Ss c r. V I. ofGodxiaorl{es arc of:ke.ties predicaments: So there ismdaty engogd-wolj;solnmigalediaf'ú5.; but ithcantamed,in oneofdoteTan .wotds,as1LPefoteabfa n;,..fsworai chars ufed,for a Precept, asarftenin the Hebrew. This isgood ttttberzbferyed,litakt po}+,tf mayhecon fcionable and.abounding io every good work. -OrroiAworks o11794f of piety, worksofrighteoufnefs, worksof charity.: Everyvilpyksim.,4tiefffolp a goodcaufe ,commanded by the rule ofgoodnefs, perfordte¢,jß,Q-eovìfmane, to a good end, is a good work, whether theobjeft matter bW,IGpd+er wary; rp howfoeverufebath airfoil appropriated the Orate Good vosAe toshsftypf t?®eityg yet the Scripture extendeth t to all th good fruits of a gm{Iy14ifet:Agd,ittrkS Scripture fenfe,no man cando onegoodwork,which ha thnor uirr4rfcipja,tgdq aJj* Godly obedience is copulative, and he that dock a good work,. eaúfeÇà§fixoóxi 'mandsit, will do ali becauÑ God commands it. This confaderatipnawgtdnwke us notlike Herod, to do many things, but like Zacbaryand m:60k 74.41144¢_àp all theeomandeu of (Jod, Lukea, 6. Thou 'praytfland;rj áoefle j çyufptl,is good workGod commanded]: Oh thou, fool, Doth not God altocommandthee to bechaff, to be fdber, tobe heavenly minded.? .,ihegratcs;efGnd arG3pamed together ; he that bath one, bath all : and therefore itisyo k(wthpdered -a t, to fee what hypocrifiemay be ina mans heart tobe affeEted th4Pmeigood works; ht could have no peacein his confcience ifhe fhould outfit thettivilndfft yam¢otally negieu°t others without any remorfe at all : If thou had(3gagçauajtted:gxur her the guilt of blood would torment thy confcience, toptg thy.4 . VVby (horrid not uncleanneffe , cuffing, do the like f anti hyh thg fasarg,;Ggd That faith , Thou Jlialt. not Kill ;' fay allo , Thou ,isle not commit.<,,sdnl- tery? Thirdly, ...Another rule about Works is that of Attains feolded al/o r.pos tte ).They ro riot Scripture, goadworks do not gobefeeajuflifledporfio, butfillers apte, Bona °Pet. beforejtìftifoed ranon prxcedunt jullificationem, fed lequuntur. ThisText Both clearly arlort casts pedonebutfe,i, Truth , arelaved of Grace, not bywork,p, .. becaUtewe are Created -to them, low after° being his Workmanfhip. It is not inDivinity, ass thePhilofophets fay in Mo- rality , Bona agendo femme boni , By doinggoodworks, we are madepod; Jo, weare bygrace made good , then wedogood : As the Fountain smolt be before the them , and the rootor treebefore thefruit. Thus our Savionr,Make the tree good,and then the fruit will begood.Thus eAbels person is fill accepted, then his performances a ThisTruth is of great concernment, it helm, i4ltred to men to took more to an outward good work, then the goodpcfie of their perfons andnatures. They do not imitate God, who isgood in his nature, and then cloth good inhis ALìions ; fo ought we to be good , and then to do good. Therefore by thisrule thus (Wed upon Scripture , it is an undoubted Truth, Thai no man till juflifaed andregenerated, isable todo anygood work; Hess a leper , all is un- clean , and every thing he touchetb he maketh unclean to hirnfeif. Thisfhould make us fit downon the dunghill with fob, abhorring our (elves, when there is noneof all mankind ofhimfelfcando good,no,not onc.What Dòftti are maymake us loath our felves,andleek out for anew creation,and ingrafìing intoChrifl,if this cloth not ? Fourthly, The next rule is, That then in Scripture things are aid to be, 4.In Scripture when they are made manàfeff , and apparent. And this role will open the tenle things ate Paid of all that dilcourfe in the Apoflle lames, where he difputeth it by feveral argo- to be when ments, That weare ynffiftedbyworks. In fo much that it bath much exercifed they, are mode the learned, howPanland famesare to be reconciled; For Paul, ice exprefly mantfa proverb that juhification is without works ; and that Abraham was jnftiled by faith onely : and ?ames he faith , Abraham was not jufiifed by faith oxe/y, but by Works: Now two things reconcile'theft brethren that teem to differ. Firft Paul, Heproveth that faith onely juftifieth ; and fames, That this faithwhich Meth is not alone , feparatedfrom good works. Paul proveth what it is that juflifieth, Vi4. Faith; and fames, What kindc ofFaith, .Vix.aworking live- ly
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