5 to ThefecondBooke ofDiainitie, CH A P.9. that nameth the 1 'iame o f C H tt I s T , depart from ini- 9uitie. Thirdly , Good worker in thofe that profeffe Chrif}, flop the mouth ofthe Aduerfarie, whoother wife is rea- die to (lander the Gofpell, and to fpeake euill of it, as of a do6lrine of libertie. So faith r P E T E R , For fo is the Will of God, that doingwell, you might flop the mouthofthe ignorance offoolsjb men, asfree, andnot hawing libertreas a cower of naughtinefie. Fourthly , By this meanes wee glue a good example vino other,and winne many to the profeffionof the Go- fpell. Whereupon the fame u Apoffle exhQrteth wines fo to behave themfelues, that by thebeholdingoftheir chafte and model} carriage, their husbands that belceue. not the Word,may,without the Word bee gayned vnto Chrifl. Fiftly,God is pleáfed,and bath promifed , of his free Mercie and Goodnefhe, to beflow a reward vpon them: which ought to quicken vs to this dutie,i.Cor.3.8,eare. ry one(ball resew, hisowns reward,according to his owne la- bour, 2.Ioh.veri.8. Take heed to)ourfelnes, that wee lofe not the good things we haste wrought , but that weemay re- ceine a full reward. And thus farre toucling our San&ification ; in this life weake and irperfea,which in Heauen (hall be fully and wholly perfe6led , and wee, when received vpvnto Chrifl , {hall bee made x glorious , without fpot or wrinkle, or any Inch thing and y like to the holy An- gels. This abfolute perfealiou and Angelical! puritie, free from the leaf! (pot of finne whatfoeuer, is a thing that mull neceffarily be attayned vnto. Firfl, Becaufe elfewee fhould not haue, by the mercy of God inChril as good and holy an et}ate , as wee had byour firfl Creation, and loft by our owne fumes in Adam. Secondly, So long as maa is impexfeElly holy, bee r.Pet.z.ig. u 11.Pet,34 1a. Hereafter wee !hall bane - an Angel-like perfe6tion. z Epbef.f.27. y Mstt.li.3o.
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