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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19331	A short dialogue, wherein is proved, that no man can be saved without good vvorkes	Corderoy, Jeremy, b. 1562 or 3.	1604 (1604)	STC 5756; ESTC S115604	42,072	138

I first overtooke you I thought I should haue a tedious iourney but now me thinkes we haue pleasantlye passed our waye And for this daies iourney I wil buy me a bible that I may bee able to talke when I meete with the like cōpany For if I light in such company as talke of the scripture I sit mute or leaue their company because I haue read nothing in it Scholl I am very glad to heare you resolved to reade the scriptures although as yet you meane to reade it to no other purpose then to be able to talke of it yet if you read it I doubt not but God will so blesse your labor therin that it will worke better effects in you then onlie abilitie to talke of it for the reading of it will bring you to the true knowledge of God the knowledge of God to the loue of God the loue of God to a desire to liue according to his will Wherfore David saith Ps 19.7.11 Ps 1119.9 Heb. 4.12 the word of God converteth the soule it giveth wisedome to the simple and maketh the readers therof circumspect to avoide those things that are evill it causeth men to be new men it is mighty in operatiō So that by one sermon of Peter three thousand were cōverted Acts 2.41 Felix though a bad man yet hee trembled vvhen hee harde Paule preach of righteousnes tēperance and the iudgement to come Wherfore I pray neglect not the reading of it Act. 24.26 Rom 1.16 1. Cor. 1.19 since it is the power of God to salvation aboue all conforme your life vnto it and thinke not that it is an easie thing to attaine vnto the kingdome of heavē They that vvill enter into the kingdome of heaven must vse violence constraine themselues to leaue off carnal and worldly affections the way that leades to destruction is broad Mat. 11.12 Luk. 16.16 and vvide and manie there are that enter therein but the way that leades to heaven is straite and narrow few there are that enter therein The ofspring of Adam is devided into fowre sorts Consider the whole of-spring of Adam what a number never come vnto the true knowledge of God but vanish a way in ignorance and idolatry all these are in the way of perditiō An other sort there are that know god and acknowledge al the articles of the Creede yea the trueth of the whole Scripture Titu 1.16 Ioh. 5.44 Ioh 12.42.43 yet denye God in their works and these are also in the way of perdition A third sort pretend they know God pretende an externall kinde of holynes but deny the force of it 2. Tim. 3.5 Ioh. 12.42.43 loving the praise of men more then God these also are in the broad way of perdition A fourth sorte there is vvho knowe God in sincerity loue him beleeue in him and conforme themselues to liue according to his word these only are in the strait way to heaven Calvin institut lib. 3 cap 14. sect 1. Wherefore as you tender your ovvne salvation haue a care to vnderstand the worde not that you may be able to talk of it but that you may know how to rectifie your faith and life Gall. 6.7.8 Gall 5.21.23 For be not deceiued God is not mocked that which a man soweth that shall he reape hee that liveth aefter the flesh that is liveth carnally shall be damned but he that liveth after the spirit that is endevoureth to liue according to the wil of God shall haue life everlasting And thus because we are nowe entred into the citty I leaue to talke further of this point Gall. Sir for your good advise I thanke you most hartily this I promise you that hereafter I will haue a greater care of these matters 〈◊〉 I haue had heretofore Now sir if you wil doe me that favour as to ride with me to my Iune I shall accept it for great kindnesse and I will bestowe the best wine in Oxford on you as good a pipe of Tobacco as ever you tasted Schol. I am beholding to you for your good will I praye pardon me at this time I must to my Colledge thus I leaue you to the almighty Gall. A due withal my heart FINIS

in Christ Now least the wicked as many of them do should challendge a part in Christ hee shevveth who are in Christ saying who liue not after the flesh but after the spirite that vvholly yeelde not themselues as slaues to their carnal lusts but such as delighte in a spirituall life conformable to the vvorde of God They then that shal be saved must haue some inherent sanctification And in an other place he shevveth that they vvho are appointed to inherite the kingdome of God are by the goodnes of God preordained that they shall liue a godly life before they shall enter into the kingdome of God saying we are the workemanship of God created in Iesus Christ vnto good vvorkes which God hath ordained Eph. 2.10 that vve should liue in them If God hath preordained that they who shal inherit his kingdome shal liue a godly life bringing forth good works so that as our Saviour saith by their fruits you shall know them Mat. 7.16 howe can anye hope to bee saved vvithout good vvorks This point that they vvhich shall bee saved shall liue a godly life is so manifest in the scripture as nothing more The Lorde himselfe protesteth concerninge these That he will put his feare in their heartes Ier. 32 4● Ezec. 11.19.20 cap. 36.26 that they shall never depart from him and that he will put a new spirit in their bowels take away their stony harts out of their bodies will giue them a heart of flesh that they may walke in his statuts Yea the care of observing the wil of God in the elect shal be such and so eminent that whosoeuer seeth them shall knowe them therby Esay 61. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud and the garden causeth that which is sowen in it to grow so will the Lord cause righteousnes to grow in them saith the Prophet And our Saviour saith Ioh. 14.2 24. ●f any loue mee he vvil keepe my commandements but he that loveth me not keepeth not my commandements And againe he saith ●oh 13.35 by this shal all men know that yee are my disciples if yee keepe my commandement●s A second reason Second reason may be givē why God will not receiue those vvho defer their conversion to God by newnesse of life vntil the last gasp hoping that that will be sufficient if they cal for mercy then Because our Saviour doeth pronounce this general proposition Mat 10.33 that he that de●ieth him before men he will denie him before his father in heaven now such as liue vngodly vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord though they professe him in their mouths 1 Sam 2.12 Tit 1.16 They professe th●y know god but by their work they deny him 2. Tim. 3. ● yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs yet if they liue vngodly they deny God and therefore shal be denied if you will bee tryed by the Scripture vvho so defineth of them as denyers of God A thirde reason why they shal not be received Third reason who deferre their conversion vnto God vntill their departing out of this life is because it is not possible that then they can haue a true repentance Mark 1.4 Calvinsti lib 3 cap 3 se●t 3 5. sequent For a true repentance cannot be without his essential parts one essential part whereof ●● ●ewnes of life what newnes of life can they haue vvho are departing this life That this newnes of life is an essential part of true repentance it is manifest by the doctrine of Iohn the Baptist preaching repentāce Mat 3.8 Act 26.1.19.20 who whē he saw the Pharisies resort to his baptism of repentance men reposing thēselues wholy on the faith of their father Abraham saith vnto them say not within your selues we haue Abraham to our Father but bring forth fruites worthy amendement of life for every tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe cast into the fier it is not sufficient to feare God for so did Pharaoh It is not sufficient to be sorie for that which is past for so was Caine Esaw and Iudas nay Iudas went farther he was not only sorie for that which was past but also cōfessed his sinne acknowledged the Innocencie of Christ and restored his vnlavvfull gotten goods having heerein a better conscience thē many cruel oppressors in these daies vvho come shorte of him in this point yet was it not a true repentaunce so did the Emperour Maximinus who tyrānically dealt with the Christians Euseb lib. 8. c. 17. 18. vntill he fel into a sore disease as he thought past recovery then in his sicknesse bethinking himselfe how cruelly hee had handled the Christians perswading himselfe that he was punished with that soare disease for his cruelty against them presently he commaunded edictes to be given out vvith all expedition that the Christians should bee dealte with in al curteous manner and their goods shoulde bee restored them their Temples reaedified and desired them that they vvould pray for him vvhich beeing done hee vvas restored to his former health being recovered to health hee falleth as hotely to persecute them as ever he did So that you may see though the vvicked in such cases of extremity shew some token of repentance 1. Kings 21 27. Fourth reason Prov. 15 ● Esay 1.14 Psa 66.18 Psa 62. ●2 Mat. 16 17 Rom 2.6 Rev. 22.12 as also did Ahab Yet it is but a bastarde repentance it proceedeth only of feare and not of loue and therfore cannot bee accepted as a true repentance A fourth reason why such shall not be receiued is because their praier is an abhomination vnto the Lord much lesse accepted of as it hath beene proved before The fift reason The first reason Rom. 2. is because God wi●● iudge every man according to hi● works And lastly true repentāce is not in the power of man but a special gift of God The sixt reason Iames 1. bestowed onlie on the elect vvho alway haue his true feare in them so that they ●un not into such excesse of si● as the wicked doe 1. Ioh. 3.9 because they are borne of God and haue alwaies his seed in th m Gal. You say wel repentance is the gift of God it is not in my power it is God say you that putteth his spirit in his elect which causeth thē to liue a godly life far better then other mē If thē I liue ●ot as they do blame me nor when God sh●l put that holy spi●it in mee vvhich will make me willing to keepe his law I shall then l●ue as honestly as they but yet I haue it not Scholl It is said in the scripture Prov. 19.3 the foolish ●erverteth his own waies his hart freeteth against the Lorde when Adam had foolishly consented to his wife ●o eate the forbidden fruit he concealeth his owne fault