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A17247	An exposition of the 28. verse of the third chapter of the epistle to the Romans Wherein is manifestly proued the doctrine of iustification by faith, and by faith onely. By Francis Bunny, one of the prebendaries of the Cathedrall Church of Durham.	Bunny, Francis, 1543-1617.	1616 (1616)	STC 4099; ESTC S117367	59,250	64

It was impossible for the Law in as much as it was weake Rom. 8.2.3 because of the flesh to free vs from the Law of sinne or of death If then our obedience be so vnperfit can wee hope to finde quietnesse in our consciences and peace with GOD when wee shall stand before him who because he is infinite in wisedome seeth all things bee they done neuer so secretly or in the darke yea hee heareth what we whisper in the eare and knoweth the most secret thoughts of the heart and because he is iust will punish transgressors and in that he is Almightie is able to take vengeance No no our best workes can in this case giue vs no securitie Then by inherent righteousnesse we haue not peace with God But that knowing our selues to bee acquited of our sinnes wee haue peace with GOD and in that sence wee take this word of iustifying it is most plaine Sinne hindreth our peace with God For first the thing that hindreth this our peace is sinne sinne I say that naughtie and noysome neighbour euen the worst neighbour that any man can dwell with It neuer resteth but eyther by faire meanes or foule it intiseth to consent to it Rom. 7.23 For what else is that Law that Paul did see in his mēbers rebelling against the Law of his mind and leading him captiue vnto the law of sinne which was in his members And when it hath preuailed Psal 51.3 it is euer before vs as a seruant of God complaineth neither will it let vs take any rest Gen. 4.7 it lyeth at the doore of our conscience alwaies accusing and bawling against vs. And marke I pray you what sowre fruit this bitter roote yeeldeth It maketh a breach betweene God and vs as the Prophet Esay telleth Gods people in his dayes Esa 59.2 Your sinnes haue separated betweene you and your God and your iniquities haue hidden his face from you that hee will not heare And by that meanes wee are depriued of many blessings which GOD vseth to bestow vpon his seruants as another of the Prophets also saith to the Iewes Ier. 5.25 Your iniquities haue turned away these things speaking of raine in due season and the appointed time of haruest and your sinnes haue hindered good things from you Leuit. 26. Deut. 8. And yet by sinne wee haue greater hurt then this For God denounceth many plagues against his people if they transgresse which also that he can powre vpon the inhabitants of the earth when in his iust iudgement hee will execute the same the drowning of the World in that generall deluge and the casting of fire and brimstone from Heauen vpon those wicked Cities of the plaine and the rooting out of that Nation which he did chuse to serue him doth sufficiently teach vs. Vntill then sinne so odious to GOD so grieuous vnto men bee taken away it is impossible there should be any true quietnesse or peace vnto men For GOD often telleth his people howsoeuer they would flatter themselues in their owne strength or in the friendship of their confederates or in their externall ceremonies and seruice of GOD in outward shew That there is no peace to the wicked Esa 48.22 Esa 50.11 Psal 14.5 1. Thess 5. ● but they shall lye downe in sorrow and feare where no feare is because they haue promised to themselues peace and safetie without this atonement with God Out of all which it doth appeare that if wee will haue peace with God we must first haue sinne this cumbersome neighbour remoued which altogether hindereth this reconciliation whereby we haue quietnesse of consciences Therefore the Apostle telleth vs Rom. 3.24.25 that Wee are iustified freely by Gods grace through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus whom God hath set forth to bee a reconciliation through faith in his bloud Reconciliation with God by forgiuenesse of sinne Act. 13.38 Ephes 1.7 to declare his righteousnesse by the forgiuenesse of sinnes that are past through the patience of God And the same Apostle preaching at Antioch teacheth this Iustification in these words Men brethren through this man is preached vnto you forgiuenesse of sinnes as also elsewhere By Christ we haue redemption through his bloud the forgiuenesse of sinnes according to his rich grace Which great and inestimable benefit whoso feeleth hath to his vnspeakeable comfort a most sweet tast of that blessednes which the Apostle out of the Prophet Dauid mentioneth Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiuen Ps 32.1 2. Rom. 4.7 S. Aug. de verb. Dom. Serm. 61. Hieron in Rom. 4. or whose sinnes are couered Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne Fide viuenti sayth Saint Augustine soluuntur peccata He who liueth by faith hath his sinnes forgiuen him And Saint Hierome hauing written thus Per solam fidem iustificat Deus God by faith only doth iustifie doth after shew how this iustification is and in what manner Proposuit per solam fidem peccata dimittere He purposed to forgiue sinnes by faith only And thus by forgiuenesse of sinnes the cause of this dangerous iarre betweene GOD and vs being taken away we haue boldnesse to cal him Father and to stand before him pleading not guiltie But God gaue a Law to his people Exo. 23.15 Good workes That none should appeare before the Lord emptie So that being now freed from sinne yet must we be fraught and loden with holinesse and righteousnesse Well therefore doth Saint Peter out of the Psalme conioyne these two precepts Eschew euill doe good Psa 34.14 1. Pet. 3.11 But where shall this goodnesse be had Or how shall wee get any thing that may bee acceptable to God Our light is but darkenesse our righteousnesse but as stained clothes And when we haue indeuoured our selues as much as we are able to serue the Lord yet shall we find many wants much imperfection It is therefore good we doe as did Bernard who of himselfe thus writeth Ber. in Cantic ser 61. Christ alone supplyeth all our wants Ego vero fidenter quod ex me mihi deest vsurpo mihi ex visceribus Domini quia misericordia affluunt nec desunt foramina per quae effluant I sayth Bernard doe boldly take out of the bowels of the Lord that which I want of mine owne because they abound with mercie neyther want they holes by which they may gush out And after he addeth what holes these are Foderunt manus cius pedes eius latusque lancea forauerunt per has rimas licet mihi sugere mel de petra oleumque de saxo durissimo id est gustare videre quàm suauis est Dominus Psal 21.16 They haue pierced mine hands and my feet and haue opened my side with a speare and by these rifts I may sucke hony out of the rocke and oyle out of the hardest stone that is I may taste and see how sweet the Lord