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But
beÌoued,if
we
would not be fubdued
by
Satan, Iet
vs
§3e,,.4.
be moll
carefull
in
withflanding this dangerous
aflault
:
for
fiory
we
may
there
is
not
any
one
temptation wherewith
Satan preuaileth
f
acre
for
more,thanby
perfivading
men
to content
thetnfel_ues
with
a
on4
ciuill
kind
ofhoneflie,which
is
deflitute
ofreligion
and the
true feare
ofGod.
And to
this
end
let
vs
confider,that
ciuill
honeflie
feueredfrom
true pietie
is
but
glorious iniquitie
:
for when we
haue
attained to
as
great
a
meafure
thereof,
as
poffibly we
can
in this age
ofcorruption,we
(hall
come
íhort
in diuers duties
of
many
of
the
Heathens who haue
excelled
in
thefc morali
and ciuill vertues:and
confequently
when
we
are
at thebell
we (hall
be
but
honefl
Infidels
and
good
natu-
red worldlings,
ifwe
doe
not
ioyne
thcreunto
the duties
of
pietie.
And how
goodly
a
thew
foeuer our workes make
in
the
eies
ofmen,yet
are
they odious
in
Gods fight,
if
they
be
not
done
in
knowledge,
and grounded on
Gods word and
commandem
nt,but
in
ignorance
&
according to our owne
inuentions
and the
floc. conceit
of
our
blind
vnderflanding;
if
they
p
roceede not from the true
loue
of
God,
which
is
the
onelie fhuntaine
of
ail
acceptable
obedience,but
from
the
loue
of
our fe'ues and
other
carnali
refpe&s;
if
they bee
not
the
fruites
ofa
lively
faith,but
done
in
ignorance
and infide-
litie;
for,whatfoeueris not
done
in
faith,is
fnne,as
it
is
Rom.14.
Rom.
4.25;
23
.and
therefore
cannot
pleafe
God,Heb.1
i.6.By
which we
Hcb.z1.6.
are
not
to
vnderfland
an
hifloricall
faith,whereby
we
know
and
are
afhured
that
thofe workes
wee doe are
commanded
in
Gods word; but
a
true iuflifying
faithwhich
loth
applie
vnto
vs
Chrifl
Iefus,
and
all
Gods
mercifull promifes
made
in him.
For,that
our workes maybe acceptable before
God,
there
is
required
firfI
that
our
perfons
bee
acceptable
vnto
him,neither
can
any
thing
we
doi
pleafe
him,fo
long
as
wee
remain
his
enemies, in
which
ílate
we
are
by nature, till
we
are
reconciled in
Chrifl
our Medi
atour,as appeareth,Rom.5
.
Rom.
S.1o.
ao.Now
vnleffe
we haue
faith,we cannot
apply
vnto
vs
Chrifl
Co1,
1.10.
nor
his merits
and righteoufnes,
by
whom onely
wee
are
re-
conciled vnto
God.and confequently
we
remaine
Gods
ene-
mies,who
can doe
nothing
pleating in
his
fight.
Secondly, the befl
of
our
workes
are imperfee1,and min
g-
G
led