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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
Sermon 5: Quest. How is Gospel-Grace the best Motive to Holiness? SERMON V.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
'Tis true, good Works do not go before Justification, but follow after; for being sanctified also when we are justified, we are created unto good works in Christ Jesus. 1Till we have a Being we cannot act, and till the Root be made good, the Fruit cannot be good. Amongst the Moralists it may still be a Rule, Bona agendo, sumus boni; By doing good we become good; but this must not be so strictly urged in Divinity, where the Fountain must be cleansed before the Stream can run pure: indeed after Conversion and Regeneration, nothing increases the habits of Grace more than the actings of Grace; and in this, natural and infused Habits do agree; they are both strengthened ⟨p. 70⟩by acting of them. Whatsoever Grace you would have strong and lively in the Soul; let it be conscientiously and frequently exercised, and it will become so: This hath many a probatum est amongst the Children of God.
'Tis true, good Works do not go before Justification, but follow after; for being sanctified also when we are justified, we are created unto good works in Christ Jesus. 1Till we have a Being we cannot act, and till the Root be made good, the Fruit cannot be good. Amongst the Moralists it may still be a Rule, Bona agendo, sumus boni; By doing good we become good; but this must not be so strictly urged in Divinity, where the Fountain must be cleansed before the Stream can run pure: indeed after Conversion and Regeneration, nothing increases the habits of Grace more than the actings of Grace; and in this, natural and infused Habits do agree; they are both strengthned ⟨p. 70⟩by acting of them. Whatsoever Grace you would have strong and lively in the Soul; let it be conscienciously and frequently exercised, and it will become so: This hath many a probatum est amongst the Children of God.