CHAP.I.1g. 3rr6 Deaefi. % Ì Malac,r,ra Chap.lal.. rrotepfie. c 1Commentarievponthe they feemany dales, the lafi ofthemwill be more wofull ,becaufe they haue contemned fo great grace and faluation. 7. Whereas theday of death is better to the beleeuer, then the day wherein hewas borne : for hisbody is ca(1 on a fweet fleepe, and laid in a bed fanElified and fweet- ned by the bief ed bodyof the Lord Iefus ; his foule lent vp to the glo- ry prepared for the iuf1; andbothof them freed from all finne, and the wofull fruits of theoffence ofGod , andgaffed as by a (Traire dome to a long life, cuco for euer and euer : the death of the wicked is moli ac- curled the fentenceof an angry and feuere iudge, and ass entrance or wicket to eternal! woe and misery. And thus fuch workes receiue firth wages; fuch labours, fuch rewards ; the (upend is proportional! lento their paines;and their death nor vnfutable to Inch a wretched life. See- ing then that faith putteth this difference, and faith cleareth the eye to let it fee this difference, labour for faith,refl not til thou canit finde it in the lignes of it : without this grace, god path nopleafure in thee, nei- ther will accept any offering; without this fpirituall eye, thou (halt not fee any loch difference betweenc the righteous and wicked , betweene him that feruethGod , end him that feruethhim not; but thou (halt í1i1( account the preside bleffed, and perhappes be Toone contented to fit and cati in thy lot among them. And wholoeuer thou art , that hail ob- teined this grace , be thankefull for it, make much of it, vie meanes toherifh, and encreafe it ; for hence only is thy acceptation with God, and hence onely thou knowefl thy idle, and thy feruices to be thus ac- cepted. Verf. 16. Theyprofeffe that they bnowe Gos , bstby worker they denie himAnd are abhominable, andd'fobedient,andvoteentry good warke re- . probate. The Apolile proceeding in the proofe of that which hehad Paid, that nothingwas cleane to the vnbeleeuer,whofe cheife faculties werepollu- ted, bringeth in this proofe by wayofanfwer to a feerer obietuion : för fome might fay , But fee you not that many whom you thus condemne, are men profeflìng religion , both teachers and others ; fuchas fpeake well ofGod, ofChri(i, and difcourfe exceeding well concerning out- ward rightcoufnes,and fan6lirnonyoflife,aud therefore they feeme not to be fo iu(ily,orat!call roo rigoroufly taxed. Notwith(ianding all which, the Apo(ileconcludethagain(1 them, that they were no betrer then he had laid. For let it be granted, that both the vrgers , andpra6ti- fers offuch laws and traditions giuen by men, (hould (fill pretend picric and fcruiceofGod ; and fhould clokeall their ceremonies , and confii- tutions under pretenceof deuotion ; yet herein Paul efpieth onely the fruit of their corruption , and that is grolle hypocrifie , apparant in the fight
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