Epeffk0fs. Pao% to Tina. CHAP.2.I4. Yeare the children Dhowfuther the Deuill, for his worker ,ea doe. And others alfo, inwhole lines filch open vnrighceoufnes breaketh not out; yet becaufe theycannot Thew the fruits ofrighteoufnes,we maycóclude againa them, that they were neuer wathed by Chritl. The adopted tonnes of God imitate thenatural! Sonne , whowhen the Iewes raid, 7"ellvs, art thouthat ChrO, that wee may doubt no longer{ he prefently fendeth them tohis workes , IfIdoenot theworkgs of myFather ,beleeue mee not : foart thou a Chriflian, and the child ofGod, as thou profef- fell and beleeuea ? I fay if thou doll not the workes of God, thou art not to be beleeued. Now the workes ofGod , are a. to beleeue in his Sonne ; a.toendeavour to keep all his commaundements; 3. to praélife the duties ofrepentance and inuocation,and that daily:4.te call others, efpecially thofe that belong voto theevnto theknowledg and feruiceof the trueGod, that thou with thy houle maia fettle the Lord : 5. to make thy callingand eueryduty to man, branches of obedience vnto God. There would make thee diligent in the MinilIry, forfaith muff be maintained, neither cant} thou obey all , vnleffe thou knowell all : the third would caufe thee towatch againílfin in thy felfe,the fourth to ba- nifh it from thy family, the latl would make thee beneficial! to all men, hurtful! tonone; and by all íhait thou adorne thy holy profefúon.Thefe works ofthy father cheerefullyand conflantly performe,aud we wil be- leeue that thou art the childof God. Thirdly note, that the thing that God requireth in a profeffor, is zeale, forwardnes, and earnelines in well doin g , and that his whole courfe thould be a fiudious profecutingofgood works. The fame word is vied int.Cor.i4.t. Comet fpirituallgifts ,bat the word is, be zealous after, or zealoufly addieled voto them; andcar. t 2.3 t. Bee zealots after theheftgifts. the fame teacheth the fame Apoftle, Gal. 4. 17. It itagood thing rarer tabezealotuinago'od thing: and iisavertue euery where called for in the Scriptures,yea tuch a one,as without which,good things can- not be done well,or in good manner. Now becaufecurry forwardncsand earneflnes mien in good things, is not commendable zeale(for Peter euen in Chriiis defence mayhardly draw his (word, and rathly layabouchim) therefore to the right orde- ringofit, there mull alwaies goowith it thefe three things. Firft the light ofknowledge, that it mayboth beginne and ende with the word.. Paul reprootieth the Iewes who had zeale,and that for the lawof God becaufe it was not according yugo knowledge; yea he condemneth that hate zeale wherwith himfelfe was enraged in the timeofhis ignorance, becaufe it had turned almoli to the waiting of the whole Church. To this head are tobe referred thofe blind deuotions of the Papi(ls at this 529 Ioh.E.44 Ioh,ro.,..25. 2ealerequi. fìCrc hri in ft a ian. true ?tr.:7 +o 76:7Xapirtamt. what verruca muft amend Zeale ro guide anght Light u know. 1`áx ° phit 'á day,.
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