Inftruliiom for a riL~ht comforting ------------------- , And Cap 35.6,7,8. Jfthouftnnefl, What doeft thou a. g·ainft him ? Or if thy tran[greffions 6c muftjp!yed, Wht~t diJft thou unto him ? If thou 6e ril[hteor.u, What giveft thou to him ? Or What receiveth CJ hec of thine hand_? Thy wickfdnef{e may hurt a man, M thou art;and thynghteoufnef{emayprojitthc Sonner;fuv!an. Were ~U the wicked men upon earth turned into hum111e bea11s, defperate Bdia!s ;- nayjncarnate Divels;and the whole :world full of thofe outtagrous Giants of B abet; . and thofe alfo ofthe old world;An.d :1fl with combined force and .fury, fhould bend, and:b:md ' themfelves againfr·Heaven; yet they could not hurt God, The Lord u Kin,~; be t~e people never (o imp.a· timt; hee jitteth 6ctween~ the C!JeruGins, bee thNarth never (o uncpiet. · Or, Were all the Sonnes of m-:n Ahrahams, or Angels; and as many inmunber,as the · ,._ !P_uicu~ti uni'lJerfura " Starres in Heaven; and· as fhining both with infiellarum numerum c_ii· ward graces,and outward good deeds,as they are in prehendije·& ccmfcnp· v.ifible glory~ yet could they make no addition unto Jiffe jalfantur,ficut A· , 7arus vel Eudoxar;uel that incomprehenfible Majdl:y above::· they couh! fl qui alij .font,eosLibri not conferre fo much as one drop to that boundle£f! h~jus contemnit autho · . and bottomleffe Sea ofgoodne£fe,or the leafl: glimpfe ,.~ta&,Aug.de CJv.. DeJ, unto that Almighty Sunne ofglory. All nations /;e.. . 1 11~· 16·' 1ap,z.3• --~;,Y,e him are M nothint, and th:'J are counted to him 1;1,40. 7· J~ . '- .,But what doe I fay? lef{e then nothi'f!g, and Vdniry. Our Gnnes Imrt him Hee getreth nothing not : Our holyneffe helpes him not; Y It · is onely by us of al~ that we~ for our good, that God ·wou1d have us good. No doe. All Is f<Dr our good no gaine accrewes !.Into ~him by our goodndE:: fl!lves- Our acknovv• ~ ' d b · c. ledgement ofhl1 :n ma- For what ge>o can come your 11np~rrectgoodnes, keth him no )h.onger, wifer,Jufier,bnrer,&c. then He is•. But in glorifying him~ vvc g!Ol'ifie om fd ves, &c. He VVJS as olorious, powerfull, VVlfe, ju!l, .happy, ,and good betore thJS World W,lS m1de,as ngvv,V.'U. Sinnc ar1d Righteoufi1elle, are the two .Pat.hs th~twc w.1lke in; Thofe are all that trvublc us; the fins rhat vv~ commit, and deTeCts of om righteou[- ndle.Saith·he,lftbou fin, wbat·u,that to .him ? It doch Hi:n no lnm. AgJine, if thou fatle in thy rightc:oufndfe,or in thy performances, it is all one, that WlY; For it rcJcheth not to him. Becaufe heis-bkl1ed for ·cver; He !nth all fuffio.lewcy-in -Him• fdfe,&c.D;,Cl:or Prefton in his Sermons of Gods. l\ll. fufficiency,S:crm.4. Vcus qu.crit l!)?riamfo!Zrll non pr~p_tt11ft.,[ed pu;pter nos,AqL1in.u q. ~ 3~. I. .t@
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