re C H A P.2. Epifile to the Theffalomians. ` E R.17. with (inne in refpeót of defeëts,in meafure of performance, yet prefented to God as pure. t Clod willingly y confining at weakeneffes while the heart is vpright. And 2 ex panto z capable of reward. 2 Next I prefnppofe the Apofile to fpeake to Chrifli- ans, men in the faith, whom hee delres to remember the end of their redemption, which is, to be conflantly a x.ea- louss of good worker ; and fo to proceed to explicate their Nature. I In actions of fuch men, I haue learned to require a double goodneffe; t One genericall; 2 The other excir- cumflantiâ. Generical( goodneffe, when the for the matter or fubflance of it, is congruent to that perfeót rule of righteoufneffe, the Law of God. He loath 'hewed thee, O man, b what isgood, men what the Lord requires ofthee. They talke of workes of counfell and aduife, which they fuppofe in excellencie to exceed fuch as are commanded. Yet t its their owne rule,vbi major obligatio,maior accep- tatio quia ° melior efi obedientia quamviEtima.2 And there workes which they fuppofe to bee of counfell, are neuer good, nor fo much as lawfull, faue when circumfiances de- termine them to be necellarie, neceffitate precepti. Goodnefl'e arifing from circumflances,when due cir- cumflances of doing are obferued. Suppofe firfl motiue. Loue of God. 2 View of precept, or confcience of the command. 2 Modes, when in d linceritie and fsngleneffe of heart, without groffe hypocrifie, they are tendered veto God. 3 When with regular intention, that eGod may there- by be glorified. To which when other circumfiances of time, place, per- fon, &c. bee added : you haue a worke morally good, bee circumffantionatum, as Papifis confefe : as I, a worke ac- ceptable to God through Iefus Chrifl, when done (as there circumflances fuppofe it) by a than in faith. The law I confeffe requires to euery worke it crownes, allowes, alïquid vitra ? 7 jn onely. I Rem, & 2 mo- dum, 3 but menfuram & gradem perfettionis. But f wee 4 are Y Nnm.z3.zr. z Mal o.4z. 0 b Mic.6.t. 2. d Rom.6.i7. Ephef.6.6. 3 °Mat.q.i6.
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