EpifileofS.Pavl to Titus. CHAP.3.=, ofgrace giuethlight and evidence vnto his truth , the which difpofeth 56i the will andpowers ofthe foule equally vnto one good thing,aswel as unto another:for regeneration includcth in it the feeds of all vertues, and reneweth and changeth the whole nature, which hash in it the (cede Ofall (inne and vícerand when the Scripturewould note the foundnesof grace,trenceitdothit, thatit both bath refpe&to all the commandements, Pta1319.4104. and hatetball the wayes offathead. Vfe.r. This do&rune firfi teacheth vs to 'carne the rule ofeuery good worke,legall or euangelicall. The former are not only fuch as are com- monly knownand expreffed in the wordsofthe decalogue;but fuch alto as therein are included and implied : thefe mull be fought out; for elfe ignorance of the law excufeth not from fault. Content not thy felfe that thou canti fay the commandements,nor ifthou cants fay that thouhats kept the whole letter ofthe law from thyyouth : but fiudy the whole Scripture,which is an expofition andlarge commentary of chofe tenne words,heare it,read it diligently,meditatevpon it,apply it to thy heart and litc,elfe knoweti thounot how tobegin anygood worke. Learne further the fpeciall good works required by the Gofpel,fuch as are faith in Chrili,repentance offin pafi,amendmert oflifefor time to come.And turfed be all that PopifhdocSirine, which would hide this light vnder a bufheli,whereby alone the Chrifiian can difcerne what is agood work, and how himfelfe may do it well. ,Vfe. a. Ifeuery good worke belong toeery Chrifiian, then may Not onelv the not men pots ouer the matter ro thZ Minitier comm ; the common conceit is> co ` anC C bur hri- Minift the clergic fhould beholy , hofpitable, and fo qualified as we haue ¡Hans wort be heard in the firi Chapter,but for common men and vnlearned,it will be á`yaáf i. Chri acceptable inough it they be alrnofl Chriflians that is , as good as neuer a whit : whereas the Lord bindeth vpon eueryChrifiian, ofwhat condi- tion foeucr,the pra&ifeof euerygood worke which is offred himwithin the compaffe ofhis calling, either general' or particular. For example: If a Chrifiian be called into publike place , as of Magiflracie,hemay not conceiue that thebuilding of the Church , the difconntenancingof finne,che encouragement óf thegodly, br ongeth only to the . Minitier; but he muti let hand to thefe works, he muff eliablih,and countenance theMinifiry, hemuti be the foreman in all goodexercifes ; he mull be rich in workes of mercie andofiufiice, the patron of the poore, the fheild of the oppreffed : but efpecially a patterne of pietie, he muti be a man fearing Gad: yea he andhis hotrfe rm.ußferne the Lord, I fthou re- rah 14.75. maineti a palateman, the fame care lyech vpon thee in thy proportion: thou mutt procure the wealth ofIerufalë, at leali by thy praiers for the peace oftheChurch, for able Mmiiiers,for thefree paffage`of the Go- (yell: 4
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