;8 8 The Tlf of the Lam. 4 Hof.1,6,9 ROm8.r, ç A_t.s.37 Aug de grat. 8.contr. ; . epig. Pelag.l. 4 c. ç.de perfeEt. in(tit. 6449 de Nat; &Grat.c.it. 16.z4.ep.144' . 15 7.100. 4`Fider cff cit, quotlex irme. ra t.l rrg.lib.83. qu4.c.66. Literîc jubetur, fpiritu donator. Id.t: pi(t, zoo. Non fanata per legersin firmi- tas;reciconvi. tia.epifi.t 57. and moil imperceptible deviation from Gods Will re- vealed. 'Thirdly,by ar"rak ig the Confc.ience,begetting a legal faith and fpirit of bondage, to fee it felfe thus miferable by the Law, hedged ¿n with Thornes, and 'hut up-under wrath .For the fpirit firfl by the Law begetteth bödage and feare, pr ckes the Confcience,reduceth a man to im- poffibilities, that he knowes not what to doe, nor which way to turn, before it worketh the Spirit of Adoption, or make a man thinke with the Prodigal' that he hath a Father to deliver him.And by thefe Gradatiös the Law * leadeth to Faith in Chrifl;fo that though in al thefe re- fpefts the works of the law be works ofbödage,yet the Ends and purpofcs of God in them are Ends of Mercy. Secondly, The Law bath Rationem frxni & regulx, to cohibite and reflraine frcm finne, and to order the life of a man. And in this fenfe likewife it is added to the Gof- pell,ás the Rule is to the hand of the workeman. For as the Rule worketh nothing without the hand of the Ar- tificer to guide and moderate it, bccaufe of it felfe it is dcad,and the workeman worketh nothing without his Rule ; * So the Law can onely Phew what is good, but gives no power at all to doe it (for that is the worke of the Spirit by the Gofpel)yct Evangelicall Grace directs a man to no other obedience than that of which the Law is the Rule. Now then to make fome ufe of' all this which bath beene laid : Thisewes,the ignorance and abfurdity of thofe men who cry downe preaching of the Law, as a courfe leading to defpaire and difcontentment, though we find by Saint `Paul that it leadeth unto Chrift. To preach the Law alone by it felfe, wee confeffe isto per- vert the ufe o.fit;.neither have we-any power or commif- fion fo to doe (for we have our vowel' for edification,and not for deftrution.) It was publifhed as an appendant to the Gofpell,and-fo mull it be preached;It was publifhed ln
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