c der.13,1i 4. the E pi(ile to the Romanes. red that they being breakers of the bee fulfilled, without failing in cite jot: Law, could have no benefit of falvation from the Law, which faveth none but the perfea keepers of it. There is aper- feEt keeping of the Law,either by (Thrift his obedience, imputed to the beletver (of this Paul fpeaketh not yet, till the third and fourth Chapters:) orelfe, fuppole any man by his owne ftrength could fulfill the Law, then fhould hoe thereby be ¡unified ; of this, the Apoftle here in this place, is to bee underftood. Moreover, there is a double Juflificati- on ; one in opinion, when men thinke and prefume they bee juft, as the Lawyer did that queflioned with Chrift, Luke to. and the Pharifees,Luke 16.15. Tee are they which jultifie your (elves. The o- cher, is in truth before God, which the Apottle nteaneth here, and faith ; that if any in their deeds could anfwer theper- feEìion of the Law, thereby he fhould be abfolved and pronounced juft, even in Gods fight, which is the true meaning of the word (Juftified) both here and elfewhere : as appeareth by the oppofi- tion between perifhingand juftifying;as alto betweene condemning and ¡uni- fying, Rom8.33.and efpecially,by that place, in Aets Chap. 13.verl. 39. From all things, from wbicbyee could not bee jufli- fid,&c. Where the word can have no other fence, but [Abfolved.] Note fur- ther, there is a Legal] ¡unification, and an Evangelicals. The latter,is by Chrift through Faith : the former, by keeping the Law perfifily. For the end of the Law, if not knowledge, but praaife, to make the creature wholly conformable to the Creator; therefore it mutt jufti- fie the performer. Of this ¡unification Legall,Pau1 now intreateth. Ti M. What was the leffon taught from hence ? S i L, That the Law abfolveth a man, giveth righteoufneffe and eternal! Iifç to them, which by their owne ftrength doe perferlykeepe the Law, and not to them which only know and profeffe it. T i M. What belongs to the perfect ¡eep- ing oftbe Law? S I L. Three things : First, that all Secondly, that it bee kept all our life Iong, even to, and even in the laí} gafpe. Thirdly, that it bee kept in per- feE1 manner, with per;eEl love of God and our neighbour. T i M. Dotb not the Law reward with life eternal!, tha fe which thus 1keepe it ? S t L. h doth fo, by reafon of the covenant which God hath made, Doe this and Iive,Levit.l T I M. Can an, perfon ¡has perfeElly do the Law? Si L. None fave Adam in his inno- cency, and the man Chrift, all other men ( without exception ) breake it. The reafon whereof, is, becaufe all men being borne in finne, cannot but in eve- ry thing tranfgrefre the Law, till they bee fanftifcd; and after they bee fan - &itied, they can keepe the Law but not perfectly, becaufe their new birth isim- perfea in this life, finne í1i11 ¡(riving againft grace ; whereof it followes,that none can challenge at all life eternall by the Law, or the worker thereof, as they be doneby us. T t at. What is the otillion of the Gentiles? S t L. They might alledge, that they had wrong done them to bee condem- ned , feeing they wanted the Law of Mof s. Unto which objeaion the Apo - flle doth anfwer, That though they lacked Mofes Law, yet they were not altogether without a Law. Firft, be- caufe they did fuch things as Motes Law required to bee done. Secondly, becaufe their thoughts excufing them in Wel- doing, and accufing them in e- vil- doing,did witneffe they had a Law, even the Law of nature, though not the Law ofAfofes. T s M. What is it to doe fetch things as be contained in the Law? S i L. Firft, that in matter of Reli- gion, to thinke there is a God, and that lice ought to be worfhipped. Secondly, in matters of manners to doe good things, as to releeve the poore, to helpe the helplefîe, to fpeake the truth, &c. Thirdly, in matters of policy, to pttni(h vices forbidden, and to doe good things commanded, 69
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