(358) it Chernuicius. 18. IVJArt. Chemnitius Exam. Conc. Trid. I. 4 de bon. operib, p. ?nib; 3 3 5. Sed in Reconciliatis pc/tea bo- na opera cum placeant fide prop- terMediatorem, babent pnemia fpiritualia & corporalia in bac vita& pofi bane vitam, ex gratuita promifflone divina; .& promifflonet debent in remota excitare fluditem bona ope- tbe randi -Et In !lane fententi- onavolumn. um etians d Vocabulo me- riti non abhorrent, ficut etiam Patribut urtatumfult."Prcemia enim promittuntur ex gratin &miferecordia Non tames dantur otiofit vel mali agenti- s, fed laborantibus in Vinea Atque ita .in. Apologia Confer, Auguft., in Confer. Wittenberg. et in aliid nofiro- rumfcriptit, ufeerpatur vocabu- howMeriti. U T afterwards, in the Re- conciled,good Works, fee ing they pleafe by Faith for the Mediator, have fpiritual and corporal Rewards in this life, and after this life ; and that by Gods free Promife. And thofe Promifes ihould ftir up in the regenerate a Rudy of good Works. --- And in, thisfenfe our Divines alfo abhor not the word Merit , as it was- alfoufed by the Fathers. For rewards are promifedofGrace and mercy : yet are they not given to the idle, or evil doers, but to them that labour in Gods Vine-yard. And fo in the Apologie for the fugtefl- an Confefsion in the Witten: berg Confeffiun, and in other writings of our Divines , the word Merit is ufed. Idem ib. de Iuflifi. p. 3 4.It being objecied, That thePapifis and we agree in fenfe, both Confefsing both Remiffion of fin and- fana&cation ; but wediffer only about the word [juffificationj which they take inone fenfe, and we in another, and the Church iltouldnot be rent for a word. Refp.
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