was· concci .. ucd withou~nt: notl.\•ithfl.:.nding fl1cc was faucd, not byher bearing of ChriH in her wombc, but by belecuing on him with her hc3rt. Secondly, in that they te01ch, that men D pc!, how they tnu!l be done : the former dccla– rerh the matter ofour obedience, the brtcr<H– rcCteth vs in the t:nanncr of obeying; the: for– .mer is plcafCd with norning but rhe dc~d~;tl'{c Jam fignificih that god is·pfcafcd to atcc}<tothc "\•il and vnfaincd endeauour for the de·cd it( elf. Sixtly,rhe law is noworkc ofg(~cc:lnd fal~Uon, no not infhumcmal!y, fo-.: i"t·is rhe mirritk.. ry ofdeath; the gofpcl preached worklfch grace only,though the law may be a hammer ro btc:.-rk the hc::~rt and prepare the way to f::~ith ":Iti'd•rc- ·pcmancc. · arc not wholly dc~d in finne, but in p~rt, or -:-A~verfltrinh_e:·c"O.fa1'e; halfc dc~d , yea th:~t becing a little holpcn, · I I tl:.':y~::_!<_::pe the law:. as thoubh by'-.:..!i:::n.::n:.e..!__:_..:·_-.:. 'f::h.:.. c Papi!ls who holdc chat thcv are one A aaa z . doctrine - - --
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