Ver.22. the Epifile to the Romans. 193 Ì ly, when thzy tecle this godly fhame and griefe, after any fin unheedtully done, lec them thanke God for fuch a mercy. Alto, unto the wicked this advice is to be given, that it move them to hallen their repentance, as they defire to avoid confufion of confcience for ever in hell, whereof their fhame of finne here is both a part and an entrance, if it be not looked unto. I T t M. Seeing all evill is the fruit of f ei, wherefore doth the Afoffle mention fhame onely? St L. The reafon is becaufe fhame doth alwayes follow finne, fo doth not other evils. Secondly, fhame followes us in every place,but we doe not in every place meet with of li&ions and other e vils.Laítly,ifasoften as we finne, God Mould ltrike us with Tome evill, wee Ihould never abide it;thèrefore,it is bell: for our profit to have Inch a Gentle mo- nitour as Shame is, to plucke our Con - fcience by the care, and to jogge us on the elbow,that we may be stayed from doing evill when we are tempted, or from going on, if we have yeelded. T i M. What it the next reafon to hold to fromjinni? S t L. It is taken from the end of fin, which is death ; by which is meant the fecond death, which is called eternall death: in which we may confider two things. Firft, a feparation of the whole man from heavenly glory. Secondly, a deftru&ion of the whole man in hei- lifh paine. TIM. What it meant here by [ End ? ] St L. Thisword fignifies either the we are to learn from hence. S t L. It would ferve to keep Cis from yeelding obedience to fin, if we would often and carnally think of the end of finne. He that delires to be preferved frorn the fervice of flume, had great need to remember foure things. Firft, his owne end. Secondly, the end of the world. Thirdly, the end of well - doing. Lalily, the end of fin, which is molt bin- ter woe and paine, without all end. DIALOGUE XIII. Verte 22. But now being freed from fes,and made fir . vanta to God,you have your fruit in kli- nejfe,and the end every r fling life. T I M O T H E u S. WHat doththis Text contain ? Si L. Two reafons,to perfwade the fervice of God. One, becaufe the fruite of it is in holineffe in this life:the other, becaufe?in the end it brings unto life erernall.Thefe reafons are fa downs in forme of a consparifon; three con- traries being compared together. As firft,God is fetagaint1 fin. Seco ndly,ho- lineffe againit fhame. La lily, eternall life againft death. The fumme of all is this; As the fervice of fin brings forth fhame here, and deliru &ion for ever: fo holi- nefs and life eternal,are the fruits which follow the fervice of God : therefore we ftand bound to embrace godlineffe,and to efchew unrighteotifneffe and finne. Ti ta. What i, ti to be freed from limn? S I L. To be delivered from the ty- caufe for which a thing is done, or it is canny of finne, that it fhould have no put for the laic terme of any thing; fo it power to rule over us. For here he en- is ufed here. For nien do not fin for this treateth of Sanaification. caufe, that ;they may dye eternally; yet eternally death is the terme of the fer- vice of fin, which doth determine in fearefull and endleffe deftruétion. The reafon whereofis this ; Firft, because in finne eternali juftice is offended. Se- condly, wicked men if they might live alwayes, they would fin eternally, and therefore are worthy at the tall, to be punilhed with death eternall. SIL. Now tell ua the inffrut-lion that Ti M. What learne we by this, that be faith [Norvye are freed from finne?] and wherefore doti, be u/e the Verbe of the paive fgnification [being made fervants of God ?] S I L. We learn, that there was a time when as they were the fervants of finne, but are now at this time efcaped out of that bondage. And he ufeth the Verbe of the :paflve fignification (fay - ing, we are freed, and we are made fer- vants to God, ) to teach us that of our (elves
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