1s underſtood than is expreſt; he means, rhar Juſtiticatien and eternal Salvation is the portion of ſuch. The poſitive is includes!
in the negative; it is Gods Cord-mnarion only from which ſuc 5
are in Chriſtare exempted ; they are neverthelels condemned. and cenſured by men, and ſometimes by th-ir own Conſciences roo.
c So we fill it up, butin the Original "cis only ro tim in Ch4rif Jeſus. The Phrate imports, that there is a Myſtical and Spiritual Union betwixr Chriſt and Believers. This is fomeruncs exvretied
by Chriſts being inthem, Y-»ſe 10 _ 2 Cor. 13. 5, Col. 1. 17. and
here by their being in Chriſt, See 1 Cor. 1,30 1 john «&, 20; Chriſt is in Believers by his Spirit, and Believers are in Chriſt by Faith. 4 This Clauſe deſcribes th: Perſons who are united to Chriſt,
or who are exempted from Cerd:mna: on. 'I hey are ſuch as walk nor,
&c. By Fleſh underſtand the corrupt nature that is in man. wid.
chap. 7. 18, 25. John 3. 6. Gal. 5. 17. to walk after it, is to be
led and guided by the motions of it That is, it is not their Prin-
ciple and Guide, there is another Nature or Principlc in them by which they are guided and aGted; and what that is, the nezr words tel] you. By the Spirir ſome underſtand the Perſon of the Spirit, others the Grace of the Spirit, the New or Divine Nature
(as it is called) which is implanted in the Soul, in th: work of Re- generation: This is called the Spirit. Mar. 26. 41. John 3.6. Gal. 5. 17.
To walk after the Spirir, is to be led and guided by the counſels
and motions thereof. Ir is to regulate and order the whole con- verſation according to the rule of the New Creature, or according
to the line and ſquire of God's Word and Spirit. You have
the ſame Phraſe, Gal. 5.16. 25. To walk aftcr the Spiric, is not
only now and then to have ſome good Motions,or ro do ſome good aCtions, but 'ris to perſevere and go forward therein ; walking is a continued and progreflive motion. The connexion of theſe two ſhews that Negative Holineſs is not enough ; we muſt not only abſtain from evil, but do good.
2 For * the law of the Spirit of lite e in Chriſt Je- « John 8 ſus f, hath made me free from the law of lin g and 35. death þ, Chap 6. e Some underſtand hereby the DoQrine of the Goſpel, which is 15- 22 called rhe Law of the Spiris of Life, becauſe it is the Miniſtry Gal. 5. 1. of the Spirit and of Life. Others underſtand the Efficacy and Power of that Grace and Holineſs, wherewith rhe living and quick-
ning Spirit of God hath filled the Human ature of Chritt. Orhers rather underſtand theSpirit as regenerating and workingtheNew and Heavenly Life in the Soul, with great Power and Ethcazy, f. 4. e Whith was poured out upon him, and doth till relide in him af-
doth
tke regenerate, but many times 1t overcomes and vid. wer, 15.p.4.c, ro its ſelf, The antecedent is pur
ter a very eminent manner, vid. ja, Ir. 2. Luke 4. 1, or, in Chriſt Jeſus, is as much as by Chriſt jeſus; "tis he that gives and conveys this Spirit, how, when and tro whom he pleaſerh, g By /# here TEE 2 he
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Chap. VIII. he aims chiefly at Orignal $/n.; he doth not ſay, that thoſe who are in Chriſt are ſimply and abiojutely delivered from Sin, but from the Law of Sin; i.e. the Power, Dominion, and Tyranny thereof + i. e. From $: that is deadly, or of a deadly Nature, asthe Spirit of Life is the living Spirit ; ſo Sin end Death is no more, {ay ſome, than deadly Sin. Others take death to be diſtint from Sin, and think he ſpeaks of a double deliverance : And then by Dear, they underſtand eternal or the ſecond dearth ; wid. Rev. 20. 6, Theſcnceof the whole is this: That the mighty power of the renewing and quickening ſpirit, did free the Apoſtle, and doth free all Believers from the command and rule of Sin, ſo*that ir doth not reign over them, as formerly it did ; and being thus freed from the power of*$in, they are alſo freed from the power of Death and eternal Condemnation. So it ſeems as a proof of the tore- going propolition, That there is no Condemmation to rhem, QC.
3 tor what the law || could not do 7 |, in chat 1t was weak through the fleſh k, God ſending his own Son /, in the likeneſs of ſinful fleſh 7, and {| forſin », condemned