Ctun.2.14, ACommentarte vpon the lateeffe&in whomfoeuer it is effeE+uall to faluation : for he is made to fuch ofGod righteoufnefe andfaith¡station. In the lawe we rude of la_ oars, aswell as of altar¡, yeaand of the braten fea.In the Gofpel we read not onelyofblood, but of water (+reaming out of the fide of Chris}: and that his fweate in his agonie was waver and blood:The blood figni- fying the perfe6+expiation of the Cannes of his Church; and the water, the daily washing andpurging it from the remainders of her corruption. So the Apofile ioyneth theretwo together, Eph. s. a6. hegaue himfelfc forhis Church, that is, his life andblood, andpurged it with water tho- rough the word : and it is cleave that the Apofile lehn expreffeth both thefe benefits obtained by Chrill,namely, perfeét fatisfaE+ion for finne, and fanb+ification from finne;when he faith,that this is he that cameboth s.roh.g.d by water andby blood;and as here it is laid, that Chrif+gaue himfelfeto re- deeme andpurge,fo elfwhere in expreffe tearmes,co fanbìifie his Church, Eph.5.ay. Vfe. r. In that the death ofChrif+fernethfor our continual! clean- fing while we liue in this world; we are to take notice and acknowledg- ment ofmuch filthineffe andvncleannes euen in the be(: it is no flight foyle or flame that bathfoulded our natures,which will eafîly be blown or brufht off, for it flickcth neerer vs then our skinnes, that the vesie power ofChrifts death it Celfe,doth not wholly defiroy it whilewe liue; but we haue caufe tocrie out with the leper in the law, I am vncleane, I amvncleane: nay, the godly feewhat blackamoores they are, and howe hardly they change their skins : and what leopards they are, hardly par- ting with their (pots. And this made theApofile take fuch paines , that hemight attaine this fruit of Chrif+s deathand refurrek+ion, after he had beene long able tomaintains his iullification againft all challenges , and fay,who (hall lay any thing to the charge ofGods ele& ? and what (hall feparatevs from the loue of God ? well knewe hehow fart this unclean- nescleauethunto our natures,Behr. r a. T. And this challengeth a num- ber ofmonfiers of men, whole heartsbeeing gulfes and feasofiniquity, yea the common drainesand finksof all fiithinef+'e,doe flreameout no- thing but fuch as Chri(+fpeakethof, adulteries, murthers, thefts, coue- toufneffe, deceit, vncleannes,pride,thewicked eie,and curled (peaches; and yet charge themwith fuch filthineflíe, they iuflifie them(elues with thePharifie, they thankeGod they ferueGod as well as the bef+;haueas goodhearts as the bell, theydoe as well, and hue as well as the bell of them all : you cannot fallen on them any fenceoftheir foule finnes,they neede no purging nor washing : whereas the godly dailygroan and gristle in the fenceof the preferica of that with them, which they hate worfe then death it felCe. 5 s.Cor.r.;r. Ezod.;o38. aKing.'.sr. Theremull wedsbe much rncteannefie where is need of continnall cicanGna;. Oft. 20.
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