1 --------- I S02._ An Expofition ')lpon I ------~--1 Poperie makcthmoc finncsthcn CLICrGod made. Obitti:. ,M(wcr. dome: Fidl, from the Moral! hlwe: fccondly, \A fi·on\ the C:rcmoni:1ll. From th~ Morall lawe t\>\·o waics: hr!l,from thecurfo of the law,Rom. 8. r. TJ)(rt tJ no condcnm:aibn to them that aYe in Chi·ifl: Sccontlly, from the rigour of ir,which 1 requircth pcrConall and pcrfctf obedience :'this rigour is modnarcd by Chrifl; whence fol· lowetb a freedom from iufHfication by works', RO:m. 5. J . C;~l , 5. 4· The fcconJ frecdome is, from the Ceremonial! law, ·which ho10ing an cndcput to it by Chrilt, bindcth no man ! but our Hbcnic is procured to vs in mcatcs,drinks~ and all things indittC.rcnt with good confd.~,. whereby it ~O.r(lon~th or rct~ineth vhp~tdone<l the finnes o~ men: f6r n.cns firmcs arc oord.r and b.:znds v\lhichbinde them, Prou.5.22. and chtti;:s of614ck.Jdark.;ntf{c, wh~rcin men arc reCcrued vmo damnation, i.'PCt, 2, 4· and "'bcnccfitly encc, feeing to rht p#re,z/1things ar~ pure, Tir. h 2.5. VVhcrc we :1rc commanded toftand.faft,we. fee the weight of it to be fuch :1s m:1y not be departed from, nor fOrfakcn, for then we be– ~me dcbtcrs ::~.gainc to the wh~le law , and fo arc fallen fromChrHl when mens ftnncs are pardoned, arc;rhey faidc 1 to be loofed, and bouhd if they bee not. This I power is called Mattl}, J 6. the power of rhe ksJCIQ['thelz.ingdomeof hu.JUen, formeds finne• arc asJqckcs, yea b·arS.and boles {}muing vpon them the doorcs o·f H:caucn: and licncc alfo when the Church pafdoncth finncs,thc doorcs ofheauen arc fa1d to be opcncd,and when it rc– tlineth them, heauen is iliut:lgainfi the finncr. Indcede pardon of fin ne is properly gtant:d & gmen by God; but yet men arc twely faidc to pardon .and rcrainc finnc, when miOitl:erially B they pronounce th:a God pardone'rh ·or-Lioth not pardon. Ob. It wtll be fa1d, that men vpon obieB:. earth know not whofe finnesGod wiL pardon, Aduerr:1rics hereof,:~;re firfi the Libtrtines; as the F•mil; oflotu,who bccing(as they fay) dci– fied,arc fo carried by the holy Ghotl, that they c:1nnot fin ne, no though they fhould commit forn\cation : but no man is freed from obedi.. cnce to the law by Chrill, although he be from the cmfe and ril\our of it. Secondly, all that take Iibcrtic to ltnnc, becaufc they fay, God zn Chrift is merciful/: but Claill freed from finne, not vnto it. Thirdly, the Rom.tne Church, hol– ding th:lt the Pope ha.th power to make lawes I binding confcience properly) prcfcribing fuch things w be don,thc obferuingofwhich is the worfhip ofGod, & meritorious; as on the Popifb falling dayes , yea and Wcdnefdaye• and Fryd:1yes, not to eatc flcfh, cuen this law bin– dcth the confciencc ofaPapill: and fuch ab£linence(they fay)is :1 workc: ofmcrit, and a wor– fbip ofGod, But it will be [aide, that Princes and Magilhates makes fuch Lawes of meatc~, drinkes, apparell, and mull be obeyed. Anfw. Thefe lawcs bindr.not confcicncc, but the out– ward man.Secondly,thcy doe not abrogate our libcrtie, but modcntcth the ouer common vfe for the common geod: but Popifb doctrine ae– countcth the breach of any of thefe mortall li,nnc. 06icEI. Yea but they forbid flefb for temperance fake,bccaufe it flirrcth vp lull.Anf. But they forbid not the horcll wines, fpices, confcrucs,and fueh mc:ucs and drinkes, which more £lirre vp lull then flefb; and therfore this is bura fbift, and whofe he will not. An[w. It is poffiblefor hnfwcr. mantoknowwhofe finnesGod will pardon., and who(e he will not : for God hath generally made knownc that lu: wil remit the fiimes ofall belccucrs and repcmant finncrs, but \.vilhetain thch fim1es-,who sac on in the fam~. Now \\•c may knowe panicularly who thefe bee that do repent and bclccuc; for the tree is knowne b'y the fruite, according vni:O '-''hich the Church may pronounce o. true fcnt€ce. Further"ro know I more d"iCHnClly what this power is, 'the parts of/ it arc to be confidcred, and they be two; for it fiandeth partly in the minillcrie of the word, C and parrly i'n the iurifdiClion ofthe Church vpon earth. The minHlerie ofthe word is either publike orpriuate. Firll, rhe publike minilleric ofthe word is called the preaching of it; in which i• rhis binding and loofing,opening and !hutting, ·it beeing an ordinance of ~bd; in which minilters arc called ofgod ro pronoiice in the name ofGod pardon of finne to tbC' pc- , nitcnt, and condemnation to the obfbnatc:and here muH~benotcd, that this binding and loa– fing , in the publike Min i{lcric is gcncra_II vmo 1 all,but with exception offaith and repentance. I . 06. But fecing it is gcnerall it is of no great Ob1r&. force• .An[.·It is: for euerie hearer mufl apply 1 Ant'wcr. thls generall doClrine to his O\\'nc pcrfon, and fay with the Vfrgin Mary,applying to her felfe 18 ,G,oool. The I 8,ground is in Matth. I 8. t8.whatfoeuertheChurch bindetiJ in earth,.U Gound inhM. titw: andJ»hatfoeller it looftth in ~arth,iJ IDofod i11 heauen. In which ground obfcrue firfl: the mea.. ning, fecondly the moment, thirdly the aducr– farics. Firfl, to know rhe meaning, two things arc to be handled : firll, what is this power of hindiL1g :1nd Joo(jng. which the Church harh. Secontlly, what is the ratification·and eflica– cic of this power out of tbefe words, is /;oJIJJd and loofod in h~ttucn. Concerning the former : D the Angels fpcach, Be it vnromtaccordi~tg to thy word; this maketh it forcible in the confcience. The priuate MiniA:c:ric: tlanderh in rwo things : firll, priuate' admonition: (ccondly, priuate comfort. . Priuate :1dmonicion is Gods ordi... nance , whereby thc Minifler in Gods name bindeth a man to Judgement for his finne, ex.. ccpt •he repent: thus Peter dealt wirh Simt~n :Mtgus, ACt. B. 2.1 ,2.2. Priuatecomforti.s,v.:hcn vpon true repentance the miniflcrprc nounceth vpon the bclecuer pardon offinnc without con– dition. Thus de:1lt Nathan with D auid, 2. Sam. 11. 2.2. DttHid faid,/ hau~finned, l\T.:zrhanhere– upon tellcrh himhU_(innu areforgitten. Second– ly, concerning the IunfdiClion ofthe Clmrch; It I - - ------ --- ~~~~-· This power of bindi»,t and loafing, is that au- ,1 ___ thoritie giuw by God to his Church on earth, - ==---~ --
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