326 Verf, x Rxpofation upon the Book of ] o B. Chap. 36. Secondly, Others choofe that which is evil, hoping that fame goed will comeof it,that Godmay have fome glory by ir,and men thernfelves and others may have lame advantage by it. This re, proach was cat} upon the ApoPles and their decarine, which St. Teal rejeeied with higher difdain (Rats. 3. g.) Not as we areforme, afly reported, and as [owe affirm, that wefly, let oeo do evil thatgood maycome thereof, whole damnation is jut. The gla- ry of the free grace of God will be manifeiled in the pardoning of our fin, come therefore ( fay fume) let us fin our fill, that fo the immeafurablenefs of the Lords goodnefs and mercymay ap- pear. Woe to chafe who snake filch inferences, their damnation is jut/. To do evil upon any hopes of good by it ( though it be the gloryof God ) fubjee}s to the worff evil of fuffering, damnation. O:hers choofe tin; Why ? They look forme good will comeby it, that is, fome profit. If we than our confciences todo this, we may get or keep favour with men ; if we do this evil, it may gain us acceptance in the world. Many choofe evil, becaufe in doing fo,they fwimwith the arum, and comply with the merry, or as the Apoale fpeakes, with the cosarfeof this world ; thefe choofe evil, becaufe they would be in the fashion of the aloft, they confider whichway the world is like to go, and fec themfelves to go thatway. Thirdly,, Others do evil hoping to avoid and efcape danger by it ; they choofe the evil of fin, that they may efcape the evil of punifbmenr. As many fin for a little advantage, fo others to a- voicf lofs, and that theymay fleep in a whole skin. Some will de- ny what they have done,to fave themfelves : Nobody canprom it againft us, we will denyit, and foavoid trouble, andkeep out of the reach of danger. Yea, for this caufe may deny the truth and renounce the wayesof God, in which they have walked. Be- was forfook Paul, he left the Churchof God, that he might keep in with, andclofe to the world. Upon thefe pretences and hopes manychoofe evil, not meerly and barely in it fe1f,but as it coshes thus clothed a As fome choofe it through ignorance,fo others up- on hopes of getting good, and not a few upon hopes of avoiding evil, andkeeping out of hazzardand harmes-way. But what-ever worldly good any gain,or danger they efcape,by choolinginiqui- ty , that choice brings them into greater danger, and fubjeas them to the lofs of a greater good. This
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