EpifllecfS. Paul to 7ituJ. CHAP.t.I I. -Which time if irbernegte&ed, there is no time hereafter allotted to learn 437 them in. The latter made is further remooued , and concernerh the life to come ; namely, the fruition of our hope , that is by Metonymic , our glorie hoped for, in the appearing of Chrill the 'Nightie God, which that ic,may be a fpurre toour more godly coùrfe, weare willed to expe62. So that the briefe fcope and funrtne of thewords is, as though he had thus 1 Para t,rate. plainely fpoken : There is great reafon,OTitus, that thou fbouldfl thus p urge all forts of perfons, young and olde, men and women , bond and 1 free,vnto loch feuerall duties & vertues,as may [aloft beautifie their pro- feflion; becatife that bleffed dobtrineof grace, offering faluation freely not only to M.af#ers,but euen to feruants,hath more brightly fhined out in their tall, then euer before in former ages : and like a fchoolemaller inflruð, that we fhouldbothdenie vngodlines and unlawful] lutis,as altothat we fhould moderate our owne affeetionswith fobriety,exercife righreoufneffe towards others, and in regard ofGod,praëìi fe thepow- er ofthat religion which weprofefle: and further vrgech vs with Chic fl- log, delire to expee} and long after that heauenly bleffednes & immortal] glorie now onelypoffeffed by hope,but which fhallbe fully aßitred vs when iefus Chrift that great Godandour Sauiour (hall appease the fe- cond time toour full redemption. For thegrace ofgod] Doïfr. Although the dorineoftheChurches of the olde arid newe Tef}ament be the very ielfe fame, in regard z.of theauthor,who is God: z. fubftanceand matter,vvhich is perfeel righteoufnes required in both: 3. fcope and ende, to the iuliification of a fanner before God ; yet are there diucrfeaccidentalt differencesbetween them, which that we may thebetter vndertland, both the offices, and the benefits byChrifl', are meet to be knowne:fowe ofthem we (hall note out ofthefe words as we 11,;(1, ifference [hall come veto them.The firfi difference is,in that the Gofpel is called Law&Gofpd grace, which word the Lawe acknowledgeth not :nay chele two are op- pofed,to be vnder the lawe,and to be vnder grace. Tobe vnder the law, is not tobe vnder it asa ruleof life, for fo all beleeuers on earth, yea the Saints and Angels inheauen arc vnder irbut to be vnder the yoke of it, which neither wenor our fathers were able to beate. For to omit the leaf part of the yeake, Handing It) the oblcruanionof a .many,z.coftly, a. laborious, .1.. burdenfotríe ceremonies,what a killing letter is the law, w iehcomenapdethánwardandperfe&righteoufoeflè, for nature and aioits,dnd rhatin our owne petfons ? which promifeth life vpon no o- ther condition but ofworkes? dot this, and lime: and thefe muff be fuch as Gat.3.1a. ,,mull be framed according to that perfe 9 light and holineffe ofnature, in whichwe are ereated,r which wrappeth vs vnder the curieof. Lione, E e z and
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