266 Gmerddirect-hens fir 4 Arstemasepee,-catact.4,,,,:ft. reemanwaart, teacheth, that there be divers kinds ofcaufes ; principall,and lefte pritacipall, &c. B&mine replyes : Doth not Chrift there fpeake in the fame manner,of the rewardsofthe godly,and of the purtith9 gents ofthe wicked?But nomancan fay ,that in there words, goeye curled, d-c. that the caufe is not rendred ; but onely order and confequence implyed : For the wages of'Inge i® death, Rons.6.23. I anfwer : By the like fallacy alio doe the Popith Imp°. 'tors plead for Iuftificationby workes: Evill workesdamne, therefore good workes fare. Mort falfely : as appeares valet cox- by- NO21 that rule in the Topicks : c-The conferience r:$ of no validity, fequentia , dun wbrfere there ienot aperfill contrariety . Now betweenegood contrarieP tas. erfe'a andevill workes, there is noperfea contrariety : d for evill non eft dMala opera, feu workes are perfectly evill againft the Law of God : but roarluiirlafrhasr: good workesare not perfe6tly good according to the Law damnitioncm ex of God. By the fame reafonneither dothit follow : eternan fe mere ltUr ; -- death na oaten bona- u is the wages of firm; : therefore eternall life is thewa7 7um oPera,imPer- ges of good workes. feita cam fins, & ex minis rine- 5. If thou lay out to the poore e cheerefully, f feafona- pifcamitTfc. & bly, g liberally, And yet but according to thy h ability ; thou ccpainrdi or a Chalt- become (which betides the onely courfe of growing falutis,quamMU comfortably rich,is alfoa Crowne of infinit honor)Creditor repettu damna- tionis caufam,im- even to thy Creator. He that bathpitty upon thepoore, lendeth me nullam rot.. 11#19 the Lord, and that.which be bathgiven, will hepay hima- sus' fabere poi- Tunt,ac proinde ut gaixe, Prov,i 9,17. And in the meane time for repayment in igna, & teftimo- due time, ma non ut caufz thou haft fecurity infinitely above all exception a faliitis, runt ipe- Bill under his owne hand, even his owne bleffed Booke ; itanda. Mala z- bem perfect. wherein to faile,wereto forfeit his Deity,ifImay fo fpeake, , snalitianil quay of which is prodigious blalphemy to imagine. Now what a - '4". 1 & "um ad mop. peccatu keene fpurre,and inflaming motive is this tobemercifull:that rn tem promeren, we iliall make God hinfelfe ourDebter, theever-fpringing dam fatis eft. ' . Ezekiel 18Vet+ Fountaine of Bliffe, andLordof all goodneffe, who doth all lam" 2.'' v61:3°. thingslike himfelfe ; omnipotently, bountifully, above all ex.. IlonaCunt imper- fete' bona, nec fi peftation as asbecomes the mighty Soveraigne ofHeaven and perfette bona ef. fent, merits vitaaterna trent, quia omnia first debits. Luke r7. so, e Mutt*Jo. a Co:in 9.7.. florovq, 47, esi i a Cor.per. PAMn.25. b a Cop.?. 111.4,44.1a.ap, Earth ai.
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