abrogated by Christ Nor by his Apostles The Iewes typicall vse thereof abolished The Christian sabbath day within the compasse of the commandement The Lords day designed by himselfe for our sabbath It hath euer beene obserued as the sabbath by the Church It respects the kingdome of God The Perfect will of God to bee done on earth The heauenly conuersation How doth faith worke by loue According to the law teaching vs to doe what God hath commanded The law established by faith Although faith rest not in our workes which the law requireth yet are a Eph. 2.10 wee Gods workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes which God had before ordained not only in his counsell but by his law that we should walk in them And b Gal. 3.12 although the law bee not of faith that is of things to bee only beleiued but to be done for the man that doeth them shall liue in them yet doth the law require faith c Heb. 11.6 without which it is impossible to please God Therefore the law prescribeth faith in the first place and throughout namely that wee acknowlege god the lawgiuer to be the lord our God the only true God and performe that faith vnto him by an vniuerfall vniforme obedience to the whole law and euery title thereof in regard of him that commandeth Which iustifieth our faith to be in God when it answereth his d Servus qui ex domini iussu ea facit tantummodò quae vult facere non dominicam implet voluntatem sed suam Salv. l. 4. de guber Die whole will as well of command as of promise as well in one duety as in another When God gaue the law to the Israelites hee made himselfe knowne vnto them by his wonderfull deliuery of them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage thereby to binde their obedience in faith to him the only true God Which was but a type and figure of the great saluation from the power of satan by Christ Iesus By faith in whose name thorough his spirit wee truely know and rightly acknowledge the only true God And the faith of God his loue to vs in Christ knits our hearts againe in loue to God and for his sake towards all men as he hath commanded improues the formall worship of God vnto all sincerity in spirit and in trueth and the common ciuility of the world vnto Christian charity zealous of good workes for his glory that hath called vs to the knowledge of his grace For if God so loued vs as wee beleiue then ought we also to loue one another much more him who is the God of all grace and loue Neither doe we beleiue indeed if wee loue not Wee beleiue not Christ his incarnation death passion resurrection and ascension c. Vnlesse e Phil. 2.5 c the like minde bee in vs that was in Christ Iesus Who to redeeme the glory of god in vs laide aside his owne glory equall with the father and humbled himselfe in the forme of a seruant vnto the death of the crosse As the fathers loue to the sonne begat in him the like affection towards vs so doth Christ his f Nullaest maior ad amorem inuitatio quam praeuenire amando Nimisque durus est animus qui delectionem si nolebat impendere nolit rependere August de catèch rud cap. 4. loue if wee embrace it by a true and a liuely faith worke in vs the like loue towards our bretheren for his sake g Iohn 15.9.10 As the father saith hee hath loued mee so haue I loued you continue you in my loue If you keepe my commandements ye shall abide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commandements and abide in his loue It is all one in the law to loue God and to keepe his commandements And h Iohn 14.23.24 if you loue mee saith Christ keepe my commandements Which because we can in no sort doe of our selues Gods law our prayer i 2. Cor 3.5 who are not able as of our selues so much as to thinke any good therefore being preuented with his grace k Phil. 2.13 who worketh in vs both to will and to doe of his good pleasure wee desire of God by prayer as Christ hath taught vs what he doth require of vs by the law l In omnibus enim monitis dei atque mandatis vna cademque ratio est divinae gratiae humanae ebedientiae Nec ob aliud vnquam datur praeceptum nisi vt quaetatur praecipientis auxilium Prosp Who therefore commandeth that wee may know what to craue of him And it is our faith which by prayer obtaineth what the law requireth The graces inspired of God faith hope and loue breathe all againe vnto godby prayer m Rom. 8.26 the spirit helping our infirmities with groanes that cannot be expressed For as the naturall life so the spirituall confists in respiration by hearing and praying without the which there can be no true life and well doing Therefore n Phil. 1.9.10 this we pray that our loue may abounde yet more more in knowledge and in all iudgement that wee being instructed out of the law may approue the things that are more excellent that wee may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ being filled with the fruites of righteousnesse which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God o Rom. 10.14 But how shall they call on him in whom they haue not beleeved By faith in the sonne of God wee know and beleeue in him the only true God and worship him in spirit and in truth p Gal. 4.6 Who hath sent downe the spirit of his sonne into our hearts Faith in the trinity denyes not the vnity of God crying Abba father Doth our faith now in the trinity contradict the vnity transgresse the commandements Thou shalt haue no other Gods but me Nay the trinity of persons establisheth the vnity of the Godhead whilest himselfe is acknowledged the author mediator and doer of all in all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plato in Philebo in Timaeo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quo sensu vide Proclum Is autem dicit Triadem exse omnia efficere Who being infinit is not confined by any person and the persons being distinct are not confounded in God ſ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Serapidis responsum Thuli in Aegipto De his vide August lib 10. de civ Dei cap. 23. In deo vnasubstantia sed tres personae in Christo duae substantiae sed vna persona In Trinitate alius atque alius non asiud atque aliud In saluatcre aliud atq aliud non alius atque alius Vincent Ler inens cont Her cap. 19. The father is God in his infinit essence or being the sonne the same God in his infinit presence and glorious appearing the holy ghost the same
the close Glory be to God on high as it were an Eccho or report to that word of vvisdome povver goodnes wherby they were all made d Psal 145.10 All thy vvorks praise thee O God the more excellent the worke is the more it e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Si Phidiae esses effigies meminisses vtique tui ipsius atque etiam sculptoris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Talis artificis cùm sis opificium quarè id ipsum dedecoras Arrian Epict. l. 2. c. 8. cōmends the Maker Yet is al this but in dumb f Psal 19.1 V. 3. The Heauēs declare the glory of God the firmament shevveth his handywork But there is no speech nor language vvhere their voice is not heard vnlesse it be the g Rom. 8.22 v. 21. groaning of the Creation vnder the burden of corruption all abased being abused by sinne to the dishonour of the Creatour Wherefore it earnestly expecteth v. 19. and vvaiteth for the manifestation of the Sonnes of God that it may bee deliuered in their glorious liberty Of all the creatures v. 21. man only in this inferiour world was made with an vnderstanding heart to know God with speech to praise him which was his excellency aboue other creatures In which respect the holy king cals h Psal 108.1 his tongue his glory accounting this vse thereof when we blesse God the greatest happines i Psal 84.4 Blessed are they that dwell in thine house they shall bee euer praising thee Now the whole world is Gods house for there his k Esa 6.1 temple is wheresoeuer he manifesteth his glory which wee may behold contemplate in his workes whithersoeuer we looke l Gen. 28.17 Surely this is none other but the house of God And the large volume of nature if there were none other is it not a faire copy of Gods glory laide before our eies in his temple that we should reade it and praise him Which he hath written with his owne finger as it were in emblemes hieroglyphikes even things themselues Euery vvorke of God being a vvord for hee spake things euery day a line there is not a day without a line m Psal 19.2 Day unto day vttereth speech night unto night sheweth knowledge n v. 4. their line is gone out through all the earth And the whole text fairely continued in the course of nature notwithstanding the many parenthesies of miraculous euents our cōtinual digressions But if this volume be too large read man the epitomy of all know thy selfe know all And who can hide such knowledge in him but it will breake forth into the o Ego conditoris nostri verum hymnum compono existimoque in co veram esse pietatem nō taurorū hecatombas ei plurimas sacrificari casias aliaque sexcenta odoramenta ac vnguenta suffumigari sed si noverim ipse primus deindè aliis exposuerim quaenam sit illius sapientia quae virtus quae bonitas Hoc autèm omne invenisse quo pacto omnia adornarentur summae sapientiae est effecisse autèm omninò quae voluit virtutis est invictae ac insuperabilis Gal. l. 3. de vsu part c. 10. praise and glory of God that made him p Psal 139.14 I will praise thee O Lord for I am fearefully and wonderfully made Yet are there greater wonders then this which God hath made knowen vnto vs. q 1. Tim. 3. v. 16. Without controuersie greate is the mystery of godlines God was manifest in the flesh iustified in the spirit seene of Angels preached vnto the Gentiles beleiued on in the world receiued vp into glory And all this to bring vs vnto the same glory whereof wee are assured by his spirit And now what greater happines than to haue our hearts full of ioy our mouthes of r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arrian Epict. l. 1. c. 16. praise vnto our God in whom we enioy all good Such was the happines of man and his cheife delight in the state of innocencie who called all things as they were presented to him by their ſ Gen. 2.19 names speaking of them no doubt to the glory of God the Creatour And such is the glory happy estate of the Saints Angels in heaven who cease not day and night saying t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Hominem Deus animal praestantissimum et vt suae naturae respondens ita vniuersi constitutionis oculum in mundo collocavit Quamobrem hic rebus imposuit nomina quarum fuit signator Euryphamus Pythagoricus l. de vita ex Stobaei Ser. 101. holy holy holy Lord God Almigty which was and is and is to come u Rev. 4.8 Thou art worthy O Lord to receiue glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created x vers 11. All the glory that we can do our God heavenly Father is only in his name which he hath How wee should glorifie God prescibed by the law of Nature as it were gotten by himselfe by his y Exod. 33.19 workes and published by his word z c. 34.5.6 proclayming his name The Lord the Lord c. we can adde nothing to his glory in Person who is aboue all glory and praise a Psal 50.23 Who so offereth praise he glorifieth God Yet must vvee glorifie him not only in word praising his workes but in deed also doing his word b Mat. 5. c. 16. That others seeing our good workes may glorifie our Father which is in heaven c Mich. 6.8 Wherefore he hath shewed thee O man what is good whose d Dei voluntas est non tantum recta sed etiam regula Bonav in sent lib. 1. dist 41. q. 2. in conclus will is the rule of all good who only knowes how himselfe will be served Which he hath prescribed at first by nature since by the law giuen in ten cōmandements as it were e Exod. 34.28 ten words requiring so many duties forbidding so many sins in generall with all their particulars accessaries A perfect law for man to haue liued by to the glory of God the law-giuer Which hee thereby prescribes in the same manner and order as wee are taught to desire the same of God by prayer For the hallowing of his name in heart word and deed he gaue vs the three first commandements that wee should know and acknowledge him the only true God with faith feare and loue and none other by that name or with any such religious honour and affection f Esay 42.8 This is my name saith he and my glory will I not giue vnto another The fourth commandement prescribes his kingdome and the other six his will to bee done by vs in earth as it is in heaven Yet so as that the glory of God is interessed
therefore his will is a law to vs and our obedience is true loue vnto him And weebeing many are thereby knit together in one body holding the vnity of the spirit in this bonde of peace Wherefore as wee vowe in baptisme that we will keepe Gods holy will commandements and walke in the same all the daies of our life so by this other sacrament wee renew the same vow so often as wee receiue it repenting our sinnes past the transgressions of that righteous law resoluing and stedfastly purposing thorough Gods grace to leade a new life in all thankfull obedience vnto him and true loue and charity amongst our selues Wherevpon we receaue the blessed sacrament of Christs body blood most deepely binding our selues thereby to performe the same and in the assured faith of Gods grace and helpe that wee may walke in the strength of this spirituall food the way of life by the law prescribed vnto vs. When first the couenant was confirmed by Moses with the Israelites at Horeb The Law conditioned God gaue them the law they accepted saying a Exod. 19.8 all the words which the Lord hath commanded wee will doe and be obedient And when he renewed the same couenant with them in the land of Moab they gaue their faith that they would obey And so doe wee b Deut. 26.17.18 They avouched the Lord to be their God and so doe we the Father Son Holy ghost and God auoucheth the holy catholike Church as then he did them to be his people They promised to walke in his waies and to keepe his commandements and his iudgements as they expected his blessing c c. 27. they bound themselues with an oath and with a curse all which in effect wee likewise doe to liue as becometh his saints euen as wee expect his mercy to forgiue vs our sinnes and the power of his grace to bring vs to ternall life Wherevnto we binde our selues by vow and consignation and as it were by contesseration in the sacraments The law was not only giuen and required by God but approued accepted by them in their hearts to doe it as their mouthes professed In which respect Moses said d Deut. 30.14 the word is very nigh thee in thy mouth and in thine heart that thou maist doe it Howbeit they breake their faith giuen and their spirit was not stedfast with God a Ps 78.37 Their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his couenant But now hauing renewed his couenant as he promised b Gal. 3.7 with the children of Abraham that are by faith the holy catholike Church that they shall be his people and that he will be their God c Ier. 31.33 Lex dei in cordibus scribitur non quia per naturam praeventa sit gratia sed quia per gratiam reparata est natura August de ver a innocent cap. 258. hee puts his law in their inward parts and in their hearts he writes it euen the communion of saints thorough faith that worketh by loue For beleeuing in Christ Iesus we doe thereby acknowledge that the Law is holy iust and good Holy in respect of the things commanded else were not wee sinfull who haue disobayed nor needed wee a mediatour Iust in respect of the penalty inflicted else why should Christ haue dyed that wee might be deliuered Good in respect of the end purposed life to the doer Which Christ hath done and liues for euer and wee also by faith in him If the same minde be in vs that was in Christ Iesus to be obedient to the will of God vnto the death d Cant. 8.6 Loue is stronger then death The couenant indissoluble that neither life nor death can dissolue the communion betwixt God his church or any true member thereof Whom hee hath set as aseale vpon his heart as a seale vpon his arme to loue and to defend for euer For so hee saith e Heb. 13.5 I will neuer leaue thee nor forsake thee f c. 6.7 And being willing more abundantly to shew vnto the heires of promise the immutability of his counsell he hath confirmed his word by the sacraments in his blood g v. 8. That by two immutable things in which it is impossible for God to lye wee might haue a strong consolation who haue fled for refuge to lay holde vpon the hope set before vs. We may therefore be bolde vpon it if need be to lay downe our liues for his sake in whom our life is hid with God knowing that euen in death wee shall be more then h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 8.37 conquerours thorough him that loued vs. i Mat. 20.22.23 Can ye drink saith Christ of the cuppe wherof I shall drinke and can yee bee baptized with the baptisme wherwith I shall be baptized And they said we can And hee said yee shall So must all a 2. Tim. 3.12 Act. 14.22 suffer affliction some way or other that will liue Godly It is the portion of our cuppe and calling conditioned by God vndertaken by vs in these sacraments whereby we are assured that b 2. Tim. 2.12 if we suffer with him wee shall raigne with him Wee are baptized into the death of Christ And the holy communion is not only a sacrament of the grace of life vnto vs but a sacrifice of vs vnto God and a protestation of our seruice vnto him euen vnto the death after the example of Christ Iesus In c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Monumenta salutaris passionis Basil in cannonditur 1 Cor. 11.26 commemoration of whose meritorious sufferings with a thankfull remembrance thereof wee c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Monumenta salutaris passionis Basil in cannonditur 1 Cor. 11.26 se◠forth his death vntill he come d Rom. 12.1 offer vp our selues a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God thorough Iesus Christ consecrating vowing our selues whatsoeuer we are whatsoeuer we haue wholy to his seruice who hath redeemed vs. e 2 Cor. 5.14.15 For the loue of Christ constraineth vs because we thus iudge that if one dyed for all then were all dead and that hee dyed for all that they which liue should not henceforth liue vnto themselues but vnto him that died for them and rose againe f Heb. 13.15 By him therefore let vs offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruite of our lips giuing thankes to his name v. 16. not forgetting to doe good and to communicate for with such sacrifice God is well pleased CAP. II. Faith working by loue according to the Lawe The Law established by faith Gods law our prayer Faith in the Trinity denies not the vnity of God Christ the only image of God to bee worshipped by faith in his name By Prophanenesse Hypocrisie Blasphemy the name of God vnhallowed The Christian sabbath of the holy catholike Church The sabbath not
they who most presume of their workes whilest they liue are glad if they haue the grace to dye in the faith renouncing all merit of workes to fly vnto the throne of grace for mercy h Iud. 20. v. 21. And yee beloned saith Saint Iude building vp your selues on your most holy faith praying in the holy Ghost keepe your selues in the loue of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ vnto eternall life Yet is not our saluation the lesse certaine because the finall accomplishment thereof is expected by hope and is not presently put into our owne hands For as our faith is so is our hope i Heb. 11.1 faith being the ground of things hoped for and the reason of the hope that is in vs both of them therefore are firme and sure because built vpon the rocke Christ Iesus k Mat. 16.18 Vpon this rocke as Saint Peter beleeued and confessed Thou l v. 16. art Christ the sonne of the liuing God the holy catholicke Church is built m v. 18. against which the gates of hell shall not preuaile but that euery true member thereof liuing and dying in the communion of saints shall notwithstanding sin death attaine by forgiuenesse of sinnes and the resurrection of the body eternall life And therefore n Rom. 5.2 wee reioice in hope of the glory of God as if wee had already attained To beleeue and hope as a Christian is not as the termes are vulgarly vsed and may perhaps sound in prophane eares to haue an vncertaine opinion and doubtfull expectation which indeed can bee no better in the things of men subiect to falshood and vanity But it is to be certainely assured fully perswaded and firmely resolued o 2 Tim. 1.12 knowing whom wee haue trusted that he is able to keepe that which wee haue committed to him against that day No weake nor vncertaine hold but p Heb. 6.19 an anchor of the soule both sure and stedfast entring into that which is within the vaile whither the fore runner euen Iesus is entred for vs. Faithfull hope is such an assurance q Rom. 8. as Saint Paul professeth by the helpe of Gods spirit knit together and firmely bound vp with that r 28.29.30 golden chaine of the certanity of saluation in Christ Iesus Wherevpon with a bold confidence he bids defiance to all the enimies of grace ſ v. 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect c. I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angells nor Principalities nor powers nor things preset nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any creature shall be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. As our faith and affiance is more and more fixed in God thorough Iesus Christ by his spirit and approued vnto him by loue in well doing so is t Si quis credit etdiligit bene agendo prae ceptis obtemperando efficit vt etiam speret se ad id quod credit esse ventutum August de doctor Christ l. 1. cap. 37. the assurance of our saluation more and more confirmed in vs. For true u 1. Tim. 4.8 godlinesse hath the promises both of this life and of that which is to come Of this life * Mat. 6.33 Seeke ye first the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof and all these things shill be administred vnto you And for the life to come x Pl. 50.23 To him that ordereth his conuersation aright will I shew the saluation of God Therefore as wee beleeue so wee pray in hope which is our last refuge that our heauenly Father who knoweth whereof we stand in need will in his ordinary prouidence giue vs things needfull for this life to whom hee hath giuen grace first to seeke his kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Est autem duplici honoris muneris genere homo affectus quod ipsesolus poenitentiâ veniam peccatorum impetrat et eius vnius corpus quamvis mortale caducum aeternll immortale redditur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Quorum alterum quod ad corpus pertinet propter animum alterum quod ad animum propter corpus consecutus est Nemesius lib. de natura hominis c. 1. And that he will freely and fully forgine vs our daily sinnes and trespasses of his meere grace in Christ Iesus remembring whereof wee are made to whom he giues this grace for his sake to forgiue one another Farther wee beleeue and pray in hope that he will guid and keepe vs ever hereafter by his spirit in the way everlasting though it please him to lead vs thorough manifold temptations and that he will deliuer vs in the end from all evill even from death it selfe and from him that hath the power thereof that is the Divell by the resurrection of our bodies to the eternall praise of his kingdome power and glory in the life to come z The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me Thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever Forsake not the workes of thine owne hands Bread the a Lev. 26.26 staffe of life Our daily bread being the most necessary of all temporall things implies the rest It was God his decree that in b Gen. 3.19 the sweat of our browes wee should eat our bread and it is the Apostles iniunction in the name of the Lord Iesus c 2. Thes 3.10 that if any man will not work he shall not eat wherevpon hee exhorteth every one d V. 12. with quietnesse to worke and to eat his owne bread Although it bee our bread our owne bread yet it is Gods gift without whose blessing e Ps 127.2 it is in vaine to rise vp early and so late to take rest to eat the bread of carefulnesse f Iam. 4.2 Yee lust and haue not yee kill desire to haue and cannot obtaine yee fight and warre and yet yee haue not because yee aske not yee aske and receaue not because yee aske amisse that you may consume it on your lusts which should bee for our dayly and necessary vse Some haue not of their own to eat g Ps 128.2 But thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be others haue not the h Eccles 4.8 power to eat of their own either not the health or not the heart i 5.19 this is also the gift of God And he giues it power to k Ps 104.15 strengthen mans heart and to sustaine our life from day to day Therefore it is called l 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 6.11 daily bread adsubstantiall or supersubstantiall bread because being digested into our bodies it adds daily beyond its owne nature and substance thorough the blessing of God to our substance what the labour of life daily consumes What is there in
calcem though now for a season if need bee we are in heauinesse thorough manifold temptations Which are indeed many and manifold within and without on the right hand and on the left even so many as there are things in the world and motions in our minde and mouers of both Thorough which it pleaseth God to lead vs ordering the occasions giuing leaue to Satan to winnowe vs and leauing vs sometimes to our selues whoÌ„ u Extrema muÌ„di atrocius tentaturus aggreditur quia tanto fit ferveÌ„tior ad saeuitiam quanto se viciniorem sentit ad paenam Greg. mor. l. 34. cap. 1. Satan subornes against our selues with a world of motiues reduceable to three principall heads * 1. Ioh. 2.16 the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life x Iam. 1.3.4.5 But let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God cannot bee tempted with euill neither tempteth he any man But euery man is tempted when he is drawne away of his owne lust and entised Then when lust hath conceaued it bringeth forth sinne and sinne when it is finished bringeth forth death Which evill of sin death Satan inteÌ„deth we deprecate with God without whose will wee can not bee tempted nor can resist or escape y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ad sacrum bellum cum carnis vitiis gerendum nos confera mus oportet Sic tamen vt non in nobis ipsis fiduciam collocemus verum diuino subsidio victoriam permittamus Isidor Pelus l. 2. ep 143. Et mox 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In divina autem ope atq auxilio si siduciam nostram positam habeamus victoriam facile consequemur without his power help z 1. Iohn 3.9 Whosoeuer is borne of God doth not commit sin Preseruation * Omne quod radicaium est nutritur catore solis non arescit August tract 3 in 1. ep Ioh. Radicata est charitas securus esto nihil mali procedere potest tract 8. in â—â—and ep for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sinne because he is borne of God Not that hee sinneth not at all or only falls into some smaller sinnes or that such sinnes are veniall of their owne nature but he doth not commit sinne he makes it not his practise and trade of life though every sin be mortal for the a Rom. 6.23 wages of sin is death yet doth not he sinne vnto death for by the grace of God he shall haue time and grace to repent b Ezek. 18.22 and then all his transgressions that he hath committed they shall not bee mentioned vnto him in his righteousnesse that he hath done he shall liue Although all sinne bee mortall by the law and worthy of death yet doth not the childe of God sinne vnto death c Audeo dicere superbis esse vtile cadere in aliquod apertuÌ„ manifestumque peccatum vnde sibi displiceant qui iam placendo ceciderant August lib. 14. de ciuitate dei cap. 14. Sed etsi aliquando predestinatorum aliquis ad eius slatum infectus contabuit armis poenitentiae accinctus fortior securiorque surrexit expertus admissi turpitudinem hostem suggestorem se consentaneum mira indignatione exhorruit rursum cautior munitior ad conflictus accessit Arnold Abb. Bonaeual de operibus sex dier cap. 4. nay though hee die for his sinne yet doth he not dye in his sinne that dyeth in the Lord. And howsoeuer we fall daily thorough our frailty and may fall dangerously by force of temptation and depart for the time from the grace giuen abusing the gift of grace which was in vs yet shall wee not fall from the grace of God towards vs reserued for vs in Christ Iesus He neuer repents him of giuing howsoeuer we may depart from the grace giuen by abusing our gifts but he that giues forgiues his beloued d Iohn 13.1 and whom he loues he loues vnto the end Neither shall they who are effectually called according to his purpose e In sanctorum cordibus iuxta quasdam virtutes semper permanet spiritus iuxta quasdam vero recessurus venit venturus recedit c. In his itaque virtutibus sine quibus mimime advitam pervenitur spiritus sanctus in Electorum suorum cordibus permanet in his vero per quassanctitatis virtus demonstratur aliquando misericorditer presto est aliquando misericorditèr recedit Gregor hom 5. in Ezech. vtterly depart from the grace giuen but shall by the seed thereof remaining in them f Ar. eccel Angli 16. recouer and amend their liues For g Rom. 11.29 the gifts calling of God are without repentance and h cap. 6.14 no sine shall haue dominion ouer them who are not vnder the law but vnder grace i Ier. 32.40 I will make saith God an euerlasting couenant with them that I will not turne away from them to doe them good but I will put my feare in their hearts that they shall not depart from mee And as by the feare of God we are restrained from the dominion of sinne all our life time so k 1 Pet. 1.5 by the power of God thorough faith we are kept vnto saluation ready to bee reuealed in the last time l Fides aeterna res est à spiritu scribitur vâ— maneat Ambros in 2. Cor. 3. Quomodo pot est amitti per quod fit vt non amittatur etiam quod posset amitti August de bono persev c. 6. Faith is not only the first answer to Gods call wereby we enter and are admitted into the state of grace nor yet farther the continuall mouer of our hearts in m Charitas quae deseripotuit nunquam vera fuit August ep 111 ad Iulian Ficta charitas est que deserit in aduersitate vid. Sixt. Senens bibl lib. 5. annot 240. loue according to the will of God as hath beene shewed but also the finall grace whereby wee persist vnto the end recouering many slips and falls in sinne yea and redemption from death it selfe if we dye in the faith of the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and resurrection of our bodies vnto eternall life n Petrus in lapsu gradum fideì remisit actum intermisit habitum non amisit motumque in eo fuit spiritualis vitae robur non amotum concussum non excussum Tertul. See Mr Hookers sermon of the certainty and perpetuity of faith in the elect saying The faith therefore of true beleeuers though it haue many grieuous downfalls yet doth it still continue invincible it conquereth recouereth it selfe in the end Fides fundit orationem fusa oratio impetrat fidei firmitatem non quae nunquam concutiatur sed quae concussa nunquam epprimatur August de verb. Dom. serm 36. And howsoeuer o 2 Tim. 2.17.18 the faith of some may for the time be ouerthrowne in part as theirs in