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A34880	Gospel-holinesse, or, The saving sight of God laid open from Isa. 6.5 together with the glorious priviledge of the saints, from Rom. 8.4, 5 : both worthily opened and applied / by ... Walter Cradock ...	Cradock, Walter, 1606?-1659.	1651 (1651)	Wing C6760; ESTC R23430	256,626	448

of the Gospell Why Because the Gospell all along offers Christ to sinners to the cheife of sinners to aliens and to the ungodly Then againe if this were so sanctification 2. Sanctification should be before justification should be before justification a man must be holy before he should be justified As for the latter sence to wit that the Apostle should meane this that no man can know any other way that the righteousnesse of Christ did belong to him but only by not walking after the flesh or by walking after the spirit this cannot be neyther for however we may know a little in a way of sence by our walking yet the maine way to know our justification is the same way that we come by justification for faith is the evidence of Justification cheifly known by Faith things not seen The maine evidence whereby I know I am justified is because the word of faith sayth so the word tells me so and faith evidenceth it That faith that I beleive by it shewes me that I beleive Therfore though I be inconstant in my way of grace that to sence shewes me a little yet it doth it not solely and cheifly and primarily So that this is the substance of it that that sence which godly reverend men give of this place it is true but it is not all nor the first and the cheife part of the meaning of it Secondly flesh in the Scriptures and so here 2. Flesh taken for Jewish priviledges and in diverse other places it may be understood concerning the priviledges those various prerogatives and priviledges that the people of God the Israelites had in a naturall fleshly way from Generation to Generation Being borne of such Parents of such Tribes they had such priviledges belonging to them they had the Oracles and the Covenant and the Tables c. And this is called flesh and I doubt not but the Apostle had this in his eye Sayth he The righteousnesse of the law is fulfilled in us that walk not after the flesh As if he had said doe not think because you are of the seed of Abraham or because you have the Covenants and Circumcision and that you are borne of such Parents that therfore you shall the sooner have this priviledg to have the law fulfilled take heed of that for now it springs from another root and it comes now in a spirituall and not in a fleshly way as it did before for they had their mercies generally in the Old Testament according to the flesh that is by Generation I saak as he was Abrahams Son and Jacob his Son c. but now it is in a spirituall way Now that flesh is so taken in Scripture I will give you that one place in Phil. 3. 4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh sayth Paul If any man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh I more What doth he meane by flesh here He tells you Circumcised the eight day of the stock of Israell of the Tribe of Benjamin an Hebrew of the Hebrews as touching the law a Pharisee concerning zeale Persecuting the Church Touching the righteousnesse which is in the law blameless As if he had said I had all the priviledges if any man might boast in the flesh I might I am an Hebrew of the Hebrews a Gentleman of the best descent c. So in 2 Cor. 11. 18. Seeing that many glory after the flesh I will glory also yee suffer fooles gladly Wherein any is bold I am bold also Are they Hebrews so am I are they Israelites so am I are they the seed of Abraham so am I. They had priviledges beeing Israelites more then other People and this is called flesh So I am confident that the Apostle had this in his eye in a speciall manner when he saith They that walke not according to the flesh And you shall find that they attributed all priviledges to them because they were Israelites As you see in Mat. 3. Say they We are the Children of Abraham Sayth John The Jewes boasted of outward priviledges Baptist Ye are a Generation of Vipers And so in John 8. Say they we are free men we are the Sons of Abraham Sayth Christ Yee are of your Father the Devill See the Gospell takes away that fleshlyness and puts all in another streame and course and way The Apostle aymes at that here when he sayth Those that walke not according to the flesh As if he had sayd you shal never have this righteousnesse to satisfie the law the sooner because you are the Sons of Abraham no more then if you were Scithians or Barbarians Thirdly and lastly the maine and cheife 3. Flesh taken for the old Covenant of works meaning of this place is this though the other be included when the Apostle sayth those that walk not according to the flesh but according to the spirit By flesh here the Apostle meanes walking according to the old Covenant according to the Covenant of works in the way of the law And by spirit is meant walking in the way of faith or in the way of the gospell or in the way of Christ. There be diverse expressions in Scripture that help us to understand it as in Rom. 4. 14. It is called they that are of the Law that is those that walk according to the law In Gal 3. there are two or three phrases Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith The walking according to the spirit is the hearing of faith and it is twise there they that are of faith they that are of faith To be of faith and to walk according to the spirit is the same to be of the law or of circumcision is to walk according to the flesh In Rom. 10. 5. The righteousnesse which is of the law sayth on this wise The righteousnesse of the law that is the way of the law that Scripture sets out the way of those that walk according to the Covenant of works now the way of the law is the same as walking after the flesh and sayth hee the righteousnesse of faith sayth on this wise that is the grace of the Gospell or the way of faith So the meaning is this we neare of a glorious privilidg that the righteousnesse of the law is fulfilled in us and there is no man in the World can get it by his owne works or in reference to the Covenant of works no not Abraham himselfe but it is meerly by Jesus Christ Therefore if any of you think to have this righteousnesse fulfilled in him and goe in the old way to Mount Synai to the Covenant of Works he is deceived he shall never have it but by walking according to the spirit no man can injoy this privilidg by a Covenant of works by their owne doing by seeking to fulfill the law of God by their owne righteousnesse but they that walk after the spirit as if he

had sayd doe not mistake me it is a great priviledg to have the law fulfilled for you but it is not by your owne strictness and zeale and though some of you goe further then others yet none of you can attaine the fulfilling of the law that way for all are come short Rom. 3. But it is those that walk after the spirit that is those that seeke it in a way of faith in another not in themselves those that seeke it according to the principles and directions of the Gospell Now because I know this Exposition is harsh to many of you Though I exclude not the other therfore I shall endeavour to shew you three things First I will proove clearly out of the Scriptures That flesh is so understood that this is the meaning Secondly I will give you a reason why that is the cheife meaning Thirdly I shall give you a few Reasons why the Apostle saith that they that walk according to the Covenant of Works walk according to the flesh and they that goe according to the way of faith walk according to the spirit Concerning the First that flesh is often taken 1. prooved by Scriptures clearly in this sence I will give you some places of Scripture Gal. 3. 3. This I would learn of you received you the spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith Are ye so foolish that having begun in the spirit are you now made perfect in the flesh We see in Chap. 1. They are called to the grace of Christ through the Gospell Gospell principles were rightly and savingly practised among them and after there came some among them that perverted them and sayth he are ye so foolish that having begun in the spirit and have had Christ crucyfied among you that now you will be made perfect by the flesh That now you will goe and seeke justification by your owne works and goe about to keep the law c. Another place is in Phillip 3. 4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh and then he speakes of the priviledges of an Israelite and if you looke further Vers 7. I count all these loss that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine owne righteousness which is of the law but that which is of the faith of Christ So by flesh he meanes the righteousnesse of the law which he throwes away for the righteousnesse which is of faith Take another place Rom. 10. 5. Compared with Rom. 6. 14. Sayth the Apostle sin shall not have dominion over you for ye are not under the law but under grace When you were under the law and walked after the flesh sin had dominion over you and you obeyed it Here is a paralell place for sayth the Apostle When you were in the flesh the motions of sin by the law did Work in your Members When you were in the flesh that is when you were under the law then the motions of sin did work But now sin shall not have dominion over you because you are not under the law you are not in the flesh you doe not walk according to the flesh And that I suppose is the meaning of that Scripture 2 Pet. 2. 10. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly and to reserve the wicked to be punished but cheifly those that walk after toe flesh in the lusts of uncleanness Now if you take walking after the flesh for sinfull wayes it would be the same as if he had said there are diverse people that walk wickedly but cheifly they that walk after the flesh for all people naturolly walk after the flesh but these were a peculiar people that the Lord would bring judgements on and they walked according to the flesh Who were they They were most of them Jewes they were Adams Sons that walked in the old Covenant cheifly they that walk according to the flesh that is the meaning of it or else he would not have said according to the flesh for every man naturally walks according to the flesh So in this text Who walke not according to the flesh but according to the spirit and in the 8 Verse of this Chapter They that are in the flesh cannot please God Now I shall open that by another Scripture Heb. 11. 5. Where it is said that Henoch pleased God We read of Henoch Gen. 5. 24. That he Walked with God he walked not according to the flesh now sayth the Apostle without faith it is impossible to please God now he that walks in the flesh cannot please God Why so He that goes not in the way of faith by Jesus Christ he cannot please God By beleiving I please God by walking in the obedience of faith to God I and my works please God Now to please implies one that was offended before all my doing cannot please God but my beleiving presenting to God a perfect righteousnesse by faith pleaseth God and then all my works are accepted There are two words for it in the Originall One signifies to please one that hath been offended another is pleasingnesse with one that hath not offended as my child pleaseth me though he have not offended me but the other is to be pleased with one that was an Enemy before one that was against me that is now received to favour So I have told you breifly some Scriptures to shew you that flesh is taken in this sence Now the maine reason of it why I beleive this It is the scope of this Epistle to be the cheife meaning of it is because that I see clearly that this is the cheife drift and scope of this Epistle and if I may speake without disparagement there is nothing more methodically layd downe and this is spoken to bring them from the way of works to the way of faith But I hasten Why doth the holy Ghost call walking after the Covenant of Works and after the law walking after the flesh and the other walking after the spirit The reason is because there is so great affinity 3. Why walking after the Law is called walking after the flesh and nearness between walking legally and walking sinfully that they are promiscuously in Scripture taken one for another For let a man walk and endeavour and doe his best according to the law and not by the Gospell he shall be sure to walk 1. They are taken one for another in Scripture sinfully and carnally there is no help for it If he be under the law sin will have dominion over him and if he go after the flesh the motions of the flesh will bring forth fruit unto death Sin and the law are as it were of so near a kin that the law makes sin more sinfull and the more a man strives to keep the law the more he sins The Apostle brought it so neare that people were ready to speake non-sence that the law was sin He prevents the objection Is the law sin O no sayth he sin is