reftored by grace ſhould coniift in the rettifying of the faculties ried: f!
of the Soul, the underſtanding with ſpiritual £nowlcdge, and the
will with a ſpiritual inclination to embrace the things thar
pleaſe God. In communion with whom ſan&tifi* Souls do take
in hand a new courſe of life, and moye therein, ina ſpiritually
natural way, : ; 17 11 Where k there 1s neither * Greek nor Jew /, * i Cor. HL"
circumciſion nor uncircumciſion 2, Barbarian, #2 3:
Scythian #, bond zor free o; but Chriſt 7s all, and \ |
in all p. | | + He prevents the reaſoning of thoſe, who did not negle&
Regeneration, and place Religion in meer Externals, ſhewing
that in the new-man, or true ſanfification, andreal Chriltianity, |
there was ſufficient to' ſave us, in communion with Chriſt, |
without thoſe external obſervances falſe Teachers did tickle for me"
2s neceſſary. 1 God in effeQually calling Perſons into a Rare of | FI
Regeneration, had no regard to thoſe known diftinttions then in |
the World, of thoſe who were born of the Genrnles or the ſeed of
Abrabam, Mat. 3. 9. Fokn 8. 39. Rom. 2.11, & 10.12. & 11,
7, 11, 12, fee on Gal. 3.28, m He works upon thole who are
not circumciſed, as well as on thoſe who are circumciſed now
Chriſt is come, Gal, 5,6. & 6. 15. ſince which the poſterity of
Faphetr conftituting the .greater part of the Genrile Church, do
dwell in the Tents of Shem according to Noah's Prophecy, Gen, |
9. 27. compared with Balaam's, Numb, 24. 24. Shem and Cham "
are not excluded, yet (a learned Man obſerves) the faith of
Chriſt ſrom the Ages of the Apoſtles hath flouriſhed mbft hi-
therto in Europe and the parts of 4{4 where Fapher's Lot lay, pd
and as of old ſome of the latter might, ſo we know of the former ba &
many of late have paſſed into America, n Upon the Apoftles add-
ing Barbarian, Scythian, without conjunttion either copulative
or disjun@ive, ſome have enquired whether theſe two ſhould be
Balanced in the like oppoſition with the former ? And jt may be
faid there is no more neceſſity for ſuch exaQnels here, than elſe-
where in the like form of ſpeech, Rom. 8. ulr, 1 Cor. 3. 22, and
the moſt think here isan incteaſe'or the Oration, underftandin ;
by Scythian (which is now more ftriftly the Tartarian) the mot 8g"
barbarous of the Barbarians, Yet, becauſe the Grecians ſome- 1h :. time accounted the World; beſides themſelves { who were poliſh- "5 ed with humane Learning and Philoſophy) Barbarians, if any « i
think there ought to be an oppofition betwixt the Barbarian and Scythian, then by Barbarian (1. e. in the Philoſopher's reckoning) may be underſtood the Fews 3 by Scythian the Gentiles. So Fews, Circumciſion, Barbarian, as in a parallel, are oppoſed to Gentiles, Uncircumcifion, Scythian, For Scythians being nume- rous, whereby ſome uſed to expreſs the Nations (as Symachus | tranſlates, Gen. 14 9. Tidal King of the Scythians) and ſo reckon il. the whole World might be divided into the Fews and Scythians ATE. no otherwiſe, than into circumciſed, and uncircumciſed. 9 As
to acceptance with God in Chriſt the diſtintions of People were aboliſhed with their obſervances and polities, becauſe,
ſomewhere they were more free, having milder Laws ; ſome- | where they were more ſervile, having more ſeyere Laws, V.i which was an indifferent thing now as to their being in Chrift, AaTevR concerned to ſubmit to certain honeſt Laws, Ordinances of Ma- | 3 giſtrates, 1 Per. 2.13, though not Fudtaic or judicial ones, In every condition high or low, whether of ſervice or freedom, AFS 10. 34, 35» 1 Cor, 7.20, 21, 22, Whoſdever hath put on | the new man in Chrift is accepted. Neither the eloquence of 4 the Philoſopher, nor the rudeneſs of him who is uncultivated ;
neither the liberty of the free-man nor the bondage of the ſlave
doth further or obſtrutt the work of the new Creation. þ But
they that are truly interefſed in Chriſt, have really put him on,
they are certainly priviledged with that which anſwers all, they
are indeed the blefjed with faithful Abraham, whether they be of
his ſeed according to the fleſh yea or no, P/al. 32. 2. Gal. 3. 7,
8, 9. having put on Chriſt, Rom: 13. 14.-they are all compleat
in him, ch. 2.10, He is all things to and in all thoſe who are
renewed, both meritorioufly and efcoctondy, I Cor, I. 30»
& 15,10, Gal. 2, 20, being by faith one with him who hath of all, they have all, Eph. 3. 17. either for their preſent ſupport,
or their eternal happineſs, Affts 4, 12,
12 Put on therefore q as the ele& of God holy and beloved r bowels of mercies /, kindneſs t, hum- bleneſs of mind 4, meekneſs w, long ſuffering x,
q As he had mention'd ſome particular vices of the old Man ji! (St they were to put off, v. 8. he doth here infer that they might METS: be compleat in Chrift, there be particular virtues and graces of | \ots the new 'man they are to put on, or being new Creatures con- 'P tinually to exerciſe themſelves in. r Choſen of God before all time, and effeually called in time,from the reft of mankind , ſee Fohn 15, 16, Kom. $. 29, 3% Epb. 1.4, 5. 2 Thefſ. 2. 17, Saints not only by obfignation, but renewed by the ſanctifying Spirit, ch, 1, 2, 1 Pet, x. 2. beloved with a gratuitous and (pecial "of love of complacency, Fohn 4. 10,11, Fobn 14.21. Kon. 1. 7, 3; 1 Theſſ, 1. 4. {He would have us put on, 2, e. exerciſe (heing ſanEtitied by the Spirit) mercy, not ſimply, but according to the Zebrew phraſe, bowels of mercies, z. e. tendetnefſes of com- pathon, reſenting the miſeries of our brethren as ſharing with Wir F chem in their ſufferings, from our very heart, ſee Luke 6.26. 2m, I2. 15. G4).6. 2. Eh. 4.32. Pet. 3.8, t Cor:rtetie and good-- neſs, Gal. 5.22. endeavouring to ſuccour one another in alt offices of benignity, 2 Cor. 6.6. 1 Vet.g, 14, 1 A fincere (not an affe- ed) holinels of ſpirit,'ee on Eph.g.2. Phil.2.3- wGentleneſs and of) mildnels, receiving one another with an open heart and pleaſant 30
countenance, ſee Gal.s.13, 23. &6. 1, 11befſ.2. 7. x Patience, iy
bearing affronts and outrages with other vexatious affitions
without. exaſperation, abiding ſedate after many wrongs offered, ; ak
ch, 1. 1T, Ads 5,41, 2 Tim 2.10. & 4.2. 1 Pct. 4. 19. "16x Þ 5 ” 2. 1] I 3 Fore 'F 7; %
Chap. III.
13. Forbcaring one another y, and forgiving}
[1 Or,com-gne another, if any man have a || quarrel againſt
17% f»+4iVf, <
any z ; even as Chrilit torgave you, ſo alſo do