246 Ivhn S. Ads R. a:,23, 7 he ßnfulneJjeoj S inne. aïll retaine the quality and fowreneffe of the flock from d whence they come Secondly, wee deny them not to be j good in Saaogenere, that is, morally, and in the fight of men;but yet they are not good in Gods fight,fo as to pro- cure acceptance with him ; for which purpofe wee mutt note, That G o D gives feverall proportions of his Spi- rit, and for feverall purpofes. To fome the Spirit to fan - Eifie and renew, Rom.I.4. 7$r.3.á. To others the fpirit to edifte and profit withall, i Cor. i 2.7. To l'orne charity, and to others gifts, I Cor.I 4.I . To lome as Infiruments, that they may walke profitably before men, asCyrtss was annointed for Iacobs fake, Efay 4.5. I, 4. To others as Sonnes and Members, that they may walke acceptably before him, i Pet. 2.5. But then comes the fecond Cafe propofed, if a wicked man can doe nothing but evill, then it feemes hee ought to leave undone all his _iIlmes,Prayers,Paflings,and 7,e. hgioua f rvices, becaufe wee are to abf}aine from eccry thing which is polluted with frnne ; and that whichGod will not fee, man mull not doe. To this I anfwer,No,by no means. The poore man at . the poore of Bethefd a, though utterly impotent and unable to crawle in when the cfingell came to tlirre the waters, did not yet neglect what lay in his power to Waite at the place, and to en- deavour his owne cure ; Naturall impotency: can give nò excule to wilfull negle & }. When Simon Magus was in the gall of bitternefle, yet Saint `Peter direCted him them to pray. Here then thefe two Rules muff regulate this Cafe. Firfl, a wicked mans neceflitie of finning mutt not nullifie the. Law of God, which requires the doing of thole things, though not with fuch an uncleane heart as he doth them. The impotency of man muff noteither prejudice Gods Authority, or diminifh his owne duty. As, though where finne abounds Grace loth more abound, yet a man mull not fau thatgrace may abound ; fo though when a wicked man doth the things of the Law, bee fin - nei,
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