ChapL6. the. Epijlie.tothd}alatiant. ·39.1 firco~;\l•his!'«ir, and a}J,,In\r.ltofe tbmj;tllla<' A ~nfwer that good work<i are fcede,s;. yet may furi\W.Jtuerelig•on ~~~d.pter•e,w~rb ne• fa:rh 11 rhtrooteof thefef..dca:and 1nthat ationropr<!palllife:whicb,wh6foeuet'l!ot~9 s~~dworkesarcmadethe.feedcsof ~terqaN Q1a!lr.~ap,d•le.e~er(afliJig,l:~"a iull rec~m, l•fc, 1111 to be afcr1bedro G~do ~crcifoll penceof I;JiiWO!ke, ac<prdmg toth~mei\Cl.; prom1fe! oocro the mer~~.oftli~ work•t for .tu~lpromi(e'lifGqd,,,",;)L,•. , 1 c!H•···" mrhar.wee, orour wor~y.are.wdrrhwof c.,h,.inua Hcr<>(<l!)J!!J!~~i~il:iont,i~etobee anfw.e-. thel~ll bleffing, ,it io mort' ~fOo11s ~erm.oo.Rh<· ~ed fo~rqe.~I·~•Jgg19fthlatext:F~rll,thc.Pa< c1e, then ourmctlt. Fourrhly,rheApolllc ~'~~:· piil~1cafond1uo, .,_WQikCJ,~te feeder:.but fhcwe~h _onl:ly who theyar.~~li:lt fhallmhc• 'Bellar.de fcedcs~.rerh~iJt9p<§cau(eofthcfrulte:rhct•• m cternall ).1fc1 aod.,.rfie,or.der how !1fe 1s · Mlof.lib.s. (oregood wor.kes a<eth~prupercaufd' ~f·c-, . attained :•but noNhiic~uf~- whe<eforeil'is :"N· ternalllifo.,.an\1·I!Qt fairh onely.: So that.as' , giuen. Ir.tw•ll bee faid, po~·only tlie o•d~r, tl).ere'is a.hid4~oV,ertU~ in melecde, tO bting I but thecaufe is fet downt',!ll it mayap~ro' {Q~:Ih (ruite :' (o is there a dignitiein g~od by the antith'fis i fur~oiOwing to the'6.!11i; , 1 o,vor)<c1<P D}t~it-eternalllife, • .dn[F..Firll,as in. is rhe cau[e; of.dellruClion·,Yu fowinjl to the• '"p;~;~ble,fo!n.~\imilitudc,wha~foeuerisbefpirit, iHhe c~ufe of oter~alU.fe. Anfo'er,_ (\~ tpcfcoP.o.and.!l~ifull~rcof,(u rhis'their B It u true 10 theone;burmobm tbt ~lhcr. :Fur • .jj(put;i1) prooueth nothing. J"pe (copeof· 1 firll, !inncu>r:.workes·o£ the fletliQ iue P"tr• 1 it!l..' f\OlJ\itl!4~:t•1~is.chatub.t!bicb'wwerlt 1 feCIIy i:oill ,.a. beeing'•bf~JiJre·i>"":'chdoof . "{P.qat~fhall~pewhearc-.{o"ljctbarfotverh the law, and• •l<le<~e ·•nfimtt>punifbmenr-; lothef~irir,Jl)~llofthefpi~it reapcli~euer- , f1ecaufe they offend arpiaiit:l~:Maidlie:. I 'la~iog1anda~hcthatfpweth.rares,fhal.teape whereasworkes ot fhe("p/•ifi<lltci~p~rf•c!tl ; !i9Jhingbut·t~es: fo herbar fow~r)lto rhe IYgood, l)au1pgm 1hem wanu; .11nli>mJ>er<r 1 fl~f)J, rhecur(e~ fped~tofa,...ieked·lifc, Jhdl fetl1ons; (then: becing in clltiy.gpml·worke 1 oEr~c f!clh ~eap.~•norpfng.4ur·.ciorruprion: · a !inoeofgmlffion) comnlintJfhmi'Ofthac- i nd.as hee.t!}at (Qjl'cth,plentifully eirher of 1 per~etlioo tha~is requi<edoil thtJa,.,tithejl ', fhcJe,fh~l! r~ap~a plenrifull haruefhofeir!Jer : beeing good.and perfetl, as theyproceetle / pJrh~m:Jo:l>.<~b!ltfow,esthefecdeofagod.· 1 from the ,Splrit of God.l!fmpetfetlillnd , !],o.r)w.ic~e~~i(e inplentifuUmanner, !hall·, viciouo, urheycome(romv.t> Eum•a"va; ; Jgl!{1e.ap!eniifi!!H~reafe,•eitherofimtferie, , ter io pure;•'ao.it'lprocccgeo\fr-Qm:rhd.foun• , or,f,eliciric. WlJeruhc Papllls-rcafon.rhus: ,, raine: buttioubled, as ir:funocrh through ~;.t<l!:.! ar~'ibqf•~ftllf ti,Je fruire,and haue in ) • 61rhie channell j oras rhewriring is•imper– <!iclJl~hidt\!!Otv~t;ue; wheuebr·they grow; C fett andfaulr1e, asitcomnfromrheroung 1 Ma.l!riQg fGI'th frwre:rhmfore,good works learner: bur perfca and abfolurc, as ir proa~pt,lleprop~,~Auf<ioflife,and·haueadignic<ederh froon rh'e fcriuener rwhich gtiideth · {t0,3I\de"ccll~nlliejnthem,whe~eby they arc his hand. So.that if God(f~rringatlde mer- 1 li'<!Jthic ofct<J.Aallilife.:, they mi!fe of rhe cie) Jhoulclrrie·rh~rn by thnouch-llone o dri.f!fAilflintcptq{ the A,poflle, andfo conthe word ; •cbey wou)d.becfouud ro !.eebut ~lu4~n<>t!•ing,: ~fldeo, this rhcir colletlion counrerfeir. And if hee,Jhool<hveigh them •w!:fjfqourfc,, ~! qonrr.arictotheirown~doin the ballance of his iull(cc,>they •would ~r1oc,for~bo.r:teA<:p,th.argoodworkes arc b~e found too light. Secondlr; 'thero is'{ 9>P.rlt.O(i0.4S by.l)l~ritof<otrdigniti~:which.inay rvaincdifference berwixt th~workei•of rhe b!''ltqfle~IIQO.d·3;11'1ies,eith,erin re11ard ofthe 6e0t, and rh~M>I'kes ofrbcfp1rir;in r;his.ve:' r ·' • ·' ' q[gqil!~ofthe1\:or_kealonc: or ili-regard of ry poinr 1in thatdlc workes:ar the fleJh, ar.~' 1 ~he,prJ?;mife.of.Qo.d alone, and his.diuine acour owne workeo, and not'the wor.k'es of · ~~JliOJ19Q=.9~!¥ttl¥ !n'reg_ard ii&tbe.dignille God in v~: and fo we dcferuc~rernall ~earh·. 'nd·~l\•J:II.ency.o(rneworl<e;partl)\tn regard by reafon of.rhem, chty .beemg our own~ 9!1P!'(1to?'ifeoJ;p_qd, Now albeit .Come of '· wicked work eo: whereasgood workes prc-· !Q~f\tlwla,~h~tgqpgworkes doemmun re- D ceedenot froro vs properly,. feeing "'" ,.,.. fp~~PJliY. \!fV.9.<!'s ,pmmife, and .mcrcifull ""'fNjficimt.cf oNr fel•ulo thilllt:!·at>J [md] ~c;:~~gt~u.ov,,~s $..~9f(;#·f ~,,,,,~nJ!r;Dr~r.tnd"!• tlnng a.~•{ou,. fiHa, :.Cor. 3.vcrf.S: but fronl f.!M.S~~dtrsi#.CPR•r;and·rhe like:orhers,m rheSpitll of God, who workerh m vsboth r~fp.eGtparrly ofJMi<.owfl,e wo.rthmes, part· the willand the decde ;andare his workcs 'in ly qf.(]gp_s,prqA>if~a·tl.a=prance, as B"""' vs: therefore bceing not ours, 'wee can meNi•tNri,BseJ,Drielo,Ciingim, IAn(ensm,BeU•rrite nothingby lhem at the hands of God. ,;.J'l!!cd~l5eemg •h~cornmon•receiued opiThirdly, obferue rhoritionot faid, bee rhal pi!!QAmoogtbeSohooleruen(as Bintfeldim fowerh rcrhefpirirfoJ/of that which hthath Wj!flJ!lfAih:) y~r .nqn_e of them (.excepting (»r.nt reape life eucr/4/ing; bot; P,aU .r the oqclyf'••!(A•haJJicm~ rhac,!]lCY.'.are meri, i$srit re•pe life- tNtrla~,.g. VYhere w~c fee ~~rJQ~S oncly·1.(\ r.egar~ •f th• d•g>i!'l' of the rhe Apoflle attributes nothingto our works ,..,.., wh1ch uptwi!hll>noivg thdthemiLls but to thegraccofGodo Spirir:b(lly,Rom. and o1he,rt jlaQ.o.u.r.to proue o~t·of•h,ss limi6. verfl: 3• che holy Gholl putrerh manifefl l(r~.de,vrgi~grhe·a~~Jqgy,bctwixrJ<td< ~nd dtlference hetweenethe worRes of rhe Ro01, g!P,I( ·"P'k."· ~qutr>rJe ro rh~ curreQr ~nd •nJ ofrhefp~rit, inref~ctlofmerire, when . 1 1It::~5B~'!:"r,9w_ne D >_does, Th<Cdly,{ bee fatth, The "'"k" •! fin•r u death: but -'>·h'"'' · Kk 4 ettrnaK , ..
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