d Theſ: Pillars and Apoſtles which have among you the greateſt 25. r-vucation, added no new Noctrin to us, gave us nothing new 1
13 And the other Jews / difſembled likewiſe with
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G21 of his OfFc5s in the bieſing which God had given to his la- | +-mpe7ing here doth not fignifie any a& of : h "they looked upon him and B.rr.h45 nw wig much Pits as theamelves; and in token ot it gave them their ht Hands (a token of admitting into fellowſhip, 2 Xzps 10. 15+
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fuch) but the example of Leaders in the Church, wh vf reputation _ Os IS a kind of comnul# a are Interiours, and who have a great vene ati "7" So the word here uſed Pvzoyudi Core, is uſed 0 won = to expreſs the force of exhortations and aroumen+« compuliion tie word is uſed, Znke 14. 23. Peter by 1; and poſſibly by ſome words and arguments he uſed, thoſe proſelyted Jews, who were in communion with of Galatiz, to obſerve the Jewiſh Rites; ſo that by not only contradiet himſelf, who by his former walking ; Gentile Church had pratically afſerted the Gofi Pel liberty P 4. 3
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in the liberty which Chriſt had preached for them, taught them 3 and alſodrew others away from the Truth t] owned and prattiſed. This was the cauſe of Pau!'s ſb open a lick reproof of him.
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r Not ſinners of the Gentiles. The Gentiles were ordinari}s Called þ
ſhip; (for whoſe ſake there Was a peculiar Court a lotted in 7) Temple, called, The Court of the Gentiles) Yet not beins t the obligation of the Jewiſh Lan, they went urider the denom) wy tion of tinners by the Jewsz and the mc of the Gentiles = really ſinners, and that eminently ; (for ſuch the word here af ordinarily fignifieth ) as the Apoſtle deſcribeth their manner Rom. 1. 29, 20, 31. Me
bc juſtified by the faith of Chriſt, and not by the wor Heſh be juſtified z. and declared righteous in the fight of God.
or Moral. For it is manifeſt, that altho' this Queſtion about juſti- fication by works began about Circumciſion and works done in obe- dience to the Ceremonial Law, yet the determination of it extend- ed further. For the Apoſtle by the Law underſtands that Lax by which is the knowledge of ſin, Rom. 3. 20. Now the knowledje if ſin, is neither only nor chiefly by the Ceremonial Law : Nor did ever any of thoſe againſt whom the Apoſtle argueth, think, that men could be juſtified by obedience only to the Law contained in Ordinanc?s; nor could boaſting be excluded (which the Apoſtle ſheweth, Rem. 3. 27. was God's deſign in fixing the way of a Sinners juſtification) if Men might be juſtified by works done in obedi- ence to the Moral Law; nor was it the Ceremonial Law only, the violation of which works wrath, Rom. 4. 15 or diſobedience to which brought Men under the curſe, chap. 3. 10. x But we are juſtified by believing in Chrift ; not by Faith as it is a work of ours, (for that was denied before ;) nor by Faith as a Principal efficient cauſe, for in that ſenſe it is God that juſtifieth 3 nor as a meritorious cauſe, for ſo we are juſtified by the blood of Chriſt ; but by [:ich,
as an inftrument apprehending and applying Chriſt and hisrighte- ouſneſs. y We ( faith the Apoſtle) that are Jews, knowing this, have not only aſſented to the truth of the Goſpel-propolition, bur accepted of this way of Salvation, and received the Lord Jelus; that we ſo doing, not trufting to the Law, or any obedienceof ours toit, might be abſolyed from the guilt of fin, and declared righte-
ous before God. 7 For no mortal Man ſhall ever be abſolved or decla- red righteous upon his own perſonal obedience to the Law of God,be- ing in the beſt imperfe&t, and much ſhort of what the Law requireth.
17 Bur if while we ſeek to be juſtified by Chriſt,
a Some Interpreters think, that the Apoſtle here begins his Dil courſe to the Gu12ri2us upon the main argument of his Epiſtle, iz- Juſtification by Faith in Chrift ; tho' others think it began werſ: 15: Tf (faith the Apoſtle) you make us grievous Offenders in our ex- pectation of being juſtified by Chriſt, and not by the works of the Law ; 6b You make Chriſt the Miniſter of fin, who hath taught us this. But other think that the Apoſtle het® obviateth a com- mon Objeetion which was then made (as it 'is alſo in our Age) a gainft the Dodtrin of Juſtification by Faith in Chriſt, viz. That 1 opens a door of liberty to the fleſh, and ſo makes Chrift - 0Mini/ier of ſn; as if he relaxed Mens obligation to the Law of God; whic is the ſame Objeftion which the Apoſtle anſwered in his Epiſtle to the Roms, chap. 6. If while we plead for Juſtification by Chrilt, we live in a courſe of notorious Diſobedience to the Law of G06, then Chriſt muſt be to us a Miniſter of fin, and come into the World to purchaſe for us a poſhbility of Salvation, tho' we 11VE in never ſo much notorious Diſobedience to the Law of God. AS !! there were no obligation upon Men to keep the Lai unle!s by their obedience to it, they might obtain pardon of fin and ju- juſtification. This calumny the Apoſtle accords :; Firit, by a gene” ral Averſation, God forbid ! ;
18 For if I build again the things c, which I de- ſtroyed 4, I make my ſelf a tranſzreſſor c.
c By the things which he 4-ftroyed, ſome underſtand the ſtat | fin; and from hence conclude the mutability of a ſtate of nr_e) tion ; But there is no need of that, it may well be underiivon's a conſtant courſe, and voluntary atts of fin. If I teach a Doctri that ſhall incourage a ſinful life, or if I ſhould live 11a courſe 0
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S Example, "otent'y moveg the Churches this fa, he dig 1 tha i = s . . . . b it þ 2 allo ſcandalized thoſe Chriſtians in theſe Churches who Acad in and Py} had Ky had nd pub. 7 4 |
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the Jews /inrers; tho' it appeareth that there were divers of them worſhippers of the true God, and came up to "gps to wor: