A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

From the words thus opened, I Observe. 1. That the ¹Gospel and grace of God in its self, is not pliable to carnal purposes, yieldeth no carnal conclusions. [They turn it] saith the Apostle, there is no such thing gotten out of the Gospel without wresting, and till the art of a deceiver hath past upon it. I shall prove the point by three Arguments.

From the words thus opened, I Observe. 1. That the ¹Gospel and grace of God in its self, is not pliable to carnal purposes, yeildeth no carnal conclusions. [They turn it] saith the Apostle, there is no such thing gotten out of the Gospel without wresting, and till the art of a deceiver hath past upon it. I shall prove the point by three Arguments.

1. 1Observat. • ▪

1. From the constitution of the Gospel, it yieldeth no leave ¹to sin but liberty to serve God: this is the great design of it, Christ came not to reconcile God and our sins together; but God and our persons, to reconcile our persons and destroy our sins: not to free us from the Law, but sin; to free us from the service of the Devil, 1 John 3. 8. not from the service of God: In short, he came not to make the Law less strict, or sin less odious, or us less holy; for perfection of the Law was never so clearly known, as since the coming of Christ, See Mat. 5. and sin was never so odious, as since the abundance of grace, they under the law sinned at a cheaper rate then we can, because they did not sin against so much lve and kindness, See