CHAP. XXXV.
ABout the law of God in old time, we find, this hath been taught for orthodox, Catholike Doctrine, viz.
First, that the law of God was perfectly fulfilled for us by Christ our Saviour; which no man els in this life can attain unto, but in & by him. Without faith in Christ, by the works of the law, could no flesh ever be saved. Why then was the law given? That men might see their sins, deny themselves, run unto & relye wholly on Christ by faith. So saith the Scriptures, Habbac. 2.4. The just shall life by faith. Math. 3.15. Rom. 1.17. Gal. 2.16. & 3.11, 24. So did the an∣tient Fathers understand & interpret Scripture. Chrysost. hom. 17. in 10 c. ad Rom. Hierom. Comment. in 3. c. ad Galat. Ambros. Comm. in candem Epist. August Tract. 3. in Evang. Joh. And so did the Church of God beleeve & teach in Concil. Mi∣levit. Contr. Pelagianos Can. 5. Concil. Araustcan. Can. 16.
Secondly, that every elect child of God after his effectuall calling, doth by faith keep & fulfill the Law; because they are parts of his body, who hath perfectly kept & fulfilled it. So saith the Scripture, Rom. 83. For what the law could not doe, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own son &c. Galat. 3.11. So did the antient Fathers understand & interpret Scripture, Ambros. lib. 1. de Jac. cap. 6. Chrysost. bom. 17. in 10. c. ad Rom. And so did the Church beleeve & teach, Concil. Araus. Can. 21. Christ is the end of the law for righteousnes to every beleever.