1,42 A Commentary upon the Godet Chap.2o. therein , feales up Iove and favour to him. Verfe 22. He breatheth on them,andfaith,&c.] Otherwife,wh® had been fiifficient for thefe things? TheMiniftry is a burden tobe oaks ipfis etiz trembled at by theAngels themfelves, faith Chryfoftome. Father 47peles tse- Latimer when at the comming in of the fix Articles , he, tokeep mendum a good confcience, reigned uphis Bifhoprick, puttingoffhis ro- chet, he fuddenlygave a skip in the floor -for joy, feeling his fhoul- 'Aft. & Mon.. ders fo light , and being difcharhed , as heMaid, of filch an heavy /0/.1578. burden. Now the Spirit wherehe isbeftowedby Chrift heaves at dezrxauóx. oneend (as SPauls word imports) and takes offthe brunt ofthe sz rc, Eft ma bnfinefïe from us. He oyls our wheels, and makes us drive merrily. nusproprium, He helpsour infirmities, edgeth our fpirits, fteeleth our faces,filleth ut altGalen us us with matter, furnifheth us with words , does all our work for ris. When I firft came into this City (laid Calvin upon his death bed, inhis fpeech tohis fellowMinifters) I found all out of frame, Me1ch, Adam. and met with many malicious Oppofites. But our LordChrift fo in vita Caly. fettled and ftrengthened me, who by nature (to fpeak troth) am eafilydaunted , Vi nullis illorum conatibus ceferim,.that I ftoutly withitood them. Verfe 23. whofoevers fins ye remit, &c.11 Remiflïon offin is the chief benefit of the Gofpel : And for the Creed (which is the fumof the Gofpel) all the former Articles areperfe6ted inthat of Remiffton offnnes : and all the following Articles are effeefs Rhein. ye. of it. Nownone can remit fins,but God ; to fpeakproperly: Pa- pills tell us ofone that could remove mountains : but to remitfins is peculiar to God alone. Man may remit the trefpaffe, but God only the tranfgreffion. Howbeit Minifte.rs may , andin fome ca- Job.3; 13 fesmuff declare untoman his righteoufnefe ; pronounce in Chrifts name,the truly penitent righteous inGods fight, byChrifts righte- oufnefl'e freely imputed, and given unto them. They muff alfo re- tain, by the fameauthority, andbinde upon impenitent;lnners ( fo Z Cor.Io 6. continuing) their fins todeftruc`fion, Havingin a readines to revenge all difobedience. This we may do, as Minifters,and more weclaim not. Verfe 24. But Thomas one ofthe twelve.] Aman cannotbewil- fully abfent from thepublikeAffemblies but once , without great danger anddámage.Thomas was abfent,perhaps about fome weigh- ty caufe. It may be he lurkt and laydole for fear ofthe Jéws : or it may be he was providing.,and fetlinghis own private affairs,now his Mafter was (lain : but what ever the caufewas , the effe t was grievous ; he was wofully hardened. Verfe
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