EpcJUC ofS. Paultv ritzet. der, t.That thedayof trial! maynot be farce off , euen our day of fa- mine, by particular iudgement , or death. a. The general! judgement cannot be farceoff,when only fuch (hall bepronounced ble,(fed in wh fe fpirirs arefond noguile. 3.That he may fhrewdly fufpeEt himfelfe to be an hypocrite,who herein differeth from a foundChrilfian , that the one can he content to be called on,thc other is vnfoundat the heart,and can- not endure to be gaged. Ver. 14. e/Ind not taking heed to Iewif7, fabler, and commawndements of men,that turneawayfrom the truth. As the Phyfitianor Surgeon hauing cured fome difeafeor fore, at his departure,forewarneth his patient of fuch meares, and meanes , as may bring the fame, or worfe euillsvpon them: fo dealeth theApoUle, who hauing prefcribed a courfe, by meanes of which this corrupt and rude people, fhould be brought to foundneffe in the faith , he chargeth, that whereas they had been formerly addi&ed to lies,and fables, which had beene theoccafions, and feeders of their vnfoundnes,and fpirituall dif- cafes ; yet now they fhould no longer attend to loch fabler andcomman- dementsofinen, which otherwife will be as powerfull as euer to preuaile aggain.0 them, to the turning ofthem .4wayfrom the truth, the which is now preached among them. i.themeaning. a.the dotrines. Iewifh fables,f Although all fables inmatter of religion be to be re- ie&ed,yet efpecially he rnctioneth thefe of the lewes,becaufe they were molt dangerous ofall. 1. Becaufe they directly oppofed themfelues , as ouerthrowers of the whole doEtrineof the Gofpel , and the merit of Chrili. 2. They were perfwaded vnder molt lirong pretenfes,for they came as fromGods owne mouth, and from his owne people, from fuch as were borne vnder the law ; fo as they were vrged as things of lure!} ground,& firongefi authority from Godhimfelfc,and his greater`! Pro- phet Moles. But what were thefe fables ? Anfa+. Vnder this head may be comprehended all the falle gloffes, & falle interpretations of the law ofMoles,vrging the externall,and Iitterall,but not the internal! and fpi- rituall meaningof the law: for which corruption Chrißchallengeth the Iewith teachers,Matth.5.6. andy. chapters. 2. All their fabulous in- uentíon in their Talmud , fuch as that concerningthe comming of the Meffiah, and the great fear at his comming:and of the fruitfulnes of the earth,which at that time Thai brine in fiead ofBares ofcorn,loaues ofbread ; and a number fuch, ofwhichPaul faith , they ate for number infinite, and for vie, vnprofitable. 3. But the context in the verle fol- lowing,pointethvs to expound themof Tome other then thefc:namely, ofall thofe doólrinesof the Iewes whichconceived the legal!, and cere- rñontall obferuation ofdaies, meares, drinks, garments, wafbinus,per- fons, CHAP.I.14o 271 Pfal.;s.s. It will] fables what. Non legem fed legls minucias ergcbanc.
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