· Tbe Immutability of Goo. - / 10' j dell: labour tobe abundant: itn good workes; that 1 ( is, robe fure to fervc God, whatfoever thou doeft .. ) This is the happy condition of the Saints, that i .,. their fi nnes thall be blo.tted out, and their good workes (ball remaine to ercrnide; they are fpiri- ·tuall feed fowne' , which fhall bring forth a fure , harvefi. If thou be a fervant,or a labouring man; ! when thou doefi, thy workes fhaU remaine. So · :looke upon any thing that thcu hafi: done fo r : chrijl:,all tbefethings (hall remaine forcver:what • faith full prayers foever thou hafi made, or what . foever tbou haft fuffered for chrifl, what paincs. thou haO: taken in preaching, or in repenting, or .in advanc1ng the caufe ofChrifi)tbefe fhall be had in everlaflmg remembrance. On the orher fide,Iooke what finnes unrepented' of~ rhou hait committed ; for the ftnnes ofmue– gcner:He men (hall alfo remaine. All the praife 1 ! char comes from atl:ion, and the pleafure of ir,. that paff'eth away, and comes to nothing: but 1 Iooke what finfulneffe there is !n any worke,that·l .remaines; and ifthou repent not ofit,that finn~-~tball be reckoned upon thy fcore; and what up– _rightneffe [oever there 'is in any worke, that alfo1 fha11 remame. Therefore, learne from hence t O ·i prize and.valueonely thofe good things th'at are ·l immmable~andproportionably to feare and fhun;l the evill ... THE~ ~---------=--------~----------~-------- ll
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=