~19 ' :it,and wii11es there were no fuch:Law ;he runnes .from it, as a Bondflaue runnes from his Mafter, as farre asit is,in his·power.. Thisisthat which is · f41id,Gttl~4,Ha ..?;ttrgendreth tobondttge~thatis, the Gal...,.:.a. Covenant of Workes begets bond-men,, an·d ·aaues,and not (onnesandfreemen :and likewife that, Heh.rz·.r8.f.1ith the Apof.He, Tot.eAre not Hcb.:u.I8. "come to 0}! ount Sinai, to the h{Jrning ofjre, to Clouds,todarkene!fe, t~tempeft, to thefourJodofa 'Iemp~{l, fo that uuofes himfelft did quake and ;tremble. That is, when aman lookes upon thi.s ·Covenantofworks,itcaufethin him afeare and an enmity :that is the 2 .d1fference•. The third is, Thatit is aMiniflrationof death, asit is.called, . 2 Cor.3. a minifi:ration of death, tmtt is-, it propounds a cutfe to all thofe that doe not keepeit, andit fh_ewes no meane~ to avoyd it:; .and therefore a.man isaffeded to ir, .and to Godthe Author ofit, asoneis to "tln enemy that, feekes his·defrruction;andth~rforetheminill:ration ofit isfaid to be the miniftration of deatn;· The reafon ofthis. is, not becaufe there is any. ill in the Law, it is a minifrration ofthe letter; itbegets feare and ~enmitie,idsen mini!hation of death; I fay:,'this: arifeth not from hence, that ~.Di1Ference, The miniftra• tion of death~ a-Cor.3~ the Law ofGorfis a cruell deadly Law: (for the Lawisgoo_d) butit .arifeth from the ·weakneffe. and the infirmitie of the fl.efh: As for example-, SimUe-,,· ifyou wouldtake a Potters ·Ve1Tef1, and dafh it againlla firme Wall; the .re-afon why the· Wall ·is·thedefiruction ofthe Vdfdl,is not any infir:.. I mity or .weakenelfe in the Wall; for itis.the ex- .: cellency ,
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