The fin fulne e of ) inne. 2 +5 which fnall not profr them. Thirdly, toprefervehu- mane fociety from violence and outrage, for when wic- ked courfes are from Heaven plagued, and moderate proÌpeced, this keepes order and calmeneflè upon the face of mankinde, which might otherwife bee likely to degenerate into brutilinAfe. Fourthly, to intice and incourage wicked men unto fincere obedience ; for thus may they recount with themfelves : If Cod thus reward my uncleane, how abundantly would lice re- compence my fpirituall f rvcces ? If he let fain -Lich Lich crums unto dogges, how abundantly would he provide for met if I were his Childe ? If the bleflîngs of his left hand, 'riches and glory, bee fo excellent even to the Goa!es, how pretious would the bleffings of his right hand , length of dkyes, and eternal/ happi4e fife bee if I were one of his fheep ? So then it is not Ex pretio operis, but only Ex Iargitatedon.ntis; The reward is not out of the va- lue or price of the worke, but out of the bounty of God, who will not leave himfelfe without a witneffe, but as a mater for incouragement and allurements fake will re- ward the indutirie of an ignorant Scholler,though he blot and deface all that he puts his hand unto; ió God to over- come men by his goodneffe and bounty,and to draw them to repentance, is pleated to reward the workes which he might jufily punifh. But have not the wicked fume meafures and proporti- ons of the Spirit given them, by which they are enabled to doe thofe workes they doe ? ÏHe6.6.a. a Corr 2.6,7. And is not that a good worke which proceedeth from the fu pplies of the Spirit of God ? To this we anfwer, Firti, as it is the influence of the fame Sunne, which ripe- ned] both the Grape and the Crabbe, and yet though the Grape have fweetneffe from the Sunne, theCrabbe íîi11 retáines the fwwreneffe which it bath from its fèlfe : fo it is the fame fpirit which helpeth the faithful! in their holy, and the wicked in their moral/ workes, which yet lI 3 1E11 Mad coafiat in- ter pinnes ve, a- c i:rr pins ,: em nom fine Vera pi. etatf,ld,c/i,veri Dei vero c# tu, veram pofff ha- bere virtu:cm : nec eam z et:un elfe quando g)o_ 71a fervit huma_ na : cos tamen qui Cives non fiant civitatis ætern e--lVti- liore: of fe terre- 7e civitati, quando hahent virtutem vel ip- fam, gam g nee ipfam, &c. Rug. De Civ.Dei,t. 5 cap. 19. *Scimus Drum [ape mercedem rependere, unbric virtu- turn, ut ofieatdat fibi placeri vir- lutes apfas. Cal. in te,.3 5. 19.
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