Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.B65 A2 1641

x So Generall direaion,s fiara Bonum non ex- tire. I meane it in that fen.fe 9 as our Divines fpeake offanciá_ iftit nidexintegra causa : nalurnex fication, which iffaying, fay they, mull ìee perfec`l andentire Non. ea viao. though not in refpeól of degrees, yet in relj e&c of parts. ED lt aûin bo- nafirpliciter,nifi very partand power of body and foule mutt llave its part of omnes bonitates fanaification , though no part his full perfection andall de concurrant: quia quihbetfìngulans grees, before the diffolution ofour earthly tabernacles. Pro taunt malum bon= portionablyinthe prefent point , though fome Mixture of : autem caufatur inh mitiesand imperfe6ions will cleave unto the face ofthe ex integra causa fairefl anion (an abfoluteand unflained purity is incompati- To doe 4 good Je ble w this un lorified ilate of mortalitie orkf, the con ith cur_ g ,) yet nCtyYtiCh- cence ofall cir_ !landing, every feverall ingredient mull bee attended, and surnfiances the - teu pered with i seaiy but the owne particular goodneffe and honeflie,. s'ant of enty,u nd feafonabie conformitie to thewhole; or elfe the whole' fuficient,oraoiH. aaionhovvfoever right in other refpeas is utterly robd and. Thus the Sehoole- anen though arot- difrobed of all true fplendour, acceptation and grace. A lit- len generation of tie leaven fowres the whole lumpe.: one noxious hearbe cnongrelll Diunes, yet nowand then bringsdeath into the pot : The goodlieft deede or dutie is rosfm ttruth . quite perverted and irnpoyfoned , by the enormities of any Agni.i. :.q.t8. one particular requitte. We fay truely in the Schooles; The Art.4.ad3.Catar. conclsafon everfollowes the wort# part: Semblably in morality, Miff of theCoun- cell ofTrent. lib the iniquitie, defe&, and exorbitancyofany one ingredient, denominates the whole'aaionnaught. Inevery oneofthine anions and undertakings, looke e- ver, ifthou looke for comfort, thatevery concurrent bee ¡u- nifiable, thatevery ingredient beegracious,and bring his pro.. batum eft. For iutlance it. It mull bee good in its owne nature, and warranta.. ble out oftheWord; by which all things mull be ladiclified' unto thee. i' nr,. 4. s', as a good fervant will venture upon nothing but what hee knowes will pleafe his Mailer. Other- wife, let the perfon be never foplealingunto God, his inten- tion never fc good , his heart never -fo zealous, the meanes, circumtlances and end never fo excellent , yet all is naught:. worfhipping Chrin in a Crucifixe is naught in its owne na- ture, abominable, idolatrous, condemned in Gods Law, Exid. 20.4, &c. And therefore , bee it done with never fo ;seat devotion and good meaning , with never fo much, popifh

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