Chap.6. the Epijlle to the qatatians. ham a(ure rec.:npen,.,P(oU,JJ.J8: Of cuill actioos,hefaith,Huthat fowethJmqumelh4fl re.ptajfMiion,Prou. :z. 8. BurheroP•••lre– firaines it,co chofegood workes~flaberallty, which are performed in the mamtenan~e ~f rheMmillery. And he calleth that wh1ch IS bellowed vpon the MiniCiers of the word, v~ede, which being fowne, dothrecompence rhe cofl,rhirry,Gxty,and hundred folde: that fo they might not rhinke their labour lotl, northeircoll bellowed invaine, fccing they were to receiue that which they laid forth, wuh aduantage. Bur here it may be faid, This prouerbiall (entenceIs not alway true: for fomctimc t~n /owe much, and gath<r but little, Deut, z8.38. Agg.t.6.nay fomctimethey (orPe,and re11p not, M1ch.6.' s. Againe,expericnce tltcwes,tbat that which is fowne, maydegenerateimoa· nother kinde. An(. It is not necelfary that prouerbiall [entences ihould bee true at all rimes,and in euery particular: if rhey be nuc (or the mofi part, or in that for which rhey arebroughr,it is fufficienr,as that, M<~rh. I 3. 57, a Prophrti.rn'taccrptrdin hi!. ownccqunrrt'j, is for rhe mof! parttrue, though not alwaies. So,whatfoeuer a man foweth, thefame com– monly,and vfually,hc dorh reape. But itwill befaid,howcan :i man reap that which hefoweth,feeingrbar ChriU affirme1h it to beea true f~qing,thatone foweth, 4nd ano– thtrreap:th iloh.4.J7· A•(. In that onefow– cthland another reapeth,it IS nut to be impu– ted ro nature, but to thefpeciall prouidence of God: the words are to be vnderflood of theProphets,who wererhafeedfmen?in fow· ing thefeedesof theGofpell:andof theA– poflles, who were the reapers, whofe plaine and p~werfull preaching of the Gofpell, d1d as farce exceedc thot of the Prophets, as the barudl doth the feede time. Thus the rime vndcrthcLaw, isre[emoled tochilde– hood and infancie, thatvnderthe Gofpell, to mans eClatc,Galat.4.I,&c. Againe,it may be[aid, the husbandman.foweth•ot thebod~r thflt foal/ b.e, x.Cormth.rs. 37· Therefore heereapcth notthatwhich heCowed. An(w. Hec reapeth not the fame indiuid•a/1, but yetthefame fPecificallbodie. It may further bee doubted ofthe truth ofthatwhich is Gg. nificd by this proucrbiallfemence, namely, whether euery man fhall recciuc according to his workes, for ('o euery man lhould bee condemned. To which I anfwer, that it is not vhiucrfaiJy true, for if the r}threoUJ com.. mitteiniq11i1ie~ 11/J hiJ t-ightroufoeUr fot~/1 hu no more rrmembred: and, if a wicked man tr4rn~ romhiJ (inne, ,oneof hitJinnrr that behath com– mitted foe~!/ bementt(m~dvntq him, Ez~c.3 3.13. 16. It mu(! therefore bereflrained thus, He that dotb wickedly,and pe:feuereth therein to the ende: He that doth wcll,and continu– eth in well doint;, 01all receitlc acco. rdmg to~~ his workes J the I'ecdes of his fOrmer finnes, !hall norgrow vp to the harucfl of condem- .. A nation.For it is the priutledge,yea the happi– nes of a righteous OJao, foro haue his finnes couered w•th the robes of Chrift hisrighre. oufnes,as that theyfl~allneuccbe vncouered tohi•Jhame,Pfa1.3•· Efa.43·•5· Againc,it may hence bee prooucd; rhatfanctificari– on in death , isperfect, originall corruption being vttcrly aboli01cd:and therfore though the bookeofa regenerate mans confcience be opened at the day of iudgemenr, yet no– thing !hall be found in ir,but his good works, which follow himull the refuneC!ion, Apoc, 14.13. Belidesrhis, in thelafl fcnteoce pro– nounced by our SauiourChrifi,Mat.>5.on~ ly their good workes arc mentioned,ComeJC B bltjfed of mJ Fathtr, inheritthek}ngdormprep4· redforJoufor l IPIU hungr;,andl'fedde me,&c. thcirfinsandimperferhons, notfomuchos once named, bur concealed and palfed ouer. ll. Obieilion, It may bofaid,tharneirhcr the good northebad docreape that which they hauc fowne: thegodly forthe [cedes of good workes, reape nothing but af!liction: the wicked forth<cuc(ed feedcs of a damna– ble l1fe,comfort and contentation. To which 1an(wcr, thar it is nor true,if weerefrrainc it to the tearme ofthis life,for foall men reape not asrhey hauefowne. Bur it iSI'ndoubted– ly trueof thclifetocome : for theiuUicc o( God requirestbat all ihould be rewarded ace cordmg totheir workcs, Romanes '· Hence . therefore weemay gather, that feeing men mull reape as they [owe, and yet doe not reapc, nor receiue their reward in th1s life: rhac there i~anmherlifcafrcrthis, in which God will giuetoeuery onea• hiswork• 0 10 JJ be,and therefore there a ••u be a iudgemem. And bccaufe thebody was partaker with the fouleeithcr in doing good or cuill, it is iull hkewJ[e tt Owuld be partaker either of mife– ry,or felicity: and therefore there flJalJ bee a rcfurrcelion. lll. ObitfJ. ThcwhorcofBabJlonmufl be rewarded double. Apoc. r8.G.ln th•curpe that {kthath {illedtoyou,ftil herthedouble. And the Saints pray thus to God, Rmder to ~"' D neighbours feauen folde into their bofome, Pfal, 79·"· Therefore it [eemeth that fomemen fi1all not be iudged according to their works, becoufe they arc puni01ed aboue rheir dc– ferts. An[. Shee isrewarded double,yetnor abouc, but ~ccording to herdcferrs,giueht'r ~oubleaccordmg to ?ern:w~er,v.6.rhe meaning tsnot: thatfl•ccflJOuld bee punilhed rwi(e as much as lhee had de(erued, (for irisrhe Law of God that rhc malefactour flrould be boa– ten with acertaine number of £lripes, nota61JHe,butaccordmg to his tr~JPaJ[e, Deer. z5,2.) butthat lhee nwulol bee tormented tv:Jfe as much asfh~e had tormented others.Agamcl t~efcphra{es and formes of fpech, of rclrar~ d'.ngdouht~, or fe4Utn fo!dc, fignifie, rb:1t God w11l pay Wicked men home ro the full (• defi– nite number heelllg pu1 for an indcfinit<) ,. Grn.4.1S.Doubtits,w1Jofo6uerJlaicthCJZm,f; 11!6e \
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