Chan:& ComntertFariestpos yefedde toe,p-c.their finnes and imperfdtions ,not to much as oncenamcd,but concealed and paffed ouer. I I. O6ie.ct. Ittnaybc faid, that neither the good nor the bad doe reape that which they haue fownetthe for the feedsofgoodworks,reape nothing but aff;i ion : the wicked for the curled feeds oíadamnable life,comfort and contentati- ou.To which I anfs'er,that it is not true,irwe reflraine it to the teartne ofthis liFe,For fo all men reape not, as they he fowné,. It But it is vndoubtedly trueofthe life totcome:for the ill Rice of God requires that all fbould be rewarded according to their to workes. Rom. c... Hencetherefore wet may gather,that teeing men muff reape as they fow,and yet doenot reapc,nor receiuc their reward. in thisli`e: that there is another life after this,in which God will glue to cuery one as his workes fhaltbe,ancl therfore there fha11 be a iudgement.And bccaufe the bodiewas t g partaker with thefoule either in doing good or euill, it is iuff , ltkcwife it fhouldbe partaker either ofmi[ctie,,or felicit.ie á and therefore there !hall bea rerurre.io.sr. I I I.O6ieEEi. The whore ofRatylo, fruit be rewarded don. blc. Apoc. a 8.6. In the cup.oe that /beebath pled toyait, fill her 21 the dorslle. And the Saints pray thus to God.,,%emeler to oto . neióbbosirsfruenfald in:wtheir6ofomr.13i .1.79. t2.11e-re oreit.' teemed-1 that forne men {hall not he judged accordingto their works,becaufe they, ace punifhed abouc their deferts.An S }tee is rewarded double, yet not above , but according to her de- 25,` terts,,pitte berdou/leaccording re her. norke:t, v. 6. the meaning is- not, that (flee fllnuld bepunifihed twifetas.muchas Thee had de- ferued(fo,r it is the lawof (God that the malefaEfour fh.ould be beaten with a certainenumber offlripes, notabeam , but aceor- dintto hid tr pa/,re. Dent. 29.2..) but that f?iee fhould be tor- 3o tnenteci,twile as much as flieehad tormented others. Againe, there phrafes and formes offpeceh , of rewarding¿ot,fble, or f - uen fold, f goife, that Godwill pay wicked men yr ozne to the f-u':l(a definitenumber beeingput.fòt an indefinite) as-Gen. 4. t 5. DoashtlejTe, ivhafaeueroriel, Cainfl.sll be pre. i:- ledfe e tfold. 353: The meaning is not, that the tnurthere. ofC.ain fhould bepu- nif7aeá feuen fold more then he was pu.ni.fhed for killinghi brother Abed(fòr itfhould not hambeene to great afinne for t: antto bane kalled'him , as itwas for him to kill his.brother) but that he fhould be aloft ("merelyand ggriet otzrily punifbeds 1llè':.
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