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A17319 Certaine questions and answeres, concerning the knovvledge of God vvhereunto are adioyned some questions and answeres, concerning the right vse of the law of God : taught publikely by vvay of catechising / by William Burton ... Burton, William, d. 1616. 1591 (1591) STC 4167; ESTC S260 79,192 160

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all had a like we would contemne this goodnes thinking that he were bound to be good to vs of necessitie 4. From the consideration of Gods speciall goodnes towards vs his electe by Christ to saluation wee must arise to the studie of good works whereby Gods goodnes may be glorified as Paul teacheth Of the grace of God Q. When you speake of the grace of God what meane you by grace A. This word Grace is vsed in the Scriptures and hath 3. speciall significations Sometimes it is put for comelines stature meekenes or mildenes Sometimes for free fauour whereby one embraceth another pardoning former iniuries and receiuing the partie offending into fauour again Thirdlye it is taken for all kinds of giftes and graces which of this free fauour are bestowed whether temporall or eternall Q. Whether is there grace in God according to the first signification of grace or no A. Yea for God is of his own nature most gracious and grace it selfe which grace was in Christ Iesus from his infancie as he was man and did euery day more and more encrease and amongst all thinges which were created there was nothing endued with such grace as was the humane nature of Christ and that was by the fulnes of the godhead which dwelt boldly in him Q. Whether is grace properly attributed to God in the 2. sence or no A. Yea most properly for God doth iustifie vs that is he doth account vs for iust through his sonne Iesus Christ and that of his free grace and fauour without any deserte of our partes or any thing in vs which appeareth to be true by these Scriptures Ro. 3.20.24 Ro. 4.16 Q. What be the causes of this grace or fauour of God A. Th'efficient cause is his goodnes and free will the finall cause therof is the saluation of his chosen children and the glory of himselfe and of his Sonne Christ Iesus The effects of Gods grace Q. What be the effects of Gods grace to vs ward A. In generall the grace of God wherof there is no cause in vs but onelye his owne goodnes and will is the first cause the middle cause and the last cause and the onelye cause of all the belongeth to our saluation And particularly it is the cause of our election predestination of our redemptiō of the sending of Christ into the world of our calling of the preaching of the Gospel it was the cause why the Apostles were called to the preaching of the Gospell it is the cause of our faith of the forgiuenes of our sinnes of our whole iustification of our regeneration of our renouation of our loue to God and our neighbour of the holy ghost in vs of our good works of our obedience of our perseuerance of the feare of God and of eternall life and of life it selfe and in a word the beginning the continuance and th'accomplishment of our whole saluation doth depend wholy vpon the grace and fauour of God and what good thing soeuer we haue or haue had or may haue belonging either to this life or to the life to come is to be attributed wholy to the grace and fauour of God Of the loue of God Q. What is meant by the loue of God in the Scriptures A. That we may the better know what the loue of God is it will not be amisse first to consider what loue is in our selues Q. Very well declare then what loue is A. It is a passion of the minde wherby we are so affected toward the partie whome wee loue that we are rather his then our owne forgetting our selues to do him good whom we loue Q. And is loue such a thing in God A. No the loue of God is not such as our loue is Q. What difference is there A. There is great difference two waies First in time for loue was in God before it was in vs or in any thing created for he loued himselfe and vs also before the world was Secondly they differ in nature and qualitie for that loue which is in God is most perfect and pure without any passion but in vs it is imperfect and matched with passions with impure affections and greefes of the minde Q. After what manner doth the Scripture expresse the loue of God A. In the Scriptures God doth compare himself to a Father and a mother louing their Children to a Hen gathering her Chickens together vnder her winges to a good Shepheard seeking vp his Sheepe and to diuers other things Q And wherfore serue these comparisons A. They are for our profit two waies 1 To shew vs that Gods loue towardes vs is most vehement and sincere 2 To make vs bolde in comming to him and calling vpon him So for this loue Christ Iesus calleth vs by al the names of loue as his Seruants his kinsemen his frēds his spouse his bretheren by many names moe to shew that he loueth vs with all loues the fathers loue the mothers loue the maisters loue the husbandes loue the brothers loue c. if al loues were put together yet his loue exceedeth them al for al could not do so much for vs as he alone hath done What the loue of God is Question If loue doth not signifie any affection or passion in God as it doth in vs what then doth is signifie Answere In God it signifieth three things most perfect 1 The eternall and good will of God towards some bodie for the loue of God suppose towards the elect is his euerlasting good will or his purpose and determination to shewe them mercie to do them good and to saue them as in Rom. 9.11.13 2 The effects themselues of this loue or good will whether they be temporall concerning this life or eternall concerning the last life to come as in 1. Iohn 3.1 3 The pleasure or delight which he taketh in that which he loueth and so it is taken in Psa. 45.7.23 Q. What things doth God loue besides himselfe A. Besides himselfe God loueth all thinges else whatsoeuer he made but he loueth not sinne and iniquitie for he neuer made it as S. Iohn saith Againe he loueth his sonne being manifested in the flesh and he loueth his chosen Children for his sonnes sake with whom he is well pleased Obiection The Scripture saith that God doth hate al that worke iniquitie how then can God both hate and loue one and the same man Answere In euerye wicked man we must consider two thing First his nature second his sin his nature is the worke of God and that he loueth but his iniquitie is not of God and that he hateth Obiection God doeth afflict his children therefore he doth not loue them Answere Whom he loueth he correcteth and therfore he correcteth them because he loueth them euen as a Goldsmith trieth his gold in the fire because he loueth it Whether God loueth all alike Q. Whether doeth God loue all alike or