56ó Chap.6. Consinentarie apes citie might indifferently be heard,the pooreas well as the rich, and might hauc accefîe and regreffe, too and from the iudge- ment feate. Towards the rifingof thefanne , in token that their iudgemcnt (hou!d be asclears from corruption, as the funne is cleare in hischiefef} brightnes. Secondly,this confutes the common opinion ofthe School-; 5 men, whoas they truly affirme that God rewardeth his Doff, f pra s»eritm, aboue their defcrt; fo they erronioufly teach' that hepunifhcth the reprobate,citrecondignnm, l efl-e then they haue deferued. For God powrcthvpon the wicked , after this' tQ life,thc full violls ofhis wrath,puni(hing than in the rigourof his ìuffhcc, without all merde , not onely according to their works, in regardofthe nature and qualitic,but inrefpcEì of the sneafureandq,.tantitic. Laflly, this doarinefcrionfly confidered and thought vpon, >< 5 that we í1ull drinkeInch aswebrew,reapc fuch as we fow, and that men (hall haue degreesof fclicitie , or miferie, anfwerable to their workes, anfwerable to the kind oftheir werke , to the quantitieand qualitic thereof; will make vs more carefull toa- uoid frnne, and to be moreplentiful! in good workes, then if 1sß with the Papifls,we fhould teach iuflification by workes. Againc, in that may one (hall reape as he foweth, that is, (hall be rewardednot according to the fruit and (uccetie of his labour,but according tohis labour, be it more, or le%, better or worfe: it ferues (fiat ofall) to comfort the minif}crs ofthe =i vvord,which arc fet ouer ablinde ignorant people who are al- waie Icarning,and neuer come to the knowledgeofthe trued:: they muff not be difcouraged,thogh after long teaching,therr be little knowledge or amendment; after much paìncs taking, littleprofiting;but rather a coldnetfe, a backewardneffe,a dc- 3o dining inall forts and degrees . They rrrufi remcmber,that if 1 their Gofpell beeingdehuered with fuch fimplicitie, with fuch afTiduitie,with fuch euidence anddemonffration of the fpirit, ' be hid,it it hid to there that pers , in rrhome the Godof this world 1 hath blinded theaninder of theinfidellf,.that theolorioue Gafpelof 35 Chri,q/hoHldnot Jhine unto thorn. a.Cor.4. 3,4. Bcfides,let them confider that though they (eerie tolabour invaine,& to fpend their tlrength in vaine,and that their words takenomore efTec then iftheywere fpoken in the winde:yet, that theiriudgement le )riththe Lord,andtheir work! with their Çad.Ifa:49.4. remelts_ bang
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