Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

But have not the wicked some measures and proportions of the Spirit given them, by which they are enabled to do those works they do? Heb. 6. 4. 1. Cor. 12 6. 7. And is not that a good work which proceedeth from the supplies of the Spirit of God? To this we answer, First, as it is the influence of the same Sun, which ripeneth both the Grape, and the Crabbe, and yet though the Grape have sweetness from the Sun, the Crabbe still retains the sourness which it hath from its self: so it is the same spirit which helpeth the faithful in their holy, and the wicked in their moral works, which yet ⟨p. 246⟩still retain the quality and sourness of the stock from whence they come. Secondly, we deny them not to be good in Suo genere, that is, morally, and in the sight of men; but yet they are not good in Gods sight, so as to procure acceptance with him; for which purpose we must note, That God gives several proportions of his Spirit, and for several purposes. To some the Spirit to sanctify and renew, Rom. 1. 4. Tit. 3. 5. To others the spirit to edify and profit withal, 1. Cor. 12. 7. To some charity, and to others gifts, 1. Cor. 14. 1. To some as Instruments, that they may walk profitably before men, as Cyrus was anointed for Jacobs sake, Isaiah. 45. 1, 4. To others as Sons and Members, that they may walk acceptably before him, 1. Pet. 2. 5.

But have not the wicked some measures and proportions of the Spirit given them, by which they are enabled to do those workes they doe? Heb. 6. 4.