18 Cajes ofCon[cience. I.Booke. commaunos perfectobedlcnc<, no man can A for ourwants,and prayvnro him, thatbe w1ll po!fihl ydoe agood worke. in mercy accept our indcauour,and con6rrne Furrhetmore,t0uchma the maner, it mull the good workc begunne in vs by his holy be done to good and lawfull ends, The ends Spirit. ofagood workeare mamfold: FirO, the ho– nour 010d glorie of God. Whether ye eate or drinfte, orwh.tt;'"Omer ye doe, da"t!J to rhe glory of God,z.Cor.Io. 3 1. Secondly,therelhficatlon ofour thankfulnelfevntoGod, that hath re– deemed vs by ChtiO. The rh1rd is, toedifie our neighbour,and to further him in theway to life eu<rlaOing. Matthew;. 16. L" Jour !zgh1 (o foinebcforc men, that thq may ~eyour good workfs, and glorifie yottr Father which i4 in heaum. The fourth is, to cxercifeand increafe our faith and repentance, both which bee much tlrengthcned and confirmed, by the praCltfc of good workes. Fifrly,thatwcmay efcapc the pumOmtcnr of finne,thc ddhutli on or thcwl'-kcd: and obrainerherewardof the righteous, life eucrlaUiog. This was the endethat Paul aimed at in the courfcof his calltng ; towhtch purpofe hee faith, f'yqm hencejCrth thcre U/aJdvp for mce the crawne of righuor~(nct,whh·hthe Lord,the righteOIHJudge, foal!giuemceat thatd~ty, 2. Timothiec. +V.S. Sixtly, that wee may bee anfwerable to our calfmg,in doing the duties thercof,and in wal~ king as chtldrco of lighr,rcdecmed by Chri!l Iefus. When Dauid kept his fathers !heepe, he bchaued hunfclfe as aOJCpheard;but when hce was annomrcd kingouer Ifracl>Godgauc him an heart and refolution,to caryhimfdfe C as a kingand gouernor of his people. Lookc then asDaUid d1d, fo ought wceeuenbyour workcs to bee an{\verabJe ro our caiJmgs. Se~ uenthly, that wee may pay the debr,whtch we O\\-cvmoGod. Forwceare dcbtcrs tohim in fundrie regards; aswe are his crearures, as we arc his feruants, as we are his children: In a word, as wee are redeemed by Chnfi, and our whole debt is, our dutie of praifc and thankfgiUlng. Afcer the worke is done, then comes the acceptauonof i.r~ God accepts of our workcs dtucrs waies. Fir!l,in thatbeepardoneth the faultwhiclicorncsfrom vs. Sccondly,m that hcc approou~s his owne good worke in vs. Thtrdly, in that hedoth giuevnto the doers JD of them acrowneof righteoufnelfc and glo– rie, according to his promife. z. Tim. 4· 8. Rcu.z,Jo. W cthen,afterwce haue done rhe 1.\!ock,muU humbleour fclues,and intrcar 1he Lm·J to pardon the want of cur workes, and fay with DaUid, Lord amr not into iudt.erntnt wuhthyferua~Jt,Pfal, 14J.1. andwith Daniel, Lrird;vntovs bekngethopcn (hame andconfJJjirin; but tothi>er:ghteoufoef)'e,compajfion, and for._l.iht· m, Dan.9.8,9. And the rea(on is plamc, be– cJufc in \.'S there is nogoodnes, nohoJinc{Te, CHAP. VI. Of th<[<eonJ main<.fi!!!_cf/ion to#ching affi,rtmceofjtdu;etion. BeforeI come to the QucOion it felfe,this conclu(ion is to bce·la1d downe as a mainc Ground; That clcdionJ vocation, faith, a~ dopt1on, iu£ldication, (anChfication, and e· ternaJJ ~lorification, are ncucr feparated in thefaluation ofanyman,but l1kemfeparable compamons,gcc haod1n hand;fo as beethat can bea!fured ofone of them,may infallibly conclude in his owoeheart, thathe bath, and lholl bauc inrcrc!l in all the other in hiS due time. This is plamcby the words of$. Paul, Rom. ~.30, WhiJmt hepredcflinate,tbemlll{ohe caOcd;whombecallcd,rbcm•!fohe iuftifi<d;whom htiuji>ficd,•h<w•lfs h<glorifird.Inwhich place, the Apollle compares the caufes of faluati– on,to achaincof many linkes,whereof cuery one ts fo coupled to the othcr,that hcc which takerh flOidc of the highe!l,mu!l needes car– tieall the reO with h1m. Ag•ine, among!! rhefc linkcs,Faicb i• one,aprincipall grace of God, whereby man is ingrafred into CbriO, 1 and thereby become• onewirhCbri!l, and Chri!l one with him, EpheC;. J7. Now who– focuer is by faith vnired vnto Chri!l, the fame is eleded,called,iul!ified,andf~ncti6ed. ThereafoaiSmamfe!l. Form achaine, the two exrreame• arc knit toguhcr, by the mid– dle links; and in the orderofeaufes ofhappi– nelfc and faluation,faith hatbamiddle place, and by tt harh the childeofGod alfured bold of his election, and effetluall vocation, and coofequenrly ofhis glorification in the king– domeof heauen. To thispurpofcfaith Saint John, chap+ vetf.;6. Ht~hA<b<luu<thmth< Sonnc,hatluu<rlaf/inglf<. And.chap. s. verfe 14.Heth11.t be/ecueth inhim thAt{mt rne,ho~th e~ utr!a./linglife, and {hallnot cDm~mto condemn41i– on,but harh p•JJ<d fr•md<athtolif<, Thisi.rhe Ground. Now for anfwer to the Q!!e!lion, diuers places of Scriptureare to be skannedswhere– m ihis cafe of confcience is fullv anfwcred and rcfolueJ. • norJghtcoufilcs, r.orany thingchat may prcSea. 1. l~ot vs acceptable in his lighc: and for this The firO place is Romanes 8. 16.And '"' caufc Paul faith, I k_now nothing by my fclfc, ]Cl Spirit of God teftsficrh togither wrth o~tr JPirits, J amlnoztherehy iuflified. Great rcafon then, thatwearethejiJmuufGod. lnthefcwordsare th;:at we f110uld humble our fclucs beforeGod, cwo teilanon1csof our adoptiOn fct downe. --------------------------~------------------------~T~h~·~---
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