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Sermon
8.
of bringing forth
ji
uit, downe
with it (faith the Lord
ofth~
foile) why troubles itfh
gronnd any longer
I
And then comes
lra
vent11ra
with his
axe,layes
it to the
root,
an~
aowne it goes,
and into the.ftreit is cafl: and fceing it will not fervefor
ftt~it,make
it
ferve for
jewel/;
the end of all
tmftnitfi•lltrees•.
~a:ke
it well, this.
It
is.the
fruit of
repentance
;
not
reeentancettfelje,
but the
ftuzl!os,
IS
fought for. That,
IS
all in all.
So, not only a
hearing,buta fmit-bearing repentance.
And, good reafon. For
,if
the one
tree
(finne) if that have brought forth
fruit
fo
mufirepcntance
(the other
tree)
doe hkewife. It is true,in finne, the
fenfe(
andfo'
thefotde)
is firfi in
fault.
In at thatg•teit firfi comes, and out at that, it
mu.ft
fi11
zoe:
But,
finn~
hath her
fruit
in the
body
,'
So, is
repentance
to
have
hers too. RepeH.
tanca
is to bee
.inc~rporate,
arid
bring forth her fruits in the body.
The foule alone
not to bcputto
penance;
alllayd upon it : The
body
tolhare, as in
thepleafure,foi~
thepaine.
·
Perhaps, in the finne, that !yes !inoothering in the thought within, never
comes
in at1um,
there may bee fome queflion, whether
Repentance
alone may not
ferve. But, if it have brought forth the
forbidden fruit
(the
body;)
the
body
mull
have her
fruit
in
Repentance
alfo. To both,faydit is,fayd it mufl bee,
ProfmeigietiY
frut1m.
And what bee thefe
fruits?
To let goe the
rnetaphore,
if you would know
in
plaine termes what
frttits
meane, Saint
p.,e/
will tell you without any figure.
Hee
[aith(.At1.z6.zo.)
he preached;
Men fhouldturneto God,a,.ddoe workes worthy of
re–
pentance.
Looke yee : Saint
John's fruits
(Saint
Paul
being his
Commenttr)
are no–
thing
~but
workes•.
Both meanethefamething : Saint
Paul's workes
are Saint
John's
fmits: fruits
.and
workes
are all one.
In omni opere bono frurlijicAntes
(It is the
<..Apo·
files, Cot,,.Io.) Every
goodw~rke
IS
a
good[r111t. Todoeaworkethenof Repenta!tct,is
to
bring forth the
Jr~titr
of
Repentance.
There is no
vertue
at all but bath her
proper a.t1
or
workt:
but not any vertue of
then! all, fo proper as
rtptntan,·e.
For, of.
repentance
it is faid,
agerepamitentiam:
So,
it is not,of any belides. That in a
workt,it
may feeme to claimc a
propertie,abov.e
and
before all the refl. And that it farequires an All',as,no
Ac1,no Repentance.
Now
becaufcwe have taken up a diflinC!ion, that an
At1is
but
athingtranjient,
butaptff,
that is
permanent.
Therefore (to make all fure) befides
pamitentiam agere,
you have
tpt.e
frut1ttm nonfecerit.
So,both
agere
and
facere, At1
and
Fafl
both. And the
fAC1,
that is thefruit,that, hath fome
reality
in it. So fome
fruit
is to come; Something
to
be done: Not,
thought
or
fayd; butdone,aflu.dly done.
Otherwife,fi'ngitur
non agitur
pteAitentia
(It is
Augujline)
we doe but dally,allis but counterfeit. No ferious
Repm·
lance,
if fornewhat be not
done.
For, that fomewhat is to be done, is fo fure, as ye lhall not find any man in the
tn'tn(t'Or way
toretent,
but (ever) his firfi queflion is,
what mujl
I
dot?
And thlt,
even by the very
injlinc1 of rea[on. Lord what wilt tho11have me to dve
i
(Saint
Paul'
I
firfl word's, when he began: )
.!!l!!jdoportet me fa,cere?
The
G.ulorrfir
{I
words
(being
now a
Convert)
to St.
Paul,
when he began. As much as
to
fay: Somewhat lam
to
doe,ifl knew what. Thrice together you have this queflion here immediately afrer.
~d
fMitmm?
Say the
Puhtic:tns: Whatfhallwedoe?
Say
theSot<ldim: Whatjh•il
we doe?
SayallthepeopletoSt.
John,
when they came to the
baptifme of repentana.
All agreeing in this,all implying,fomewhat there was to be done,whatfoever it was:
thatthe
fnlit
of
rtpmtance
is in the
JVorke.
And,whatis
thatworke ?I
will anfwer firfi in general!. In
morallDivinitie(ifwe
goethat way) the proper
workeof lttf/ice,
is. to
giveto each his
du~
•
.
of
correc1ivelfl·
jlice,
to
doe jujlice,
to mf\JCI
correc1101•,where
1t 1s due: And
to
fimtls due. Theddfc·
rence only is :
Corrtt1ion
(forthemofl part)
IS
done upon
others :
10
repmtance,
Jt
rc–
llecrs,andis
doneupono11r,Je~ves..
~
.
.
.
If
you
willput more hfe mto tt,and utter
ltTr;ore
pathetmtlly,
goe by the way ot
affrrltm