Expos. 23. A man by nature may do an act, that is good for the substance thereof, Dan. 4. 27. or 24. Rom. 2. 15. ⟨image 47⟩but never that which is truly and spiritually good▪ Matth. 7. 18. Jer. 13. 23. Rom. •. 10. Prou. 15. 8. and 21. 27. for his person is not accepted, Gen. 4. 4. 1. Pet. 2. 5. nor sanctified, and so the good acts he doth, proceeds not from a good root, viz. faith, and the spirit of sanctification, 2. Tim. 1. 5. neither is it done in a right manner, Jam. 4. 3. nor to a lawful end, viz. the glory of God, 1. Cor. 10. 31. Col. 3. 17. all which are required to the being of a good act.
Expos. 23. A man by nature may doe an act, that is good for the substance thereof, Dan. 4. 27. or 24. Rom. 2. 15. ⟨image 47⟩but neuer that which is truely and spiritually good▪ Matth. 7. 18. Ier. 13. 23. Rom. •. 10. Prou. 15. 8. and 21. 27. for his person is not accepted, Gen. 4. 4. 1. Pet. 2. 5. nor sanctified, and so the good acts he doth, proceeds not from a good roote, viz. faith, and the spirit of sanctification, 2. Tim. 1. 5. neither is it done in a right manner, Iam. 4. 3. nor to a lawfull ende, viz. the glory of God, 1. Cor. 10. 31. Col. 3. 17. all which are required to the beeing of a good act.