ANSWER. [ B]
You cannot produce one Father, or antient Doctor, which maintaineth workes of Supererogation, to your purpose.
Haimo and venerable Bede affirme, That some men doe that by Vow, or voluntarie choyse (to wit, in some particular Acti∣ons) which they are not obliged vnto by strict Precept; and that at the day of Iudgement, they themselues (not Soules in Purgatorie) shall reape the benefit hereof (to wit, an accessorie augmentation of Blisse:) But from a partiall Supererogation, to a [ C] totall and generall, it followeth not. For if a man, which is ob∣liged to worke eight houres euerie day, by the space of a moneth, and that according to a certaine perfection of worke∣manship, should for two or three daies worke tenne houres, and exceed the manner of workemanship enioyned him, and then againe faile other twentie whole dayes, both in time and man∣ner; it might be said of this man, That hee did exceed, or doe more worke for three dayes, than was commanded; and yet comparing and conioyning the whole time, and workmanship, [ D] hee hath done lesse than was enioyned him. So likewise, a de∣uout person being commanded by the Morall Law to obserue all the Commandements, great and small, during his naturall life; if he should in some Actions, or circumstances thereof, per∣forme more than is strictly required (vpon necessitie to Saluati∣on, or by his generall Calling) and yet be deficient in many du∣ties enioyned; this man might be said to supererogate in that, wherein he exceeded the Rule: but (because in other passages of his manners, hee was a sinner, a 1.1 Iam. 3.2.) it cannot be truly said, that he hath workes of Supererogation, to be layd vp in a [ E] common Treasurie, for the benefit of other people.