98 An Exl)ofation upon rlaat law inl this text bath adou- !Ede accepti ion, a for ,the doetrin of the mo- rall law: this doth not rereale faith in 'Chritt, nei' eher yet natural! law: 2 fo the books of Mofes, wherein be many pro_ miles of Chrift, fication before God, unto eternall life. TIM. How did the Apoffles mat`s this manifefi to the world? S t L. After this fort : Fill, they preached repentance,fetting before mens eyes their tins and their jufl and fearfull condemnation thereby. Secondly, they gathered together out of the Scripture, the properties of Chrift, which fhould heale there evils. Thirdly, they applyed the fame properties to Jefus of Nazaret b. Fourthly, they befeech and exhort all men to beleeve in him as their onely Saviour. See Ads 2.22. and 10.36. and 13.26. Tim . What (ollowetb in filch as beleeve filch things? S I L. Firfl, they obtains remiffion offins. Secondly, they were made in- wardly new, and outwardly they lived holily. Thirdly, they called upon God with perfeverance,communicatingtoge- ther in prayer, do &rive, breaking of bread, and all holy workes. Fourthly, they fledfaftly put their trufl in God. Fiftly, they regarded not riches,for they laid the price of their things at the Apofiles feet. Sixtly, they gave tellimo- ny of Chrift boldly. Seventhly, in his quarrell they bellowed their lives, and cheerefully fhed their blond: For proofe of all thefe, have you recourfe to the hiltory of the Ails. TIM. Flow if Ibis rigbteottfneffe maui- fefled without the Law? S r t. That is, without the workes of the Law, or without this, that the Law bee fulfilled of us : for fome Gentiles were juflified, which knew not the Law: alit) fonte Jewes were juflified, which re- garded not the Law : and though force did both know, regard, and doe it, (as Nathaniel and Zachary) yet the obferva- tion of the Law by them, was not the caufe why they were juftifìed. The law then is an helpe to jollification; info - much as it doth accufe and condemne us, and fo drives to Chrift accidentally, as a difeafe brings to the Phyfitian: but the law of it felfe bath no flrength to forgive fin, and to fuggeft and works faith into our hearts, or to enable us keepeit perfe&ly, that wee might be ju- Chap.3 hified thereby. . T t m. Haw many waves bath this rigbs { teoofnes wi Ines of the Law and the Prophets? zohn e40, Sit. Sundry waies.Firft, by evident A&sle.43 and cicare f ntences, which prophefied Rim' 12 . of Ch rift, and of faith that juttifieth. Secondly, by types, and figures, which went before in the old Teftament, as the brafen Serpent, and Sonar his beeing in the Whales belly three daies ; all, by the Parch( Lamb, the Rock,the Cloud, which did fliewChrift.Thirdly,by facri- fices,Offerings, and Ceremonies of the Law,the blood of Lambes;& Goates,did lignifie Chrift to be flair for fin.Fourth- ly, by the Sacraments, as Circumcifion, and the Paffeover; all wh ch do beare teflimony, that our righteoufneffe, re- mit-lion of our fins, and eternal' life, are not to be found in our felves, but to bee fought by faith inJefus Chrift. DIAL'OOUEXII. Verfe 22. I mean the righteoufnrj of God, through the faith of Jefas thri f 1, in all, and over all that beleeve. TsMOTIlEUI. Nwbat fenfe is the faith of Jefue ufed here? S i t. Not a &ively, for that which Jefus had, but paflively, for that faith whereby he is had and received. T r M. What is the drift of this Text? S 1 L. To open and unfold more at large, that a. filch bee fpake concerning the righteoufneffe of God: laying forth, firfl,the inílrunient whereby it is apply- ed unto us, which is faith. Secondly, the perlons or lubjelt upon whom it is bellowed, which bee all beleevers with- out difference ofnations. Thirdly, the efficient and principal] caufeofrighte- outheffe, which is God. And fourthly, the material caufe,which is Jefus Ghritl. TIM. What is the rs bteouf nefe ofGod? S h L. That which cometh meetly by Gods good gift, and maketh us ac- ceptable to God, even able to ftand be- fore God ; this righ teoufneffe we do at- tains through faith which juftifieth ob- je&ively,
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