If good works precede justification they precede regeneration too
Thesis XXX. If some good works precede a man's justification, they must also precede his regeneration, since by the common doctrine of the Protestants regeneration comes after justification in the order of nature. Besides, a man's regeneration and his sanctification are in fact one and the same, so the Spirit by whom a man is regenerated is the same as the one by whom he is sanctified.
But the Spirit of sanctification, as the most learned and celebrated Protestants expressly teach, is promised to us in the Gospel only on the condition of faith, a living and effective faith, which cannot exist without many good works. Nor is that Spirit given except to those who earnestly want to rise out of their vices, who hunger and thirst for true righteousness, and who ask God for him in constant prayers made in faith.
As the Lord Jesus says, 'How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?' (Luke 11:13). And to pray to God in faith is certainly a truly good work.
Latin
XXX. Quod si bona quaedam opera praecedunt hominis justificationem, regenerationem ejus praecedere quoque debent: si quidem, ex communi Protestantium doctrina, regeneratio est justificatione natura posterior. Adde quod hominis regeneratio & sanctificatio reapse sunt unum & idem. Ac proinde spiritus quo homo regeneratur non est alius ab eo quo homo sanctificatur. Spiritus autem sanctificationis, ut expresse docent qui sunt inter Protestantes doctissimi atque celeberrimi, in Evangelio nobis non promittitur, nisi sub conditione fidei ejusque vivae atque efficacis, quae sine multis bonis operibus constare non potest. Nec datur ille spiritus, nisi iis qui serio cupientes ex vitiis emergere, & veram justitiam sitientes & esurientes, illum assiduis precibus ex fide factis a Deo postulant. Juxta illud Domini Jesu, Quanto magis Pater vester coelestis dabit spiritum sanctum petentibus ab ipso? Luc. 11. 13. Jam autem Deum ex fide orare proculdubio opus vere bonum est.