i' ': t rv1 'Treatife of[allings. atfeB:ion ~hen judgement, eo di(pure on this A manner. i here i1 no right and lawful! calling allorrcd for muntlcrs m rhe Church ofEng– land: rhcre(orc ehere are no Sacraments a.. mong vs, ncr trul! preaching of rhe word of God: our Sacraments (fay they) are burSa· cr~mcnt~inO.lew,& rhe effeB: ofal preaching vvah vs,1s QO bctccrrhl! the illufion of eh.: di.. ucU:l an(wer,be it granted there is nolawfull caJli~gofrniuiih:rs in theChurch ofEngland, (whtch neucrrhelelfe to fay is borh falfe and wick<dh cc wrllnotthisfollow, rhac our Sa– craments are no Sacramen.t5, and our prea· ching no preaching; for though men be vn· lawfl11iy callcd,yer r.heir aBions be rhc afhons d Miniilers,ifthey be calkd at •I :The prea- ~ cbing ofa 1~1inill:ervnlawfully called, may be B tru~ prcachmg, and S:~.craments, true Sacra– ments; d(c Chrifl: would not haue faid ofrhe Scribes & P.harifies,Hcoart them:whereas they were ofother Tribes then Ltui, & came in of· ren by bribery & like corruption. h bad en. crance makerh nor the :1llions done, to bee voidc and of n one: cffea, iffo bethe doer bee sailed [0 !land in the roome ol a right & iaw– tul1 agcnr.And,asgood c:nrranccmaketb not alwaiesthc alhons good,becaufc,wherc there IS a good enrrance imo a lavvfull.calling,rherc may be an afcer-Apofla(ie:IO on rhe conrrary, rhe dcfeB of a good entrance makerh not a nullicy ut minifl:eriall altions. Now I come to rhe ic:condpoint touching continuance in callmg,namt·ly,in "Whar man ... C nerthe all:ions rhcrof arc: robe: done. le is not li.lfficient for a mzn to do rhr proper workcs of his cal!ing,bur he muft do them in a good and godly manner: & rhac a man may fo doe thC,rwo things are principally required .Ho– lu;e(fe and conftan(y. To do a worke in Ho– !ines,the word of God tcachc:th, rhat there is required a double fanC\ification. The firll, of the worker;the fccond,of the work and atl:i· on to be done.That rhe worker nrold be fan• Cbfied,ir is nc:cdfary for two caufes: t.becsufc rhe perfon mull: firtl plearc God, before rhe workcot th.c pcrfon plea(c: him.Fort.:~thevn-.. cleaneA!lthings .ere 'Cmcltttne,Ttt,l.l5. yea, not ooely their vvorkes,but. their mindsand con– fcicnccs are defiled; aqd the reafon is plaine; 0 !or fo great is rhe corrupnon of our wicked .natures, that W(' d(file whacfoeuerthing we lay our handsvnro. If men be nor repentant finners,al the a8:ions which thcydoc:,chough good workes in chemfc:Ju es , are very finnes, & offences before G od,in th.ar chey proc.eede nor from an vpright hearc,nccl1er arc done to rhe glory of God. Secondly, (anl:lification of our pt·r10ns is required:becauf,·,vnleffc webe borne anew of water & tb c: foirJc we can look ~o~ no (uccctfc: or blcffing vPnn ~ur labours: lt lS the oghreous mans pnujleg:e, WhtttjDet~er hedotbit/lni/Jprv.ffier,Pfal 1 ,J.noman ds mull: lookc for this fauour at Gods hand. Righre.. ous l•feph prolpered in all char he did,for rhe Lord waswirh him, when he was made rule; I ourr the houfe of FotiphAr cbc Eg,yptian.qen• 39·'•3· And leh•foph•tfairh, i .C6ron, w.ao. Btluwthe Lord ••J his Prophets, ••dtb•u fo•lt proJjm. Whik the htkewas yet in the houfc of Obed.EJ,,., hee profp<red and all his houfr. How much more then fhJ!l he prolpcr, that hath nor only_the fi.gne_cfGodsprefence,but God htmfefe dwellmg rn hiS heart? If it bre faid, char in experience we finde rhc vngodly man to profper as wcllas the godly:lanfwer, the_profpcmy ofrhc w~eked,IS like the qu•iles whtch God dtd fend to the lfraclites in the wildcrndfe~whichbrought a plague and de. llruchon wtth them, for rhey died while the meare was yet in rhcir mourhe!. The profpc· ride of the wicked rerues to rhcirdcepct·con– demnacion. Hence we learne, that being defigned and (eraparrro•ny calling.we muil6rllofal from our hearrsrurne vnro God, from all our fins, ~nd vfcmeanes to become ucw crc:uures,be.. caufc ~nldfe we repent and rurne vnroGod, and with confhnt purpofe clcauc vnco him, the bell all:iom ofour caUings,thogh we had no other fins, llull be fuffidcnt to condemne vs;cc5fidering no worke euer plcafed God,till the pet(on of the workct be accepted in his fi.ghr, The blind diuinity ofrhc WQrld is rhjs, char fuch as walk diligently about their bufi– ncs,liue peaceably wirh all men,& dono man hurr,haue all things ro go we! with rhem,and God will haue mercy vpon the.Thefc rlrings indC"edc are goodand commendable, bur nor fufficienr:for vn!cs rhe perfon that dorh rhefe things'gocfunber,and repent him ofhis fins, and die vnto rhem by rhe vr:rruc ofthe death of Chrifr,and line vmo God,all his peaceable and vpright dealing will in the cod prouc no better eheo fig-leaues before G od. For euen the bell: workcs char can be,arc damnable fins in the doer,vnld fe he rurne vnroGod,and be in Clnifi. In the fame ficld,ac che fame rimeJ in the fame bufinetfc, there is the workof the oxe,and rhe workC" ofa man,; now I demand which of chcfc cwainc is the bctrer worker i know rhcanfwerwil bc,the.work ofche man; bur rhe truth is,vnlctfe he be renewed 'by the grace ofG od, his labourjsworlerhen the la– bour ofrhe beall:;fot the bcall: in his kinde o– bctyes God, fo dorh nor the vnrepencant fin· ncr.And rhus actions lawful in rhemfelucs,in him become vnlawfull, not becau(echey arc done,but becaufctheyare done in cuil maner; euen asthechand isfaulcy,nor becaufe it car~ riesthe water,bucbecaufc it ddilc.-s the warer. The fccond ch1ngrequired,isfanllification ofrhe Worke or aCtion. This point alfo mufi be learned and praCtifed:fer ic isnot fufficienr eo doe a lawful) aEtion,but it muft bedone in holy manner: for lawfull aC\ions vnlelfe they be lln[tlfied,are fins: as may appearc by one & the fame al:lion done by rwo per(ons. The Publican and rhc Pharifie goc together to Luk.JS.to. pray,rhey doe both oneand rhe Came aUion~ and yet the one for hi.~ prayer is approoucd, the
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