the Epifls to theGalatiaxt. Chap.6. though not Awaits. So, whatfocuer a man fowcth r the lame cotnmonly,and vfually,hcdocth reape. But it will be faid,howe cana man reape that which he low- cth;feeing that Chrift affirmeth it to be a:retefaying, that one fowetb,4 danother reaperb?Ioh.4. 37. v/itf. In that one fowe th, and anothcr reapeth,it is not to bee imputed to nature, but to the fpeciall prouidcnccofgod:t1 a words are to be vnderflood oftnc prophcts,whowere the fccdfrnen,in lowing the feedes ofthe Gofpcl;&oftheApofllcs, whowere thereapers, whole 'It o plaint and powrrfult preaching of theGofpel,did asfare ex. cecde that of the prophets , as the l aruefi doth the feed time. Thus the time under theLaw, is refcmbled to childI,00d;atad infancic , that vnder theGofpell , to mans eflate.Ga1.4. t .&c. Againe,it maybe faid,thehushandmanforrethnot the bed! that t fball6e,l.Cor. r 5.3 7.ThercForehe rcaptth not that which he S fowed. erlxf. He reapeth not the laine inditeidaiall,but yet the famefpecificall bodie. It may further be doubtedof the tructh ofthat which is fignified by this prouerbiall fentcncc , namely, whether cuery man 43aí recciue according to hisworkes,for fo 20 euery man fhould becondemned. Towhich 1 anfwer, that it is not vniuerfally true,for ifthe righteouscommit iniyakitie,all his righteoufnefehall be uo more remembred: and, ifa wic,l edman turnefrom bisfnne,none ofhisfnnes that he hath committed/hall bementio.'edunto him,,, Ezeck. 3 3. r 3,46. It mull therefore be -25 retrained thus,[-lc that doethwickedly,and perfcuereth there - into the ende:He that doeth well, and continucth in well do- ing,trall receiueaccording tohis workes, thefccdcsofhis for- mer frnnes (hall not grovevp to the haruefi ofcondemnation. For it is the priuilcdgc,yea the happincfre ofa righteous man, 3o fo to hauehis fianes coucred with the robes ofChrifl his sigh- teouroefí'e,as that they (hall neuer be vncouereci to his game. Prat, 32.E(ay,43.25.Againc,itmay hence be prooucd ; in that fanétification indeath,is per fe&ed,originall corruptionbeeing vtterly aboli(hcd :and therefore though the bookeofa regene- l5 rate mans conIciencc be opened at the day of iudgcment,yet nothing (hall be found in it, but his good workes,whrth fol- low him till the refu!refiion.Apo;.r4.13. Betides this, in the laft reticencepronouncedbv our Sauiour Chrifl,Math.25.on- ly their good workes arementioned , Comeye biefedofMy fa- ther,inherit thekingdome preparedfor you, fer 1 was bonsrieorrd 2vimwm ' 7e ti
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