(317) 'Bid. polka. Debet atom ad I bac dona accedere exercttatio noftra, qua & confervat ea & mereturinerementune,jtextaillud, Habenti dabitur. Et ifluguilinta praclarse dixit, Diletito meretur incrementum dileflionie3 cumvi- delicet exercetur. D ut to thole Gifts we muff 13 add our Exercife, which loth both conferve them, and merit an increafe : According to that , To him that bath Ade' be given. And Auftin Paid ex-, cellently, Love Meriteth an in- creafe of Love : that is, when it is exercifed. ,-"Hat which I conclude hence,is,that the firft and moft famous Proteftants, did give more in terms,at leaft, to works then I for they frequently afcribe merit to them, without adding any re- firi&ion, as ufing the word improperly, or difclaiming rhe fitmis of the term : Though no doubt, they did tile it improperly ,01e. ther they thought fo or not. f-lOnfeff. wittenberg. in Harm. cL cap. 7. We fay that good LT,hceorficift,tefs4: Cori commandedof God are neceffarily to be done, and that through the free mercy ofGod, they do deferve (or Merit) certain their owneither Corporal or fpiritual Rewards. Ur late Reverend...Affembly in the Idler Catechifm.Faith in 3- OW late: Affmlbly at Chrifi is a favinggrace whereby We rective and rift' on eltbsehrifi-as,he, offered to $t4 in the Gofpel. Confe(eca p-. -1 4, §, 2 By. th:- faith a Chriflian believeth to be true whttfoever is revealed in-,. theword, for the Authority ofGo'd lo,rnfelf tread .42: there ;n,anel al` - eth differently upon that which -each particular- pailage t&reof Cgil= taineth ;yielding obedience to the cornmanl.,tremblirg t the threat.; nings, and embracing the promiles .ofGodf/r tbif life and that Which ii to come.: But theprincipal-dh of fa.vng fat t(, 4re derv,thlg, Receiving-and Refltnf, upon Chrig alto,e for sr ft xta qu 1;4;11,J:old e.ternal life, byvtertste ofthe Covenant Althougk-Reoent.nce-binot to eft in 3,11;;Jfa orany, caufe o ,s'ithelarolonlheneoLw1.; 75
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