102 a Camndentary upon the Gofbel Chap.! 6. 4 fhall be Mahomet ; but that the Chrifiians in malice toward them , have razedout thofe words. Is not this the efficacie of errour ? Verfe 8. efindwhen he is come, c c. ] This Texthad been eale, hadnot Commentatorsmade it fo knotty. He-will reprove J Orundeceive theworld, by refuting thofeodd Vi H. tta conceits and erroneous opinions , that men had before drunk in, ut ni!irt babeat and were poffefi of. He fhall clearly convince them ofthe hate- pod pr.ettxat. fulneffeoffin, ofthe neceflityof getting righteoufnefhe , both im- puted and imparted : both that of jufüfication inherent in Chrift, imputed tous, and that offanelificationalto , inparted by Chrift, inherent in us :. This latter is here called judgement , as it is like- sx,8áxrt. wife Matt. I 2. za.. Till he bringforth judgement toviîtory ;. that liar. r 2.1o: is weak grace ( called before a broken reed, fmoaking weeck) Cum viqua to P 9 corruption. p frufira a5fi/les:. erfec con uefi over Corr are with this Text to S?taga, eat. that of theApoflle , a Cor. 6.. r r. Such wereforce ofyou (fcilicet, rounds immundun) but ye are (in generali) wafhed from your fins, of the hatefulneffe whereof ye are now clearlyconvinced:. And (in particular) ye are fanîíified by the Spirit of our God, and ye are juftifed in the Name , that is , by the merit of the Lord jefus the Righteous, who is the propitiation for our finnes. Verte 9. Orkin,. becaufe they beléeve not in me- ]- Our Sa? viour inftanceth in the greatefi offns,unbeleif; which was the firfi fin,.and is.fiill.theroot ofall the refs, Heb. 3. 12. It is a fin againft the Gofpel, and rejects the remedy, that bath ofChrifts bloud, to. thewhich even the Princes ofSodome are invited,lfa. r .1c. It gives God the lie, and fubjec4 s a man to the rigour , coadion, and curie of theLaw. Verfe io.. Of righteoufne(fe ,. becaufe ec. ] What ftrength is there in that reafon ? This,: Chrift tookuponhim tobe our fiuety , and he mull acquit us of all our finnes, ere he can go to his Father. Verfe II. Of judgement ,. becaufe the Prince, &c..] Satan is, by the mighty work of theholy Ghoft, caí}out ofhis Trenches, ix/mudTa. Forts, Cages,.Cafiles, Heavenof mens hearts : corruption is de- 2 Cor.ro4. jeded, though not utterly eje&ed.. The Spirit lufteth againfi ä.uk z 18. the fleTh , &c. So that as we cannot do what goodwewould, becaufeof theflefh;, fo neither what. eviil we would,,becaufe .of theSpirit. Verfe.
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