Nerf 5. Reafon. vl. Inerpre- Itauon. the Epifile to the Romans. life unto them, they belong unto Moles Mat. 22. 37. Gal. 3. to. and are part of Moles Law, though they be written in the new Teftanunt ; as namely, chofe words of Chrift to the young man, Mat. 19. 17. If thou wilt enter into life', beep the commandements,al fo Rom. T m. Tell us now what inifrtillions we arc to learn from the latterpart of this verte ? S 1 L. Fit 11, that the righteoufneffe of the Law is a performance of percé& obe- dience. Secondly, that this perk& obe- 2. 6,7.and 13 For the Gofpell requiretla dience connot be obtained of any man workes as fruites offaith,not as merits of righteoufiielfe and lite. in this lite. Thirdly, that no man mutt look to have eternall life by his won ks Ti M.Whd aje is to fe made of Chic point? of the Law. For it is written, he that S 1 L. It helped) us to diftinguifh be- Both them (hall live thereby , but none tween the fentences of the Law and doth them,therefore none fhàll live by of the Gofpell;tor the Gofpell doth of-' them.And note this, thatrighteoufnefle ten promife life eternal!, ..nd falvatiort' and lite are denied to come by the Law, to repentance and good workes:but not in ref! e& of us who do it not. as they are performance of the Law, but T t as. But how may it be proved that as the tokens and fruits of a lively faith, there is none that dot ¡o the ork1 s oft he Law whereby the promife of eternal! life is perfr£tly? apprehended. 1 S s L..Unregenerate men cannot doe T 1 M.27;wgo forwards,and (hew us what them,for they are ev ill from their youth is meant by doing, [He tbat doth.] S 1 L. To [do] fgnifies to keep and performe exa&ly and molt perte&ly, without any the leali failings at Any time ; for here the fentence islegall;but w hen the fentence is evangelical!, then to do lignifies no more but to defire, to take care, and to endeavour to doe what we may, and what lies in us, as john 13. 17. If you knog the fe things, hap - pyareyeifyedotkm. 389 1 Dol?. 2 Doc?. 3 Dot?. up,Gen.6.5.and 8.2o. neither regenerate men can fully do them, for in many things we fin Nil, James 3.2. t john 1. 8. T 1 m.If Gods Law be not pogible to be di doubt. kept,then it fhou'dfeem that the pramije of life made unto it, is ridiculous and idle. S i L. Nay, not fo, for it was once poflible to obey perfe&ly in our creed- on. Secondly, the keeping of the Law is poflible to Chrift, though it be not to us,who yet have title to eternall life by T r M. What is meant in ottr Text by Chrifts fulfilling of it. Thirdly,theele& [Ogle things ?] by grace in this life are made able in S r L.The Statutes and Laws of God, force meafure to keep, and (hall be able as appeareth by the 5. verle of the 5. to doe it perfe&ly iu the life to come, C hap. ofLair. when they (hall-love God and their T r m Of what life doth this Text freak? neighbour, with all their heart. L t L. Notofa temporall life onely, T t M. What uje osto be made of tiefe (as fonte under(tand it) bnt of eternal! doctrines concerning our great unablenej a to life all(); which appeareth by compa- have righteou fneffe by the Law? ring this place with Math. 19. 17. For St L. Fir(t, it confuteth fuch as as the law threatneth death eternal! to look for eternall life by the workes of every tranfgreflòr; fo it propoundeth the Law, which indeed can minifler no- life,both temporall and eternall, to the thing but death to us, fithence we can - perfi& keeping of it; unto which is re- not keep it. For as it promifeth life CO quired thete three things. First, that all the dooers,fo it threatneth death to him the ftatutes of the law of God be kept that fades but in one point ; and what the little as well as the great. Secondly, man living is hethat finneth not? Se- that they be kept with the whole heart, the whole mind,and the whole ftrength. Thirdly ,that they be kept al our whole life long, until! the lati gafpe and yeel- ding up of the Ghoft. Deut. 27.26. Solution. `Fife. condly, it ferveth to humble us, in as much as by our own fault we are made unable to do the workes of the Law in that perfeEtion that it requireth ; for that it cannot give . us righteoufnetîe L 1 2 and ,
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