vnto God, whose pure eyes can indure nothing which is impure and imperfect, seeing the Prophet telleth vs, that our best righteousnesse is as a polluted cloth; and the Apostle, who so farre exceeded vs that now liue in piety and righteousnesse, notwithstanding complayneth, that he could not doe the good he would, but contrariwise did the euill he would not. And therefore it is in vaine to wearie our selues about impossibi∣lities, and so to lose both the pleasures of this life, and that which is to come. And thus the flesh perswadeth vs to play the bankerupts, and to resolue, that because we cannot pay all our whole debt, that therefore wee will pay nothing at all. To which I answere with our Sauiour Christ, that those things which are impossible to vs, are both possible and easie vnto God, who hath promised to assist vs, if we desire and in∣deuour to serue and please him. Secondly, I answere, that though no∣thing will please God, but that which is pure and perfect, & all our best actions are full of corruption & imperfection; yet this need not to dis∣courage vs from doing the best we can, seeing Christ, who hath perfitly fulfilled the Law for vs, couereth our imperfections, with his most perfect righteousnes, & washeth away our corruptions, in his most pre∣cious blood, so that we may doe the best we can, & then what is wan∣ting on our part, shalbe supplied on his. For what the Law could not doe, in that it was weake through the flesh, God sending his owne Son, in the likenes of sin∣full flesh, and for sin, condemned sinne in the flesh, that the righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs, who walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, as the Apostle speaketh. Thirdly, though that perfect obedience which the Law requireth, be impossible vnto vs in respect of our frailty & corrup∣tion, yet that Euangelical obedience, required in the couenant of grace, (namely, that beleeuing in Christ, we desire, resolue & indeuor to please God in al things) is not so. Though we haue no ability to performe ser∣uice vnto God, in that exact perfection which the Law requireth; yet if we doe that which we are able, in sincerity & truth, with vpright hearts & good cōsciences, we shal through Christ be accepted of God. For he reiecteth not the least indeuours of his faithfull seruants, who de∣sire to feare his name. He will not breake the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, till he bring forth iudgement vnto victory. He spareth vs as a father spareth his sonne that serueth him, and if we haue a willing mind, we shalbe accepted ac∣cording to that we haue, and not according to that we haue not. He pittieth our frailties and infirmities, like as a father pittieth his children that feare him, & out of this pitty pardoneth them; For he knoweth our frame, & remem∣breth that we are but dust. And though he hath most pure eyes, which can indure no pollution, yet he beholdeth not iniquity in Iacob, neither doth he see peruersnes in Israel. Nor is he any accepter of persons, but in euery nation he that feareth him, & worketh righteousnes (not according to the rigor of the law, from which Christ hath freed vs, but in the truth and vprightnes of his heart) is accepted of him. And thus was Dauid accepted as a man according to Gods own heart, because he applied himselfe to obserue his precepts al∣waies & to the end, notwithstanding his grieuous sins and fearefull fals. Thus Zacharias & Elizabeth were reputed righteous & perfect, because in the sincerity & vprightnes of their hearts, they did labour and striue