No Peacewith Rome. 617 A _w_o_r-th-i'""ly-,"'T""o-w--:-:il:-la_n_d:-t-o-r-un--:-is-m""'i,...n-e.-·;-bu-t:-w::i:-th;-o::-uoo:t-;G::-o::-d:;-s:-c:-·ooo:n-tl_n_u-ai'"'I:-h""'el,...p-e:-it-w""'i"'ll-n-o-t - ; bemine: Without me you candoe nothing, faith Chrifi; no, pot thinke any thing, Hi,. .a cufifaith P11111: Alas, what canwedoe, who are not lame, but dead in Gnnes? By rhein· ~f:tj~%. fluence ofGods Spirit therfore, anew life mu!! be created in us, thatwasnot;and not ~}'!f,J;. the fanner life excited, which was according to that ofthe Pfalmifi, Create;,. me a cleatJe l>e•rt, and not llirre Uf' that clean ooe I have: neither indeed is there asyet any place for this:Thefir!! heart mu!l: be taken out,another mu!l: be put in. Iwillt•fw•· wa)thtirJIMJhtarl, andgifle them a bwt ofjlejh, faith God by the mouth of Eukje/1: Heewill give ir, bur (thou fai!l: perhaps) into rheir bre!l:s which have predifpofed and prepared rhemfelvesfor the g·,fr: yea contrarily,to thofethat doe not alitle relifl him: The wifedomeofthe f!elh is enmity. But there are fome enmitiesmore fecret. and B whichdoe not outwardlybewray themfelves: but behold, here is publiko refifi~nce, ( ;, ,·~"'""' )It is not fubjeD:: But perh1ps it will once yeeldofit felfe( u~··=) It cannot, faith the Spirit ofGod. Seeinhow rebelliousan efratewe are eoGod: What pronenelfe is here to will good, what ability to pecforme it? Let the Papifis(ifthey will) facrifice to themfelve>, as sejanMJ hadwont ofold; or to t!leirnets, as the Prophet fpeakcth: As for us, come what can come upon our oppofition, we neither can nor dare arrogate unto our felves thofe things, which by an holy refecvation and incommunicablenclfe are proper onely to the Higbefl. It is fafe indeed for the Papifls when rheywill to come up to us, but wecannot goedowne to themwithour afearefull precipitation ofour foules: Let Caf!amkr wimeffe rh isfor us: Ler B01Javml11re himfe!fewitnelfe it for him; This is the propertyofholy minds, to attribute nothing C ro themfelves, bur all ro the grace ofGod: So that how much foevera man afcribe ro thegrace ofGod,he fwarverh not from true piety; though by givingmuch to grace, he withdraw fomething from thepower ofnature, or Free-wiU: bur when any thing iswithdrawne from the grace ofGod, and ought attributed to nature, which is due to grace,there may be greatdanger ro the foule: Thusfarre rhofe two ingenuous Papifls. But(ro inferre)we give all to grace, the Papifls fomething to nature; and what they give tonature, we give to God: Therefore we doe and fay that which is fit for holyminds; they (ifBomventNre may bewimelfe) that which fwcrvesfrom piety,and is joynedwith muchdangeroftheir foule. SECT. IX. D Co11cet'flisg MeritJ. XiphilEJ'ifl. Dionis. C•JJ{'ult.C4{'.eil· Bonr.;tnl.inh¥C verb.t,bocpi.trN mtntillmc>P,JJt nifjihJUiJJI4UT,'t, en TH E foundation ofPopif11 Jufiification is the freedomeofour will;and upon the walls of Juflification is merit raifed; we will have noquarrellabourthe word. Theholy Fathersofold (aswe all grant ) tooke theword inagood •• ,.,;t.~<•ff. (enfc, which the latter Divines havemiterably corrupted: Abourrhe thing it felf, we CJP'·'l· tp.w. mufl flrive eternally; we promife areward to good workes, yea an everla!lingone: It i; atrue word ofthe fewes, He that labours on theEven,lball eat on theSabbath: ,,,..J.J~:0.!!! for God bath promifed it, a•d will performe; who yer crowneth us in mercy and '"':;:;J"'" compaf!ion, asrhe Pfalmifl fpeakes, not (as thePapifis) in the rigor ofjull:ice, nor ;;,;.;;.,(,~~: (as AMdradi"!) accor?ing to_the duedeferr~f our W<?rke: By the fre.egift ofGod,and c..e.Tddmt. nor our menrs, as CaJeloin w1felyand worthily:Or (•fany man hke rhar word better) orrh.t. .xpu.6. God doth it in juflice, but in refpefr ofhisowne promife;not the verydignityofour <•jet. ;nGat.t. worke,. Thata juflmansworke in the truth ofthe thing it felfe, isof• valueworthy E ofthe reward ofheaven (which induflrious and learnedMortoncitesout ofthe En- w.p... ,ur,;p. gli!h Profelfor of Dow•J) and hath ameet proportion both of equality and dignity, ";,~..ff-t. • . to the recompence ofecernalllife, as PereritH; and rhat in it fe!fe without any refpe& ,;P;';:.;.~~:.,. ofthe merits anddeathofChrifr,which S11arerr. and B•J"' !hamed not rowrite,feecns Tom.t .in Th·l· jufllyto tlSiittle lelfc than biafphemy. d.u. But (fayourmoderatePapifls) Chrifl bathmerited thismerit ofours ; neither can anyother workes challenge rhis to themfelves,but thole which are done in God, I as AtkiradiHI fpe•ke', but thofe which aredipped and dyed in the blood of Chrifl, asour latter Papifls elegantly and emphatically fp,.ke.Bur what is this but to coozen Ggg 2 the
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