304 ofGooàWorks. S $;c r,1.ì1: ly faith. Paul arguethagainft a Pharifee that thought his works wouldjuaifiehim, and Jame, spina sCarnali Gofpeller that thought faithalone,! in the meer pro- feffion of it, was enough to fave,without a godly life. Andfecóndly, it may be thuscompofed ; Patel fpeaksofthe nature of juaification in it 'fell , and }awes of the manifedationofit. A thing in Scripture being Paid to be then done, . when it is dilcovered to be fo : And thuswhen youread in James in feverall places That a man is juflifiedby good Works , that is , he is manifeded to be fo. As the Apoales fimilitude evinceth, whenhefaith , Al the body with- out the foul is dead,fä isfaith without works.:, Now as the body doth not give life to the foul , but fetcheth all from it , and-cloth outwardly declare what the foul doth ; fo clotha Godly life manifed and declare who.arefuaified, and who not. So that it is in vainto pretend a good.heart , where there is not a good life. And this is the reafonwhy God in the Commandements requireth the out- ward work , becaufe that doth demonftrate to the world the frame of the S heart. Fifthly l , We are alttaies to difbingaiJ between good wont, , i, the truth of ftinguifh be- them, , and in the perfrilion of them. The Godly are created to the Truth of tween good works in she Good works in this life , but to theperfection of them in thelife tocome. As he truth ofthan Paid, I believe , Lord help myunbelief: So it is true ofevery.other Grace ; Lord, and to thepee- I love thee, helpmy want of foie : Lord , I am humble,help my want of humi feltionofthem lity. No man goeth beyond Taal, who when be would do good , found evil' prefent with him. And the Apoffle declareth, a-.perpetual oppofition and con- flid between the flefh and the fpirit: So that the Godly cannotdo the good things they would ; fo that this Truth will direet two fortsof perlons, Firft thofe that are ignorant, full of fell-flattery, and felf-righteoufnefle ; they are apc'to take a fhadow for the fubaance : every thing that gliders for Gold , whatfoever is good for the matterofit, to take it for goodinall the circumfiances of it. And then fecondly , There are theGodly ones who am ready to conclude nothing is good in them,becaufe not perfeftly good.Theythink this aftion comesMort of that perfe8 rule , and is not anfwerable to the glorious Majefly of. God : and there- fore theydo not own that goodneffe in them whichGod owneth in them, and hereby walknot in that thankfulneffe, chearfulneffe , and exemplary joy as they ought to do. 6. The New Laftly, Thin is the trueclvoralter of anewcreature, That he is aszealous and di- Creature is as ligeut ofgoodwork, as if they were to fave him, as if there were no Cbrifl, no diligent as if grace to relyupon: andyet on the other fide he dot', as filly and really rely upon fave mould Chrifb andha race as ifthere Werenor theleafl J arkofanygoodneffein him.This yet sim,y re- g yerasfully is a Scripture and admirable temperament, To joyn thole places of Scripture liesonChrift together , Workoutyour falvatiouwith fearand trembling; and yet when you asif there were have doneall , fay, To are unprofitable fervanes. Whenye have done all , ifthat the leaft him. off;ble , how much rather mutt we fa fo , when we come far (horsof all. Y good in That whichdoth fo puzzle corrupt and erronious heads, hecan pradically recon- cile , viz. Godspromife togive, and mans duty .to do . Hefo believeth in Child, that yet he is not barrenof Godly and holyworks; and he fopraltifeth theft, that his faithis not taken off from making Chrift all in all. To tome men we may fay that of Luther Take heed not.onely of thy evil works, bat of thy good alto; Viz. do not trua in them, benot proudofthem ; To others, that of John Huffe, Vii opera non apparent adextra , ibi non ell fides ad huera t Where C.I odlinefi a not in the fuit, there faith isnot in the root; where the body dochnot move or air, there is no foul within. Now becaufeI didnot intend todwell long on this partofthe Text, and be- caufe the comfort and profitof a good work, lyeth not in the Dodttine and know- ledgeof it, but in the prance and exercife, I (hall therefore bflarge in the Ufe, and fo conclude this point. ¡' Vfe. Firft , if itatutelary fruit of a new creature towalk, i,,t good work,? this
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