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The three questions of free iustification. Christian liberty. The use of the Law Explicated in a briefe comment on St. Paul to the Galatians, from the 16. ver. of the second chapter, to the 26. of the third. By Sam. Torshell pastor of Bunbury in Cheshire.
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Torshell, Samuel, 1604-1650.
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or_o use_v of_o this_o truth_n use_v 1_o if_o we_o be_v at_o liberty_n by_o the_o law_n dead_a unto_o the_o law_n let_v we_o then_o stand_v fast_o in_o our_o liberty_n and_o labour_n dear_n nor_o desire_v we_o so_o to_o plead_v for_o thou_o will_v say_v to_o such_o depart_v from_o i_o we_o have_v not_o seek_v such_o a_o righteousness_n and_o therefore_o we_o sing_v for_o joy_n i_o now_o proceed_v to_o follow_v the_o apostle_n again_o in_o his_o own_o method_n we_o be_v still_o upon_o his_o first_o argument_n which_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o 20._o verse_n he_o have_v tell_v we_o before_o that_o he_o be_v dead_a unto_o the_o law_n now_o he_o expound_v his_o meaning_n i_o be_o crucify_v with_o christ_n christ_n be_v upon_o the_o cross_n as_o a_o public_a person_n he_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o law_n because_o crucify_v be_v dead_a the_o law_n can_v no_o more_o command_n and_o he_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o law_n we_o be_v crucify_v with_o he_o be_v dead_a with_o he_o we_o be_v crucify_v with_o christ_n for_o he_o be_v in_o our_o stead_n as_o a_o burgess_n in_o a_o parliament_n for_o a_o whole_a corporation_n or_o there_o be_v a_o donation_n to_o we_o of_o christ_n and_o all_o he_o so_o that_o his_o death_n be_v we_o yet_o this_o death_n give_v life_n and_o liberty_n nevertheless_o i_o live_v yet_o not_o i_o but_o christ_n live_v in_o i_o christ_n live_v in_o we_o in_o our_o heart_n so_o that_o this_o our_o spiritual_a life_n be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o life_n of_o christ_n live_v in_o we_o real_o and_o numeral_o the_o same_o for_o as_o the_o life_n of_o the_o natural_a body_n and_o head_n loc_n rollocus_n in_o loc_n be_v real_o &_o numeral_o the_o same_o because_o of_o that_o strict_a conjunction_n of_o the_o head_n and_o body_n so_o and_o much_o more_o be_v this_o as_o the_o conjunction_n be_v great_a and_o more_o close_o and_o therefore_o be_v christ_n call_v 20_o ambiguity_n lib._n 2._o the_o poen_n c._n 20_o our_o life_n col._n 3.4_o he_o that_o live_v in_o christ_n cease_v to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v before_o it_o be_v a_o pretty_a story_n which_o we_o find_v in_o saint_n ambrose_n a_o young_a man_n who_o have_v loose_o mis-spend_v his_o time_n take_v a_o journey_n into_o other_o part_n be_v by_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n convert_v at_o his_o return_n home_o he_o be_v meet_v and_o salute_v by_o his_o wanton_a love_n he_o entertain_v she_o with_o a_o coy_a and_o strange_a look_n she_o wonder_v at_o his_o carriage_n and_o think_v his_o travel_n may_v make_v he_o forget_v his_o former_a acquaintance_n begin_v to_o tell_v he_o who_o she_o be_v it_o be_v i_o it_o be_v i_o but_o the_o new_a convert_n return_v a_o answer_n much_o like_o rhis_n of_o the_o apostle_n ib._n sed_fw-la ego_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la ego_fw-la ambr._n ib._n but_o i_o be_o not_o i_o when_o we_o be_v crucify_v with_o christ_n we_o live_v not_o any_o long_o loc_n long_o non_fw-la vivit_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la quondam_a vivebat_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la quiâpe_fw-la qui_fw-la 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have_v the_o apostle_n by_o preoccupation_n answer_v that_o objection_n if_o you_o be_v dead_a how_o do_v you_o then_o live_v he_o answer_v by_o distinction_n of_o a_o double_a life_n 32._o non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la nostrarelinquerâ_n nisi_fw-la retinquamus_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la etc._n etc._n aliud_fw-la sumus_fw-la perpeccatum_fw-la lapsi_fw-la aliud_fw-la per_fw-la naturam_fw-la conditi_fw-la &c_n &c_n and_o a_o little_a after_o extinctus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la saevus_fw-la ille_fw-la persecutor_n &_o vivere_fw-la coeperat_fw-la pius_fw-la praedicator_n greg._n in_o evang_v hom._n 32._o natural_a that_o be_v my_o own_o spiritual_a that_o be_v the_o life_n of_o another_o make_v i_o i_o as_o paul_n be_o dead_a but_o i_o live_v as_o a_o christian_a the_o furious_a persecutor_n be_v crucify_v the_o godly_a preacher_n now_o live_v as_o gregory_n excellent_o explicate_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n he_o that_o will_v be_v my_o disciple_n let_v he_o deny_v himself_o but_o again_o they_o may_v object_v thou_o live_v by_o thy_o own_o life_n we_o see_v thou_o breathe_v move_a perform_v the_o action_n of_o a_o natual_a life_n we_o see_v thy_o flesh_n but_o christ_n we_o see_v not_o that_o he_o clear_v indeed_o i_o live_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o it_o be_v as_o no_o life_n i_o see_v speak_v eat_v drink_n sleep_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o flesh_n that_o lead_v i_o in_o these_o very_a outward_a thing_n i_o be_o also_o guide_v by_o my_o christ_n this_o he_o plead_v against_o the_o malicious_a 2_o cor._n 10.2_o 3._o there_o be_v some_o which_o think_v of_o we_o as_o if_o we_o walk_v according_a to_o the_o flesh_n though_o we_o walk_v in_o the_o flesh_n we_o do_v not_o war_n after_o the_o flesh_n we_o live_v not_o so_o as_o to_o obey_v the_o command_n of_o our_o lust_n he_o live_v by_o faith_n and_o in_o the_o latter_a word_n of_o this_o verse_n he_o note_v to_o we_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o faith_n i_o live_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o love_v i_o and_o give_v himself_o for_o i_o these_o together_o firm_a the_o believer_n that_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n love_v we_o that_o he_o manifest_v his_o love_n by_o his_o death_n for_o we_o faith_n stay_v not_o upon_o the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o simple_o such_o but_o upon_o the_o son_n love_v and_o die_v therefore_o it_o be_v say_v rom._n 3.25_o through_o faith_n in_o his_o blood_n hitherto_o have_v we_o pursue_v the_o first_o argument_n of_o this_o apostolic_a truth_n or_o according_a as_o our_o method_n call_v it_o the_o first_o reason_n of_o paul_n doctrine_n i_o shall_v pass_v the_o other_o more_o brief_o to_o hasten_v to_o his_o use_n or_o application_n argum._n 2_o 2._o the_o second_o argument_n be_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n the_o 21._o verse_n of_o this_o second_o chapter_n the_o text._n verse_n 21._o i_o do_v not_o frustrate_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o if_o righteousness_n come_v by_o the_o law_n than_o christ_n be_v dead_a in_o vain_a it_o be_v a_o argument_n ex_fw-la absurdo_fw-la from_o a_o double_a absurdity_n that_o will_v easy_o follow_v upon_o the_o grant_n of_o a_o contrary_a to_o this_o truth_n 1._o if_o we_o shall_v seek_v justification_n by_o the_o law_n than_o we_o shall_v make_v frustrate_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d i_o do_v not_o make_v frustrate_a the_o word_n dei_fw-la ambr._n non_fw-la sum_fw-la ingratus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la aug._n non_fw-la irritam_fw-la facere_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d do_v signify_v 1._o to_o contemn_v as_o heb._n 10.28_o the_o word_n be_v use_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o that_o despise_a or_o contemn_a moses_n law_n 2._o to_o reject_v as_o joh._n 12_o 48._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d &c_n &c_n he_o that_o reject_v i_o and_o receive_v not_o my_o word_n 3._o to_o disannul_v as_o gal._n 3.15_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d if_o it_o be_v a_o man_n covenant_n no_o man_n disannul_v it_o how_o great_a be_v that_o evil_a and_o consequent_a absurdity_n by_o seek_v a_o legal_a righteousness_n to_o make_v frustrate_a that_o be_v to_o contemn_v to_o reject_v to_o disannul_v the_o grace_n or_o free_a dispensation_n of_o mercy_n of_o god_n what_o sin_n be_v there_o more_o heinous_a and_o yet_o what_o more_o common_a when_o we_o do_v expect_v of_o our_o own_o we_o do_v as_o it_o be_v spit_v upon_o christ_n contemn_v he_o as_o vile_a we_o as_o it_o be_v tread_v he_o under_o foot_n cast_v he_o away_o as_o unuseful_a we_o as_o it_o be_v frustrate_v all_o his_o merit_n as_o be_v of_o no_o value_n high_a and_o fearful_a sin_n of_o a_o bloody_a dye_n and_o treasonable_a nature_n for_o thus_o we_o set_v work_n in_o the_o place_n of_o christ_n and_o
jew_n it_o pertain_v not_o to_o the_o gentile_n and_o thus_o it_o can_v right_o be_v say_v to_o be_v abrogate_a unto_o they_o for_o none_o can_v be_v free_v from_o the_o law_n but_o they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n gal._n 4.5_o the_o gentile_n be_v no_o more_o under_o moses_n his_o law_n as_o be_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n than_o the_o roman_n under_o the_o law_n of_o lycurgus_n or_o solon_n the_o lawgiver_n of_o lacedaemon_n and_o athens_n the_o gentile_n sin_v not_o against_o moses_n hiâ_n law_n but_o against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o be_v they_o say_v to_o have_v sin_v without_o law_n rom._n 2.12_o yet_o for_o substance_n this_o law_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o moses_n the_o decalogue_n for_o when_o the_o gentile_n which_o have_v not_o the_o law_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n these_o have_v not_o the_o law_n be_v a_o law_n unto_o themselves_o rom._n 2.14_o concern_v the_o sâaelites_n some_o of_o they_o believe_v some_o of_o they_o persist_v in_o unbelief_n of_o the_o former_a of_o these_o there_o be_v not_o any_o question_n but_o they_o be_v free_v christ_n be_v give_v to_o redeem_v they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n that_o they_o may_v receive_v the_o adoption_n of_o son_n gal._n 4.5_o and_o of_o these_o we_o may_v understand_v the_o scripture_n of_o the_o first_o position_n the_o latter_a sort_n though_o they_o be_v not_o free_v by_o christ_n because_o not_o in_o christ_n yet_o now_o they_o be_v nec_fw-la mosaici_n nec_fw-la christiani_n proper_o neither_o christian_n nor_o mosaicke_n because_o christ_n howsoever_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n therefore_o they_o be_v without_o ceremony_n and_o without_o law_n as_o be_v but_o usurper_n upon_o that_o which_o they_o still_o hold_v and_o use_v to_o believer_n it_o be_v not_o give_v as_o from_o moses_n and_o therefore_o none_o of_o they_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o it_o as_o his_o for_o though_o they_o embrace_v the_o same_o command_n that_o 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not_o hinder_v their_o consociation_n for_o these_o do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n rom._n 2.14_o the_o curse_n be_v that_o among_o other_o thing_n which_o divide_v and_o equal_o divide_v they_o both_o from_o christ_n now_o that_o they_o may_v be_v subject_v to_o and_o meet_v in_o one_o christ_n the_o curse_n must_v be_v abrogate_a 2._o a_o second_o cause_n be_v because_o it_o be_v a_o intolerable_a burden_n as_o peter_n tell_v they_o in_o the_o council_n it_o be_v such_o a_o burden_n as_o neither_o they_o nor_o their_o father_n be_v able_a to_o beâre_v act._n 15.10_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o whole_a law_n all_o the_o kind_n and_o the_o apostle_n apply_v it_o i_o testify_v again_o to_o every_o man_n that_o be_v circumcise_v that_o he_o be_v a_o debtor_n to_o do_v the_o whole_a law_n gal._n 5.3_o that_o which_o make_v the_o law_n heavy_a &_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v a_o burden_n be_v abrogate_a and_o therefore_o christ_n call_v we_o to_o another_o burden_n a_o easy_a one_o take_v my_o yoke_n upon_o you_o for_o my_o yoke_n be_v easy_a and_o my_o burden_n light_n mat._n 11.29_o 30._o this_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n that_o we_o keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o his_o commandment_n be_v not_o grievous_a 1_o joh._n 5.3_o 3._o a_o three_o cause_n be_v because_o the_o law_n be_v unprofitable_a there_o be_v very_o a_o disannul_n of_o the_o commandment_n go_v before_o for_o the_o weakness_n and_o unprofitablenes_n thereof_o for_o the_o law_n make_v nothing_o perfect_a but_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o a_o better_a hope_n do_v by_o the_o which_o we_o draw_v nigh_o unto_o god_n heb._n 7.18_o 19_o in_o the_o first_o tabernacle_n be_v offer_v gift_n and_o sacrifice_n that_o can_v not_o make_v he_o that_o do_v the_o service_n perfect_a as_o pertain_v to_o the_o conscience_n hebr._n 9.9_o saint_n paul_n more_o particular_o of_o the_o moral_a what_o the_o law_n can_v not_o do_v in_o that_o it_o be_v weak_a through_o the_o flesh_n rom._n 8.3_o the_o law_n be_v unprofitable_a unto_o justification_n therefore_o in_o the_o business_n of_o justification_n it_o be_v abrogate_a 4._o a_o four_o cause_n be_v because_o the_o law_n be_v pernicious_a though_o not_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n yet_o through_o the_o flesh_n the_o minister_n of_o sin_n work_v wrath_n but_o where_o the_o spirit_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n and_o therefore_o the_o law_n as_o a_o coacter_n lit._n aug._n 3._o tom_fw-mi lib._n de_fw-la spir._n et_fw-fr lit._n be_v abrogate_a 3._o i_o have_v pass_v these_o two_o more_o brief_o yet_o enough_o of_o they_o to_o the_o question_n the_o three_o will_v challenge_v a_o long_a stay_n to_o inquire_v what_o thing_n be_v signify_v under_o the_o word_n law_n and_o to_o apply_v what_o we_o inquire_v for_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o abrogation_n it_o signify_v 1._o the_o whole_a scripture_n the_o bless_a man_n delight_n be_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o that_o law_n he_o do_v exercise_v himself_o psal_n 1.2_o the_o 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