CHAP.2.I I . v1Cotnmentarie vpon the 1 438 and infolds vs in the ìuf}ice ofGod, without (hewing any mercie at all? What a yoke is it that is euer gallingvs for finne,partly (hewing it,part- iy..(not as a caufe indeede, but occafonally ) increafing it, it beeing the flrengthaffirms ? i .Cor.t 5.56. Now tobe under grace, is tobe freed from all this bondage;not one- colo(t .io. ly from thofe elements and rudiments of the world,but efpecially,t.When weave nor ve the yoake ofperfonall obedience to iuf;ification, is by grace cranflated der é pc&s to from bcleeuers, to the perfonof Chrifi our furetie, fo that bee doing a the lawe, we might Luc by it. 2. When duties are not urged accor- a ding toourperfeC3efiate ofcreation, but according to the prefent mea- lureofgrace receiued ; not according to full and perfc& righteoufueffe, but according to the finceritie and truth of the heart, although from weake and impede& faith and loue: not as meriting any thing, but one- ly as :citifying the truth of ourconuerfion : in all which, the Lord ofhis 3 grace accepreth the will , for the deed done. ;. When the molt heauie curie of the Law is remoqued from our weake (boulders, and laid vpon thebacke of lefusChrifl, euen as his obedience is is tranflated vnto vs: ttom,8.r. andthus there is no condemnation to thofe thatare in him. 4. When the firength of the law is abated, foas beleeuers may fend it to Chrifi for performance : for it cannot vexe vs as before the minifierie of grace it could; which is an other law, namelyoffaith, towhich wee are bound, the which not onely cancommand vs as the former, but alto giuegrace andpower toobey andperforme in forceacceptable fort thecommaun- dement. And this is the do ring ofgrace, which we are madepartakers of. Vii. T. EueryChrifliaa ought to take vp that exhortation,z,Cor.á. I. Weebefeechyouthatyou ravine nsttbegrace of God in vain: not that the fauing gracesoffaith and loue, &c. may be receiued and loll againe, which is thePopi(h colle&ion from the place, which fpeaketh onely of the doditineofgrace and faith,whichmay be received in vaine, and is of all fuckhypocrites whoneuer knew what need they flood of this grace: and therefore force recciue it into theircares, not loto their hearts ; into their profcflìon, not into their praéuife; into their lippes and tongues, but neuer into the loue, ioy, andother affe6tions oftheir hearts. Where- as could they fee the glorie of thisminifiration, they would.exceede that a'nä may How people in their acclamation andcrie,Grace, gracevato :.newchathe reeeiireth the ,Queft. But howmay aman knowe whether he receiue this grace in grace of God vaineor no? e/tnfre. By there notes: t. Whofoeuer receiueth this grace in truth,& nor to °"n in truth, he receiueth together with the commandement, a power which enablethhim in anacceptable performance of it: for howfocuer the law eicor,3,e, is a dear letter, yet theGofpel beleeued, is 4quickningfpif* the words of
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