So Expof tion upon cumciIon is nothing to fuchas keep not the Law ) fpeaketh of impenitent tranf- greffors, filch Hypocrits as doe finne and continue in their finnes without i any godly griete for their falls, or con- fidence in the gracc of Chrilt for remif- fion oftheir faults; to there, indeed Sa- craments bring no benefit at all. How- beit filch as doe tranfgrelfe the Law by infirmitie againil their owne purpofc and refolution,being heartily forry up- on their difobedience once efpied, groa- ning with unfeigned fighes for the of- fence ofGod thereby,and endeavouring to arife by repentance ; fuch have fruit by the holy Sacraments, becaufe they Rand to theconditici9 upon which the force and benefit of The Sacrament do depend. For theykeep the Law,though not in their owne perlòn, yet in Christi in whom they beleeve, and for whofe fake their daily flips and faults of frailty are not imputed, Chrilt being made to the faithful( the end of the Law for righteoufnefi, Tom..io.4,5. of which righteoutneffe, as circumcision to Abra- ham, and the godly Fathers before Chrifi; foBaptifine and the Lords flip- per Mice Chrilt his comming be feales, affuw ing unto the godly beleevers, their juftífication with God by faith.. in Ch rift. Whereas to the unfaithful! and wicked livers, they are utterly voide,and of no force, except it be to Peal up their (Mt condemnation, and be a witneffe againft them. TIM . How doe youprove,that godlinefe si required in them that (hall profitably re- ceive the Sacraments, and tbat to ungodly men, that are vaine and of no life? S t L. By s Corinthians i 1.2q..the end of their examination, is to finde faith and repentance, which wicked perfons do want: Alto by the example of Judar, and of Simon t flagui, and by infinite teftimonies of holy Scripture, namely, by this Text which unto the promife of grace on Gods behalfe, mentioneth on the peoples part the condition of obe- dience, without which God is not bound to hand to his promife. Tr hi. What is the profit that a godly man taketb by the Sacramenti, if he come re- Chap./. pentantly,and doe beleeve the promifes of the Sacrament? S t L. Manifold and very great.Firil, it ftirreth np, and ftrengthneth faith in the forgiveneffe of our finnes by Chant, and foknitteth us more . raitly un- to God the Father by him. Secondly, it kindleth our love unto God. Thirdly,it kindleth our love one towards another. Fourthly, by it God mortifieth and killeth our corrupt lulls. Fiftly, iten- creafeth hope of heavenly glory in the faithful!. Laftly, itprovoketh thankful - neffe and prake to God for all his free mercies by Chrilt Jefus. D i AL000£ XVII. Vertes 2822 9. For be is not a Jew which ii one outward, neither it that Circumcifion which is out - ward in the fir/b: but he it a Jew which is one within, and the Circumcifion is of the heart, in the fpirit, not in the letter, whofe praife is not of men, but of God. TiSOOTHBus. V( Hat e drift efthir Text ? 1/ s is th To teach who is the true Jew, and what is true Circumcifi- on; and who is the falfe Jew, and coun- terfeite Circumcifion. T i M. What it falfe Circum:ifion, and who it afalfe Jew? Alwbat is true Cir- eumciRosa, and who it a true Jew? S i L. The falfe Circumcifion is that, which is outward onely in the flefh, and in the letter, whofe praife is of men. True Circumcifion, is that which is inward : alto in the heart and in the fpirit, whole praife is of God. Ti at .Whatdoye call outwardCircum- cifion,anda Jew outward: S i L. That is outward Circumci- fion, when the fore-skin of the flefh is pared away without any mortifica- tion of finne; and he is an outward Jew, which is one by profeifìon only, and before men, without any inward renewing of the minde by the fpirit of God, working F ' h and converfion of the heart unto Eód, which was the thing promifed on the part of ;the Cir- cumcifrd. Ti M.
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