1-- 1 I : --------~~eh_e_u_.c~h~ap~·~to~t~he~Jf,~eb~r_. ____ ~~~~·---L~9 I and chat ·becing donc;,Jthen come. Loue and A fattiJ: But t:h1s IS dtc1r ru!tqme,rhey ..,..,iJ(cXcojl H')pt', :md doe rhcirdutics:And_fo,though ir;su any thing, i'athcr then that wb~h the holy laH Ionget· th~n faith dgrh, yctf.tit!. is afore ScriptHre fo much cxrolleth; namrly,trUeFzuh. !oHc, and m:tkc::s the: wayfo;- it~ " For, if they knc:\V '"''hat it i,s truely tO knowe To conclude this fcc;Qt,d point: Fait!~ is <t Chrifl:, and to bclccuc inlhmhJ thatjt?irh;"'' bi<h hand ro 1ake hold on C~xi!.l and his b~pefits. workcth by loue, rhcy would rhcn ki1ow,thot I Lou~ is :1 hand to giue out 1 tqkeils of faith both ~atth makes a man brircnfiJappinl'ffi, and rhqc.:. l ro God ond man, For (r .Cor. r; ·5·) Louc feetore moiloifured ofic. . ,k}thnot !Jqpwne)/tHt otbmgood·:~ namy·ty, .the S~conJJy, here WC ffi:l}' fee the e~--:ceJtcnCJc of· .! good of them tb::tt '!l{e loucd. Hope ts a.n.eye a Chriflianmanseftate; he is not riakcd, nottlookinoout·, andnMJiiug forthcgoodthlngs ddlituteofcomfon; but U hcirc ofa g!ortQPA. promif~d-:- Sp that, as fliith is the hJt~d of the inheritance, by mcancs ofhis faith:ancl a Chri.;1 foulc; fo lour is the hand, and 'hope ts the eye..- Hi~n m:'!.ns inhcrit::tncc, is Cbrifis;·igiHeQH[ncJ!eo of faith; Louc the hai1d \\'hereby it workcth, Our of \\·hich, we learnc, .. and Hope the rye whcrcbyjt.waitcth and look.. · Firfi,that no manby :mygood workcs dOnC eth for the performance ofti.1ch things, as f;;ith byor in hirD!CJfc, can merit cru~ ~nd iuflifying harh apprehended and bdceucd.lfthe <:fhurch B rtghttoufi'cjfo: The Pharifaicall P•pijh reach foi ofRorn~ thinkc thb any \.Yron~ to this holy but their conccice is here oucrthrowcn, by th.e verrue of loue,ro be the hand offairh: !er them doClrine ofclu:.holy Ghoil.For, fauing righre.: knOI.-\' iris~ i1ot ours, it iS the doChine of the oufndfc is lusinherirancc: which \VC know,is Jipoille,_;~llerehcC.1irh, Failh work_tth b;lone, alwaies gorrcn by rhe Farhcr, and defcendi:_ Iffatth work by it, then fiudy louc is the hand from the Father to the Sonnc, as a free token of faith. Thus faith WO>'i(rtbby louc, wa!tcthby of his louc, And it were fcorncfulland abfurd; ·hope,but bcluuerhby it fclfe, to fee 3 Sonne offcrro buy his inheritance of And for this caufc, the rightcoufncffe, that his father; it bcG"ing againfithe nature of:m in~ mikes 'IS righteous before God,is1ather ca!Jcd hcritancc, to come any other \/\'ayes, but by the righlcouli>cife of fairh, chcn of_any other [re.gift from the Father to rbe fonne:rhereforc Chrifl:ian vcrtuc, or gr:1cc of the fp!Cit, And for our rightcou.filcffe that mu!! faue vs, bceing··as chc f:tmc caufc is it, that ofren inS. Pmd.s E.o \1\'t fee here oUr inheritance: let vs rcfoluc ofit; p.HHes) it is calledby the fiune namc,as, Philip. we cannot buie nor merit it. F9· . .. ,. 0 Againc, here IS fure and folide comforra-. The third ond !oil poipt concerningNoaht g•inft oil rhe griefcs, and croifes, and loifes oi "faith; is that, Noahwa~ mttf~ htire ofthis righ• this world ~ Gods children tnufl ncedes haue· ceoufneffc. \ · their portifJh of affliBions in this life. But here is A fpcciall commendation of his faith, It their comforr, rhey may loofe their goods, limade him heircof true: and f:ii.~ng righteouf.. uings, poffcffions, their good names, their nc{fc: that is, it gauc him a tnl~ title vnto it, h~alths, rhcirJiues; but theirmhn-irancefian .. and m:lde him hcire appArJrnt oF\that glori~, dcth fure and firmc, and cannot be lofl. let '\vhich ita!furcth eueryone that apprehends it them therforehcrc ltarne, not to g~ciue our 0 f by this uuc faith: ond fo he was made as ccrmcafurc: for a holy man may fay thus ro him• tainly, ond os truly p~rukerof tt, os the young felfe, ond rhat moiltruly: My f~ther mayfr.m>n Prince isaffurcd of hts Crowne and K;mgdome oh me .for myfaulrs, and chaflifo mcc for my at his time, or the hen·eofhis Fathers lands, finncs; but I am fit re he "''iirnotdifnheritemc:' Here two moil worthy doctrines doe offer for I amheire, 6y faith, •f Chrifh r~~htmrfncJ]<; them(eluesto our view. and I may loofc mony things, but I lhall \lOt 1. The cxcellcncie of faith, Jooferhar; z. The excdlencie of a Chriftianmant eThirdly,and lailly,bere muil Gods children ftate, D leame rhcu dutic" They are heir~ to a godly The exccllencie offaith oppeares thus: It and glorious inheritance; and Chriils righretn:tkcs a holy man :tffurcd and certaineof his ouii1dfe is thrir inberitanCr;thcrcforc they muff fotu·ation by Chriil lefus. The Church of le'rne ro fer & ferric all their affcC'bons on rhis Rome faith, it is prdi.1mption in any man to inheritance. For, there is n~thing in the world thinkc fo, vnleffc he hauc an extraordinary remore \'tOrthieto be affeClcd, then afairc'inhc.: ::elatitfit: but we lcarnc from the Scripture,that riunce. if aman haue truefaich; chat is able to aflure We muil therefore lid! labour aboue all him of[aluation. For faith rnakcS him an heirc ~f worldly things for this inhcritancr; namely, to rme righteoujiiCJTc, and of f.'lluorion rhcreby, be made partakers of this r~hreo.•foeJTc. This is Nowwe know, the htire is rnofl fure and ccrthat pcarle, whichwe hauing found, mufi {ell raine of his.inbe1·itance; wh:lt cucr he gees or all we hauet~biiJ it. And when we haue gocteri loo{Cth,he is lure ofthat.But this righteoufncs it, we mull: care to kecpe it, and therefore mutl and faluation by it, is his inheritance; therefore by it vp inour very heansand foulcs:'and kcehcc may bc,and is by t3.ith aflhrcd of it. The ping it,wc mufl reioycc and dclight1i1 it :tboue Papifts therefore doe wrong nno ·this dothe world) and all the pk:tfi.!rcs of i't. Chine, tmd derogate from the dig11iric of true This is che gloriouspor·tion which our God a1d \'
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