i 416 An Expofition upon Doubt. Solution. Doubt. Solution. Chap.i® which greedily follow their own lufts ; T I M. What is the dofirine from hence? to thew himfelf the Lord and Gover- S t L.That wretched is the efface of all Doltrirte. nour of the foules, as well as of the flefh people and perfons which live without of men, and is able to worke in them ei- the found knowledg of Chrifl, becaufe ther good things according to his mer- they are without God, firangers from cies, or evill things according to mens him, void of his life, full offoolifhneffe merits. Secondly, it warneth all men a- and finne, and fubjeft to eternall de- bove al things to beware,as of all finne, ftruÉtion. fo efpecially of finning wittingly and T I M. What ufethereof ? willingly, after many inftru &ions, and S 1 L. It ferves to move us to thank - benefits, and admonitions to amend- fulneffe for the light of the Gofpell, ment, for God will plague fuch fpiritu- and to walke in it while we have it, ally,by giving them overunto the pow- feeing thereby we are delivered from our er of finne, which is the molt grievous former condition of ignorance and un- judgement under heaven, and it is fo beleefe,and reflored to fuch a marvellous much the more greater,becaufe it is in- wifdome which makes wife to falvati- fenfible : for whereas all other judge- on: fee Chap.9. verfe 26. ments be without finne, this alone is with increafe of guilt and finne. Di e L o c ü H XIiII. T r M. Why dot!) he call the Gentiles [ no people] being Jo great a people? Vert 20,21. S 1 L. Becaufe firft they were Each And Efayirboldand faith ,Iwas found of them in the account of the Jewes, Mat. t 5. that fought one not,and manifeft to them that 28. Secondly, they were fuck in the asked not after me : and unto Ifrael he account of God himfelf, who reckoned faith, All the day long have I *etched them for no people, as they efteemed forth my hand unto a di¡obedient and gain - him for no God. Thirdly, becaufe they laying people. were not Gods people, they might as well be no people, as not his people; T I MOT H NUS. for as wicked men are faid to be dead in finneswhile they live, fo the Gentiles while they were ftrangers from God, were not worthy to be efteemed his peo- ple, or any people at all. T I M. But wherefore teamed) he them a feolifb people, feeing there were amoral them Philofophers and many learned men? Alto 17. 18. Rom. 1.22. I Cor. 1.20. S I L. They were indeed wife in the wifedome of the world, which is foo- lifhneffewith God, all true wifedome !lands in the knowledge of God, 3er.1 y. They have cart away thy words, what wifedome is therefore in them ? T I M. But Paul doth witneffe in Rom. I. 20, 21. that Gentles bad the knowledge of God, S t L. They had Tome literall and fuperficiall knowledge by the light of nature, through the view of the crea- tures,but no true and Paving knowledg by the light of the Spirit, through the underftanding of the Scriptures. Hence are there two teffimonies fetched ? S 1 L. Out of the Prophet Efay, Chapter 65. verfes r, 2. wherein the firft verfe which is here by Paul let latter, is the former in Efay, and the former here, is latter there : the Taft words of the firft verfe of Efay, being quite left out, and fome words in the fecond changed, but the meaning kept entire. T I M. What is the futnme of thefe ovo Texts ? S 1 L. The one is a confolatory Pro- phefie, foretelling the vocati ©n of the profane Gentiles, how they fhould be accepted of God unto mercy : the o- ther isa menacing prophefie,threatning reje&ion and eating off to the rebelli- ous and ftubborne Jewes,or the refuting of the Jewes for their obffinacy. .T I M. What meaneth Paul when he faith that Efay is [ bold ? ] S 1 L. The meaning is, that though he Summe. Interpre
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