568 Chap. 34. An E,rp9ftior, upon the Bookof J o B Verf. Ii Firfl, Thofe good works which are donebut, for a feafon ; tem- porarygood; tprkes,or the good workesof temporary profeffors, such as are defcribed (Math: r 3.5.; .)by the adand 3d grounds, who bring forth for while, but afterwards fall away ; tuchgood workes ( I fay ) shall not have a good reward. If your goodnefs be as the morning cloud, and as the earlydewit.palfeth away, it will doe you no good. He that endureth to the end (hall be Paved, and none but he ( Math: to. Zz.) Chrift exhorts the Church ( Rev: 3, i r.) Hold that fait which thou haft, that no man take thy crowne. They loofe the good workes they have done , who hold not out in doing them. It will not advantage us to begin in the Spirit; if we end in the flefh. Secondly , Thofe goodworks which are trufled to, or boafled of, will never make a good returne. Thoughaman fhould conti- nue doing good all the dayes of his life , yet if he buildeth his hope upon ir, his hope¡hall be cut off, and his trait ( that is, what he trulleth to ) fhall be afpiders web ( that is, weake like that, be- caufe like that, woven out of his ownebowels) he fball leant upon his heufe, but it(hall net ftand, he fhall hold it fait , but it (hall not endure ( JobS. 14, i 5.) you and your workes will perifh toge- ther, if you dependupon your workes. Good workes trulted to, are as dangerous to the foule, as evill workesperfevered in. Thirdly , Thofe goodworkes which are done for bafe ends, to fervemen, or to compaffe a worldly interefl, (hall have no re- ward fromGod,but that, which (hall be upon every foule that finneth and repenteth not, anguifh and tribulation, J O B,
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