Caph.t 5, according to St f oH N. 95 from him,Gratia preventnos ut velimus , &fubfeguiturnefrufra Aug. velimus. Verfe 5,. The fame bringeth forth mach fruit J Chrift is a ge- nerous vine,a plant ofrenown , and all his, arefilledWith thefruits of righteoufnefe, Thil.i .1 I. have hearts full ofgoodneffe, as thofe, Rom.15. t4. andLives full ofgoodworks , as Tabitha, Aft. 9:33. Melch. Ad: In Bucholcero vivida mania fuerunt ; vivida vox , vividi octs- an váta, l , vivid e mares , getu.s omnes vividi. .Nehemiah never refted doing good for his people ; he-was good all over. Like thee/E= gyptian fig-tree, that bearsfruit feven times a year : or the Lem- So1inPoly. mon-tree, which ever and anon fendeth forth new Lemmons, as h;ß. foon as theformer are fallenoff For without me ye can do nothing] This is point blank againfl_ the doftrine ofFree-will, - Sub. laudibus nature latent inimicigra- the,- faith eAAugufine. Thefe will needs hammer out their own happineffe , like the Spider; climbing by a thred ofher own wea- ving, withMotto accordingly, Mihifoli debeo. Whereas the. A- poftle demándeth , who made thee to differ ? Greevinchovitse the «Arminian boldly anfwers , Ego meipfum difcerno , I make my felf to differ. This he had learned fromHeathens belike, That We live,is ,tuodvivamIts f oinGod : but that We live well , is fromour(elves, faith. Seneca..deorum uodbe mrutuh eft ; gne And this is thejudgement ofallmen ( faithCieern), thatpróf erity is vi mus, no- to be fought of god, but Wifdome is to be taken up from our felves.firum.,fudici.. St Augufine was ofanother judgement, and faith, Ciceronem ,,' tat l+ns hocomnium faceret hominesliberos, feciffefacrilègos. msrtaliume,2, Verfe 6. Safi them into the fire, and they are burned] So erc: Các. de nat. D.Aug.de they mull needs be, may forne fay ; but his meaning is,, that tern,. civit.vt ,1.s. poraries, of all others, make the fìerceft, hotteft fire , becaüfe they are trees moll feared , and fuell fully dry. Nahum tellsns , that filch are but as ftubble laid out in the Sunnea drying , that it may burn the better, Chap. r. to. or like grapes, let to hang in theSun fhine,till they be ripe for the wine-prefíe ofGods wrath, Revela- tions 15.16. Verfe 7. Ask what ye will, and' it &c. ]_ Either in money, or monies-worth. Ifye askandmif fe, it is becaufe yeaskamife. One was wont to fay of Luther,. that he could have of Godwhat he Virijlepotu1t would. And beingone time very earnefc"withGod for the reco- quad veluìr. very ofa'godlyufefull man , he criedout , Fiat voluntas mea, let my will be dorle and then he fals offfweetly My will ;Lord, be. ` Donne, e,uutns café thywill. ' y m i , quia: Verfe 8.,
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