CH A P. 9. OfWiredome, &c. which he intendeth proper to the caufe, from whence of necefjfitlle and vnfeparably it commeth. And this to bee his meaning, may bee gathered by a many paffages, but n 7Jerfe ri,zo. efpecially,yerfe 23. where that whichhehad faid o im- o ver[ezt. mediately before , Was not ABRAHAM ias :ifled by work!? he explaineth to be as much,as,AB R A H A M be- lewd God , audit was imputed tohim forRighteoufnea'e. But albeit good workes doe not iuflifie , is there there- fore no need to doe good Workes? O, yes, very great, for many and thofe moll vvaightie caufes. Firfl,God is hereby glorified,as our Sauiour teacheth vs : P Herein is myFather glorified , that Jae bringforth p 7obn 15.8. muchfruit. q Let your light fo Jhine before men, that they q Mattb.5.i6. may fee your good worket,and glorifieyour Fatherwhich is in Hedger,. Secondly, Wee gather from hence affurance that we are the children of God, and they ferue as Teflimonies and Pledges both toour felues and others , that wee be- long to him : for vvhich caufe our Sauiour fheweth how in that great Day of his moil glorious Comming, all fiefh (hall be iudged , not by their Faith or vnbeliefe, but by theirWorkes, as Pure Arguments to approue to all the World , the righteous Se$tence of God ; efpe daily toour felues , they Peale vp Gods elc&ion , and make it fureto vs : for whofoeuerfindeth not that hee hath in fomc meafurc the Spirit of SanEtification , the Grace of Adcption and Iuflification bath not yet laid hold vpon him. Hither tend thofe Exhortations , fo common in the Scripture, r ul/takeyear Callingand ele- r 2.pet.r.io. ï#ion firme by your workes, &c. True it is, (as f the f z.Tim.z.t9. Apoftle faith) that there is a double Seale ; one reflirg in God himfelfe, which is firme and lure, and neuercan be fhaken, but theother refleth in vs, who arc by good Workes to Pet that Seale vpon our foules and conic i ences,The foundationofGod remayneth firms , hawing thins Seale; God koiweth who are hú, And, Let emery ene Kk that 309
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