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cause_n	good_a	grace_n	work_n	7,426	5	6.4759	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04847	The spirituall architecture. Or, the balance of Gods sanctuary to discerne the weigh and solidity of a true and sincere, from the leuitie, and vanitie of a false and counterfeit profession of Christianity. Wherein also the sandy foundations of the papisticall faith are briefely discouered. A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the 16. of Nouember, 1623. by Robert Barrell, Master of Arts, and minister of Gods word at Maidstone in Kent	Barrell, Robert.	1624 (1624)	STC 1498; ESTC S120643	59,486	84

hand in the act of receiuing for these members performe those offices and no other yet wee say that faith is not alone in the act of existing but doth coexist in the soule of the iustified man with other graces namely hope charity obedience patience c. as the eye eare and hand are not alone in the body but doe coexist with other members 2. And Bellarmin doth but fight with his owne shadow when a Bellur li. 4. de Iustificat ac 1. ad 15. he labors in 14. seuerall chapters to proue against the Protestants the necessitie of good workes vnto saluation which we neuer denyed eyther directly or by necessary consequence as he doth there falsely accuse vs. For we teach them to be necessary vnto saluation Non necessitate causalitatis sed consequentiae not as meritorious causes of our Iustification but as necessary effects concomitances Thesis nostra and consequents thereof as S. Aug. taught long since b Aug. de fide operibus cap. 14 Sequuntur Iustificatum ●on praecedunt iustificandum for this queene of all graces a true iustifying faith is euer accompanied and attended on with other graces and good workes as c Psal 45.9 the spouse with her honourable women Also we teach them to be necessary to saluation 1. Necessitate praecepti because God hath commanded vs to performe them Opera sunt necessaria ad salutem necessitate precepti me dii sed non meriti for we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes which God hath ordayned that we should walke in them Eph. 2.10.2 Necessitate medij because they are the meane and pathway to saluation but not Necessitate meriti as if they were not onely the d Ber. Ser. 61. in Cant. way to the kingdome but the cause of our reigning there For we vtterly disclaime that Popish doctrine of the merit of workes 1. As derogatory to the grace of God and 2. to the merits of Christ Iesus 1 As derogatory to the grace of God because as Saint Ber. saith truely e Ber. Ser. 67. in Cant. Non est quo gratia intret vbi iam meritum occupauit Deest gratiae quicquid meritis deputatur .i. Grace is shut out of doores where merit hath got posession whatsoeuer we adde or ascribe to merit wee substract from grace according to that of S. Paul f Rom 11.6 If it be of grace it is no more of workes otherwise grace is no more grace But if it be of workes then it is no more of grace or els were workes no more workes Now it is the grace of God alone that workes all good in vs a Phil. 2.13 He worketh in vs both the will and the deede c. and he findes nothing in vs which of it selfe without the helpe of grace can concurre with his grace in the doing of good or which may increase or adde vnto but rather decrease and blemish the perfection of our well doing b Aug. ep 105. ad Sixtum Cum non liberat nisi gratia nil iustum inuenit in eo quem liberat non voluntatem non operationem non saltem ipsam excusationem Wheras saith S. Aug. the grace of God alone frees vs from the bondage of sinne it finds nothing good or righteous in him whom it doth free not a good will or a good worke yea not so much as an excuse for sinne c Hom. 93 de temp Non enim in te placet nisi quod habes ex deo quod autem habes ex te displicet Deo There is nothing in thee O man which doth please God but what thou hast from God whatsoeuer thou hast from thy selfe doth displease God 2. Justitia duplex promissi debiti Aug. ep 105. And it is the meere grace of God that rewards our well doing for it is merces indebita an vndes●rued reward or if any way due it is by the iustice of Gods promise not of our desert for God when he rewards our good workes crownes his owne gifts not our merits So S. Cyprian d Cypr. epist 77. When God beholds our fortitude and constancy in our conflicts with our spirituall or temporall enemies hee approoues of our willingnesse and helpes our weaknesse in the fight and crownes vs when we haue ouercome wherein he doth reward in vs what himselfe hath done and honours what himselfe hath performed 2. We disclaime the merits of workes as derogatory to the all-sufficient merits of Christ Iesus as if these alone were not sufficient to iustifie and saue vs but that they must be pieced out with our owne merits wheras S. Ber. saith e Ber. Ser. 61. i● Cant. That the righteousnesse of Christ is not pallium breue .i. a short or scanty cloake that cannot couer two namely himselfe and vs but largitur larga aeterna iustitia .i. a most ample large and aeternall righteousnesse couering in him the treasures of his mercies and riches of his goodnes and in vs the multitude of our sinnes Therfore the Saints of God will ascribe nothing to their owne merits Aug. in Psal 39 but all to Gods onely grace and mercy f Ber. 5. Ser. in Cant. Nolo meritum quod gratiam excludat horreo quicquid de meo est vt meus s●m c I wil haue no merit saith S. Ber. which may exclude grace I tremble at any thing that comes from my selfe that I should bee my selfe alone and stand vpon mine owne feet It is the grace of God that doth iustifie me freely my merit is the mercy of the Lord if he be rich in mercy I am rich in merit I conclude this point with S. August a Aug. de praedestinat sanct Tom. 7. Conticescant ergo merita quae periere per Adam regnet dei gratia per Iesum Christum Let merits therefore bee silent and not dare to plead for themselues before the barre of Gods iustice which are lost in Adam and let the b Rom 5.17 grace of God reigne by Christ Iesus Cond 3 3. The third condition in the doing of good workes is that they be such as God hath commanded in his holy word which is the perfect rule of righteousnesse c Mich. 6.8 He hath shewed thee ô man what is good what the Lord requireth of thee namely to doe iustly and to loue mercy and to walke humbly with thy God As in the building of the Tabernacle Moses was commanded to doe all things according to the d Exod. 25. vlt. patt●rne shewed him in the Mount so in this our spiritual building of our soules and bodies to be the e ● Cor. 6 1● Temples of the Holy Ghost wee must haue ●n eye to the patterne that God hath shewed vs in the holy m●untaine of his heauenly word or els our building will prooue Babell and turne to our owne confusion For if the good workes we doe be after the f Col. 2.8