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A37598	The honey-combe of free justification by Christ alone collected out of the meere authorities of Scripture and common and unanimous consent of the faithfull interpreters and dispensers of Gods mysteries upon the same, especially as they expresse the excellency of free justification / preached and delivered by Iohn Eaton ...	Eaton, John, 1574 or 5-1641.	1642 (1642)	Wing E115	344,226	528

himselfe the spirituall worker and Author of them making them in our apprehension correspondent and agreeable to the Almighty nature and glorious working of so wonderfull a workman Fifthly the literall knowledge although it bee never so great doth not change him that is in it but leaves him in his former old nature and corrupt conversation as if he were prophane it leaves him still prophane if he were meerely civill honest it leaves him still meerely civill honest if he were blindly zealous with a legall zeale it leaves him still blindly zealous with a legall zeale of advancing works works and doing as wee may see by the example of S. Paul who before his conversion followed the righteousnes of the Law Rom. 9. 31. and was zealous towards God Act. Rom 9. 31. A●ts 22. 3. 26. 7. 22. 3. serving God instantly day and night Act. 26. 7. And yet was but in this literall knowledge Yea as this literall knowledge findes a man in death and condemnation so it leaves him in death and condemnation saving that it leaves him in greater condemnation than if hee never knew any thing at all B●● the spirituall knowledge wholy changeth him that is in it and makes him to leave his old corrupt course of life and to live a godly conversation and not only makes him that was prophane or meerly civill to become zealous of Gods glory but also changeth the legall zeale of advancing works into the Evangelicall zeale of advancing Christs benefits and to doe all good duties zealously in meere thankfulnesse for the same because he that by this spirituall knowledge with open face beholdeth as in a looking glasse the glory of the Lord is changed into the same image from glory to glory as by the Spirit of the Lord. Sixthly and lastly as the spirituall knowledge discerning the deep things of God counts them and embraceth them as precious and glorious so the literall knowledge resting in the bare letter cannot perceive nor receive the deep things of God that is the excellency of Christs benefits because it counts and rejects them as absurd and foolish yea very foolishnesse it selfe 1 Cor. 2. 14. and because great learning 1 Cor 2 14. The ground of contention and wrangling against●r●e justification counts it her wisdome to confute that which she takes for foolishnesse hereupon ariseth unfallibly against the preaching of the excellency of Christs benefits strong sophisticating and bold contention because the literall learning being mounted up upon the horse of pride for this knowledge puffeth up 1 Cor. 8. 2. 1 Cor. 8. 2● And being pricked forward with two spurres the one of envie at her brothers gift of preaching the glory of Christ and the other of vaine glory lest this literall learning loose some of her praise she rusheth out like a warre-horse into the battle of contention and yet layes all the blame hereof upon the preaching of the excellency of Christs benefits yea so strongly doth this literall knowledge judge the excellency of Christs benefits to be meere foolishnesse and thereupon so impudent in contention against the same that Luther upon these words Then is the slander of the ●uther upon Gal. 5. 11. Crosse abolished Gal. 5. 11. proveth with many arguments that Paul taketh it for a most certaine signe that the Gospel of Christ and righteousnesse of faith are not rightly preached and is not the Gospel if it be preached without contention against it for saith hee when the crosse is abolished and the rage of the false Apostles wrangling sophisticating and persecuring ceaseth on the one side and offences and scandals on the other-side and all things are in peace this is a sure token that the Devil keeping the entrie of the house the pure doctrine of Gods Word is taken away Because saith he it cannot be but as long as the Gospel flourisheth the crosse and offence thereof must needs follow it or else truly the Devil is not The Devill rageth against the Gospel rightly levelled at and hit but slightly glanced at but if he be rightly hit indeed he resteth not but beginneth horribly to rage and to raise up by these literall vaine-glorious men all the troubles he can And again notably writeth Luther upon these words but as then he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit even so is it now whose whole exposition is worthy to be often read of the children of faith the sum and effect whereof is thus This persecution Luther on Gal. 4 29 vers alwaies remaineth in the Church especially when the word of God is powerfully brought to light and the doctrine of the Gospel flourisheth to wit that the children of the flesh mock the children of the promise and persecute them And therefore Paul in this place armeth the godly asore-hand that they should not be offended with these persecutions sects and offences As if he should say if we be the children of the promise and born after the spirit holding that righteousnesse commeth without works meerely by the promise we must surely look to bee persecuted of our brother which is born after the flesh that is after the Law and works and yet shines in the righteousnesse and glorious works of the Law that is to say not only our open enimies which are manifestly wicked shall persecute us but also such as at the first were our deare friends with whom we were in religion familiarly conversant in one house which received from us the true doctrine of the Gospel shall become our deadly enimies persecute us extreamely for they are brethren after the flesh and will persecute their brethren which are born after the Spirit and so raise hurries and molestations Indeed they lay the blame and fault in our doctrine when they themselves are the authors of these troubles and persecutions But because they are perswaded by this literall knowledge that they persecute that which is absurd and but meere foolishnesse they cannot beleeve this that they are the authors of these troubles and much lesse can they beleeve that it is they which murmur rise up and take counsell against the Lord and his annoynted nay rather they think that they maintaine the Lords cause that they defend his glory and doe him acceptable service in persecuting us The reason whereof is this expressed by Luther in other places upon the Galathians speaking against vaine-glory and therefore as worthy the often reading as the former the summe also whereof is thus That such is the nature of these literall and vaine-glorious Ministers of Satan That they can make a goodly shew that they are very charitable humble lovers of concord and are indued with all other fruites of the Spirit also they protest that they seek nothing else but the glory of God and the salvation of mens souls and yet being full of vaine-glory and doing all things to seeme learned and godly and so to get praise and estimation among

with self-deceiving and appearing zeales of God as S. Paul testifieth saying I beare them record they have the zeale of God why what is the zeale of God which they had that is First for matter not following now as in ancient times their owne inventions and false worships of grosse idolatry but now zealously following the law of righteousnesse even the works of Gods owne Law Rom. 9. 31. 32. And secondly for end Rom. 9. 31 32. ayming at the glory of God why what was more to be desired yes but it was not according to knowledge why but they wanted no knowledge as wee may see granted by Paul himselfe Rom. 2. 17. to 20. and Rom. Rom. 2. 17. to 20. and 9. 4. 9. 4. for they knew the whole word of God and how often any word of moment was repeated from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Malachy True but yet they were ignorant of one maine point by which Iustification the heart and life of all knowledge they were ignorant of all for they only knew not free Iustification which is the forme soule heart and life of all the rest because that alone giveth both unto God and unto Christ their full glory for so it followeth in Paul for they being ignorant of the righteousnesse of God did goe about to establish their owne righteousnesse For because the nature of man dares not think The ground of the establishing of our owne righteousnesse of any fellowship and communion with God without a righteousnesse therefore they being ignorant of the righteousnesse of God freely and compleatly wrought upon them by God must needs goe about to establish their owne righteousnesse that is to winne and retain the love and favour of God by their fervency of good works and zeale of Gods glory in doing his law and when this blinde affection of false-doing Gods will doth reign in men being ignorant of the excellency and full and true doing of Gods will in free Iustification then they desire by some notorious zealous good works to out-passe the ordinary course and road-way of walking every man within the limits of his vocation doing the duties of the same comfortably and faithfully to Gods glory in winning and Blinde and rash zeale profiting his neighbours but out-starting others will have some singular zealous works to winne and retaine the said love and favour of God towards them hence flow the superstitious inventions of Popery hence commeth the rash zeale of the Brownists hence commeth the blinde holinesse of Familists hence commeth the painted zeale and holinesse of Anabaptists little differing in truth from Papists they do so stablish their owne righteousnesse of holy duties and works but that encroaching and returning neere to Judaisme they keep themselves closer as they think to the Morall Law of performing universall obedience to all Gods Commandements and so likewise of all other Sects and Religions and of all other Ape-Saints and Peacock-Christians as Luther truly calleth them whatsoever being ignorant of free Iustification But when they come by true faith to see rightly into free Iustification how utterly their sins by the imputation of Christs perfect righteousnesse are freely abolished out of Gods sight and how perfectly and compleatly holy and righteous they are made freely without works and what a full entrance there is hereby into the full favour of God peace and joy of conscience and to all the rest of the glorious benefits of the Gospel then they begin to say Here are the words of eternall life and whither shall we goe then they begin to see that God hath placed them in their vocations for them thereby to practise and testifie their thankfulnesse for those free-given benefits of the Gospel that doe make them so compleat before God and therefore they care for nothing but to keep themselves within the limits of their vocations and to doe the duties of the same faithfully and zealously to Gods glory in benefiting their neighbours And thus they serve God in spirit and truth of faith when all the world runneth awhoring after their owne inventions both of false-supposed true worships and also of doing their vocations in a false manner And therefore doth Luther truly say thus of this powerfull operation and effect Luth. in Gal. 2. 20. of free Iustification Wherefore I say as I have oftentimes said That there is no remedy against Sects or power to resist The only remedy against all Sects them but this only Article of Christian righteousnesse if we lose this Article it is impossible for us to withstand any errors or Sects As we may see at this day in the fantasticall spirits the Anabaptists and such like who being fallen away from this Article of free Iustification will never cease to fall erre and seduce others untill they come to the fulnesse of all iniquity except they be reduced home to rest only in free Iustification For whiles this doctrine pacifying and quieting Luth. in verse 16. the conscience remaineth pure and uncorrupt Christians are made judges over all kindes of doctrine Idem in Chap. 1. 4. The danger of work-mongers whereby a light is opened and a sound judgement is given unto us so as we may most certainely and freely judge of all kindes of life whereby we easily discerne all such Sects as trust rely and hang upon their works to be wicked and pernicious whereby the glory of Gods wrath against sin and Christs works and doings are not only defaced but also utterly taken away and our owne advanced and established Yea upon faith alone of Free Iustification by Christ followeth a most certain knowledge and understanding a most joyfull conscience and a true judgement of every Chap. 3. 28. kinde of life and of all things else whatsoever For they which know and understand it can judge of faith they can discerne a true feare from a false feare they Chap. 3. 23. can judge of all inward affections of the heart and discerne all spirits c. So that if we stick to this anchor-hold of the true manner of free Iustification both the Pope and Satan shall be put to flight because where this knowledge of free-Iustification is retained and this doctrine preached all Heresies and Sects are easily overthrowne Fifthly the laying out of the excellency of free Fifth Effect It rooteth up Covetousnes the root of all ●●ill Iustification worketh also this powerfull effect namely it is the only meanes to eradicate and utterly root out that inbred originall corruption called Covetousnesse the root of all evill and the love of all vaine pomp and earthly riches so deeply rooted and inwardly infecting the heart that if the heart be not seisoned with some feeling of the worth of the heavenly riches the naturall man in the dead Faith is violently carried upon the least occasion for a little lucre not only to break all lawes both of God and man but also to betray himselfe his soule his