The sacred doctrine of diuinitie gathered out of the worde of God. Togither with an explication of the Lordes prayer.

Chap. 13. Of our owne Righteous∣nesse, whereof the state of Angels and Men, before and by their fall.

HEtherto of the partes of righteousnesse: The seue∣rall kindes followe.

Righteousnes isa our own or from another.

Our owne, whiche boeth

b Angels inc heauen, &d men vpon earth, had perfectlie by creation.e They in a greater, wee in a lesse measure: from which notwithstanding both of thē,f left vnto themselues, quickly fell away.

g First of theh Angels some onely, but ai great multitude: one, namedk Satan or the Deuill, the chief ringleader of the rest. The Angels that fell not, arel supernaturallie vp∣houlden from all daunger of falling. After, bym Satans

tentation,n all mankinde fell in Adam.

The punishment to them both is double, sinfulnes and cursednes.

Sinfulnesse is ao totall vn∣righteousnes, aswell of nature, as action. Cursednes is their vtter euill.

Contrarie throughout to blessednesse that went before. And is thep reward of al sinne, q more or lesse according to the measure of sinne.

Of cursednes two degrees are noted out: for either it is in parte only, or in the fulnes of it. That in part only, is proper tor men during this life. As, first thes wrath of God, so farr that all things, nott blessinges only, but his veryv graces, turn to their ruine; andx feare of conscience drawing thē from

God: theny shame,z igno∣rance, all kinde ofa calamities, b infirmitie,c sicknes, &d death it selfe: lastly,e enemitie of the creatures, andf slauerie to Sa∣than. Yet in all this some reli∣ques of former dignitie doe remaine: namely in the mind, g reason,h common principles of good and euill: in thei bo∣die, a kinde of maiestie: in the k whole man, a certeine soue∣raigntie, that keepeth in awe the brute creatures.

Thel creatures also for mans sake, are subiect both to a pre∣sent empaire of their first per∣fection, and to a generall abo∣lition in the end.

This is cursednes in parte: The fulnesse whereof falling vpon a bare creature not able to beare the brunt of it, cru∣sheth him downe intom Hell

forn euer, which is called dam∣nation. And is particular or generall. Particular which is in ao lesse measure of fulnesse till the latter day. And lighted on thep Angels that fell, forth∣with vpon their fall: yet so as many tymes it pleaseth God to giue them someq release, r vsing them as instrumēts to worke his pleasure heere on earth. Vpōs men it lighteth in soule presentlie after death.

General which is in at greater measure of fulnes. Both vpon the Angels that fell, and men, inv soule and bodie raised vp in thex latter day, wherof they y both shallz then receiue their sentence.

Aa sodaine change of such men as then are liuing, shalbe in stead of a death and rising from it.

Notes

• a

  Phil. 3. 9. Rom. 9. 30. 31, 32. & 10. 3, 4, 5, 6. Gal. 3. 12. The first, requiring righteousnesse from our selues, or by our own works, & pro∣pounding life euerlasting if we doe it, is called the Law, or the couenant of workes, Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 12. The other, sending vs to Christe, and propounding life euerlasting through him, if wee beleeue in him, is called the couenant of grace, Rom. 10. 4. Gal. 3. 13, 14. Which is two fould, according to the diuerse dispensation of the times before and since his comming. The couenant of grace before his comming in the fleshe (being thorough Christ to come) was termed the old Testament, Heb. 8. 13. and the publishing thereof, the promise, Acts 13. 32. Gal. 3. 17. 18. The same couenant since his comming (beeing thorough Christ already come) is termed the new Testament, Ierem. 31. 31, 32, 33, 34. and the publishing thereof, the Gospell, Acts 13. 32. Marc. 1. 1.

  The Lawe beeing impossible for vs in this our corrupt estate, to per∣forme, Rom. 8 3. serueth not at all to iustifie, Gal. 3. 10, 11, 21, 22. But 1. to shewe and discouer sinne, Rom. 3. 20. & 7. 7. 2. Through the cor∣ruption of our nature to encrease sinne, Rom. 7. 8, 9, 10, 11. 3. To pro∣nounce against vs iudgement and condemnation due vnto sinne, Rom. 3 19. and thereby to driue vs vnto Christ, Rom. 10. 4. Gal. 3. 22. 23, 24.

  To the regenerate it further serueth. 1. As a light to direct vs, Psal. 119 105. 2. As a prick to incite vs, because of Gods commandment. 3. To frame vs to humilitie, seeing thereby how farre we are from fulfilling it.

  The difference betweene the Lawe and the Gospell standeth in these three things. 1. The Lawe offereth saluation vnder condition of perfect obedience, that is to say, if wee doe it: the Gospell vnder condicion of faith, that is to say, if we beleeue, Rom. 10. 5, 6. 2. The Law comman∣deth only, but giueth no power to performe it, and therfore is called the dead letter, written with inke and in tables of stone to be read and seene, but hauing no life in it to change the heart, which remaineth as stonie as before. The Gospell not onely commandeth, but giueth faith and new∣nesse of life: And is therefore said to be written in our heartes and called the Spirit, because it giueth the Spirit of Christ & righteousnes through him, 2. Cor. 3. 3, 6, 9. 3. The Lawe pronounceth nothing but iudgment and condemnation against vs, commaunding things altogither impossi∣ble through our corruption, and therefore terrefieth and amazeth the conscience, in which respect it is called the ministerie of death and of con∣demnation, 2. Cor. 3, 7, 9. The Gospell bringeth glad tydinges of peace and reconciliation, and therfore quieteth and appeaseth the conscience, Rom. 5. 1. for both parts of this latter difference, see Rom. 10. 5, 6, 7, 8.
• b

  Mat. 22. 30. Luce 9. 26.
• c

  Mat. 18. 10.
• d

  Gen. 1. 26, 28. And therefore both of thē are the sonnes of God by creation. Luce 3. 38. Iob 1. 6.
• e

  Mark 13. 32. Gal. 1. 8.
• f

  Iames 1. 13. Actes 14. 15.
• g

  Iohn 8. 44.
• h

  2 Pet. 2. 4. Iude vers 6.
• i

  Luke 8. 30.
• k

  Reuel. 12. 9. Mat. 25. 41.
• l

  1 Tim. 5. 21.
• m

  Gene. 3. 1
• n

  Rom. 5. 12.
• o

  The vniuersal cor∣ruption of Deuills, Iohn. 8. 44. 1. Iohn. 3. 8. Ephe. 6. 12. And of mē in nature Ephe. 2. 3. (which is termed originall sin) desire, Genes. 6. 5. minde, Rom. 12. 2. vnderstāding, 1. Cor. 2. 14. will, Phi. 2. 13 actions, Rom. 3. 12. finally in boeth the partes of righteous∣nesse, Rom. 1. 18.
• p

  Deut. 27. 26. Gal. 3. 10.
• q

  Luke 12. 47. 48. and 20. 47. Math. 11. 22.
• r

  1 Gen. 4. 11. Iohn. 3. 18.
• s

  Iohn. 3. 36.
• t

  Rom. 2. 4, 5. Ierem. 28. 13.
• v

  Esay. 28. 1••.
• x

  Gen. 3. 8, 10. Heb. 2. 15.
• y

  Gen. 2. 25. with Gene. 3. 7.
• z

  Deut 28. 28, 29.
• a

  Deut. 28. 15. 10 the end.
• b

  1 Cor. 15. 43. Genes. 3. 16, 19.
• c

  Deut. 28. 21. 22, 27▪ 35, 59, 60, 61.
• d

  Gene. 2. 17. Rom. 5. 12.
• e

  Iob 5. 22, 23.
• f

  Colos. 1. 13. Heb. 2. 14.
• g

  Iohn 1. 5, 9.
• h

  Rom. 1. 18.
• i

  Gene. 9. 6.
• k

  Gene. 9. 3.
• l

  Gen. 3. 17, 18. Rom. 8. 20.
• m

  Luke 8. 31. Luke 16. 23.
• n

  1 Thes 1. 9.
• o

  2 Pet. 2.4. Iude vers 6. Reuel. 11. 18.
• p

  2 Pet. 2. 4. Iude vers 6.
• q

  Luke 8. 31. Mat. 8. 30.
• r

  1 King. 22. 21, 22. Reuel. 20 7. Iob 1. 12. 2 Cor. 12. 7.
• s

  Luke 16. 22, 23. 1 Pet. 3. 19.
• t

  2 Pet. 2. 4, 9. Iude vers 6. Reuel. 11. 18.
• v

  Dan. 12. 2. Iohn. 5. 28, 29.
• x

  Iohn 9. 39.
• y

  Mat. 25. 41. 1 Cor. 6. 3. Iude vers 6.
• z

  Actes 17. 31.
• a

  1 Cor. 15. 51, 52. 1 Thes. 4. 15, 16, 17