Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BT763 .B35 1655

(355) fawn : Et de bar Conciliatio - ne loquuntstr ditla allegata. ,Quod vera attinet ad Amoris Dei whit fermi Conciliati Confervationem& Incremen- turn,1114lane Efficitur exnojtra Pletate,cujus quidem Radix eft vera Cbrifisonfides. ties and Increafe of the love of God, once reconciled (.or fet upon us) this verily is effeeted by our Godlynefs , whore root is a true Faith in Chrift. Dem in Math. 25.3 5. Et Pane -I. Bona opera reffreEtu vita aterna habent rationem Caufa efficientis ; Non ut merita , fed ut Via, feu Ambulatio qua ad eternam vitam pervenitur , ex Ordinatione Dei. Simili re, bacdeclarari potefl Vt fi cui do- netur thefaurtsi in Cacumine mantis reconditus : fed hac Le- ge utfi potiri eo velit , mon- tem confcendat illumque efo- dint : 1-lic certe Confcenfus nsonts:s effoffio The(auri rati- onem habet Caufa efficientis re- fpalts poireilionis fruitionis thefituri ; at non habet ratio- nem Meriti, quippe cum The- faurtss illifuerit DoMitif$1 AN D indeed goodWorks in refpeCt of Eternal life, have the nature of an efficient Caufe : Not as Merits, but as the way or walking by which we come to eternal life , by Gods Ordination. The matter may be declared by this fimili- tude ; As if a Treafure which is hid in the top of a mountain be given to one , but on this Condition , that if he will en. joy it, he muff climbe the Hill , and dig it up : Here doubt- lefs climbing thehill and digging up the treafure hath the nature of an efficient Caufe, in refpeCt of the poffeffing and enjoying of the treafure ; but it bath not the nature of Merit ; for the Treafure was freely given him. Z z Tifiator

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