The answere.
I say first, that no man can keep the law perfitly in this life, as I haue alreadie prooued copiously. I say secondly, yt though [ 1] the regenerate doe not fulfil the law exactly, yet doe they con∣tinue [ 2] therein, so long as they striue against sinne, and suffer not sinne to raigne in them. For (as S. Paule saith,) When wee doe that which we would not, it is no more we that doe it,* 1.1 but the sinne that dwelleth in vs. Whereupon S. Austen saith ve∣ry finely; Ecce quemadmodum qui ambulant in vijs, domini,* 1.2 non operantur peccatum▪ & tamen non sunt sine peccato quia iam non ipsi operantur iniquitatem, sed quod habitat in eis peccatum. Behold howe they that walke in the waies of the Lord doe not sinne, and yet are they not without sinne; because now not they work iniquitie, but the sinne that dwelleth in them. I say third∣ly, [ 3] that it is one thing to be blessed in the worke; another thing to be blessed for the worke. And so when the regenerate become not vaine hearers of Gods worde, but bring forth the worthie fruites thereof in holy life; they shall doubtlesse be blessed in so doing, yet not for the worthinesse of their workes, but of Gods meere mercie for his promise sake. Thus doth S. Iames ex∣pound himselfe in the same chapter, when hee saith;* 1.3 Blessed is the man, that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.