S'llTheremuft beareadines codoegood. 4 TheremuG be praetife 'of good. Atbso.;S. Jll m~n di--pided into t'JPo ~n~.r. - - ---- velfelsarefaid to begood,to.be velfelsofhonor, when theyarepreJared to roery ... ~ood w11rk(: So when aman is good,he brings (9rthgood fruit; and not oneJy briggs it foorth,but iftherebeany ; occalions toput foorth .the goodneffe that is in I h~m,he is preparedfodt,as a~eifel~ !s prepared . ' for fucha turne,for fuch afervtce. Tne word in· the Originalllignifieth, when_ a man is faflliO– ned, as a velfeJI is fafhioned: and the meaning of the h~ly Ghoft is, thJtwhen_a man is good, when his heart is fitted to good workes, when he knowes how togoeabout them; whereas aq.. other bungles at them, and knowes not how to doe them, hee is prepared for them: and there..s forethereneeds no more,buttoputhimand~h.ei good worketogether, and heeis ready to pe;-. forme it. · · The Jafiis, When thereis not onlyareadineffe butpradife upon all occafions,when aman d_oth gooi,asitisfaid,.rhat IejmChrijlwent tt6out doing good. And therefore he is agood man that is aufe full man,fuch aman that every one fares the ber-· ter for,fucha man is ferviceab1~ toGod,andpro. -ficable tomen. Beforeregenerati~n,whenaman is aftrahger to this goodneife; he on!y ferues himfe1fe, he is full offdfe-love~ all his ends are to looke to liimfelfe, that he may be keptfafe; he , , cares not what becomes ofany thingdfe,fo it be well withhirn: bu~whenonce goodneifecomes .into his heart,it haththi~fruit,hegoes about do– ing good;becaufe grace brings that principle in'" to the.heart that never grew there before,that is, • the •
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