fto AOmendi"Vided intrJ t"Wa 'R..~n~er_.··· t . AnfltJ. · Fouretryal'~ toknowin wbichrat.ke weace. r.Try~t!l. Goodnefr~. · wh~hcon!ifis in 4-.th~nga, Math·1·1617 I The tree mull . begood. Simil~. I will,n.ame you hutthefe foure wayes ofrri ail, that are named here: the wifoman makes this differenceofmen, fome arego~d, and fotne are , evil/; fomearec/eane,and fomearepollt~tetl;(ome ft~~crificeotbersfacrifcenor,fomearec4rel1.feif a~,~ 8Jth, othersfiarean011th. Wouldeft thou know then in which ofthcfetwo rankes ofmen thou · art? Confider then whetherrhou beagoot/man oranevill man,~ r·hat is one difl:indion.Goodnes · conlifl:sinthele foure things. . Firfr, The tree mufl6egood, as you have it in Matth.7.I6.I7.thatis,amanis chenfaidt0be a good mari,when there is agood fap in him,when thereis fomething in him that is good, when ' there are foro~fupernaturall graces wrought in him; hethatis not empty ofchefe, he is a good man: as it isfaid ofBarn4!JttJ, ht ttMJ agoodman: and how wa~ tharproved?he WM foil1Jjfoith;ir,u( theho/yGht1l.Seethen,whetherthou hafran.ernp- · tylieartorno. Youfayathingis good for no· thing,when it is empty ofthat excellency, that fuould bein it: When wine harh not that in it . that bd~gs to Wine, you fay it is naught~ and fo we fayof ail thif.lgs elfe: When aman there– fore hath not that in him that belongs to a man , that is, to aman as he was created in innocency, he is wickedand naught,a fon ofBelial:'burwhen hehath ablcffingin him,as grapeshave Wine in . them,when he harh fupernaturall grace \Yrought . · in his heart,when he h~th ~henew AJamputting inhis}lea~tthefapofG'race and Life, then hee is· good: Thereforefee whether therebee fome· · ,, what.~ •
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