mm (or all mankind)yo~mg men and maident, old ;nen and children, all mull: be reeneratcd, or they can never .fee the Kmgdom af God. . . g Scconci'y, as all mm, fo all man] all the members of h1s bo~y, all the facult1es of hi 5 foul. s,z;:dificatron ( rffwing) nmjfbe pe~ftCI and enttre, t/'JoJJgh 11ot tn reJPeEt ,ft!rgrees, yet;, rejprU of pa-rt.r; every part and power of body and foul mull have Its ort of fanctification though no part his full perfection, before the dtffolut1on of ~~r earthly tabcrnacl~s: Hence ( fay Divines) there is a r~r,encratio11 or .fan<lificati– tlrt ( it is all one) liichct:fi'l and conJi:tmm~ta; r.nchoa:a~ bcgurt m thts l!fe; conJi.mJinata, pcrfJlcd in that other: and of th1s fa1th our Sav1our, Marth . I9. 28. Vmly l.fay unto you, that ye which h_m.:e fcilowed me m the rcgeneratzon, when the ~on of num Jhall ftt ;, tbe throne of hts Glory, ye jha/1 ~l.fo Jit_rrpon_ twelve Thrones, !ud§mg_ the t"'clve T 1 ·ibes af Ifracl: we fpeak not of th1s Regeneratwn, but of that wht-h brtn~s to this; for we mull: be regenerated here, or have no part there With God m h1s Glory. b · · · And lhould we confider 1Mn in his parts, every part mull: ear a part m th1s btrth; his body mull: be regenerated, his forti mu£1: be renued; we will begin. with the body; Asyore ha11e yielded J6Jtr m~mbcn frvantJ to uncleamufs~ and to zmqmty, even fo noll' )'ie!d)'ou·l' members fer'tants to nghteoufnefr, unto hoimcfs~ Rom. 6. I9. As every member of the old mM 1s full of fin, fo every member of the. nctv born malt is to be renwed by grace. To intl:ar;ce in fome of them, _The heart, that in the old ""'" is full of e-><d Tbcu;,hts, .lvfrmhcrs, Adultcrtes, Formcatrons, Th•frs, Fal.fe-lvit– nrfs, ZJ/afphrmies ; in the netv man it is the, member tha~ mu£1: firtl: be renued; here 6race fir£1: feats it ft:lf,and after is difperfea over all; as m natural generat10n the heart~ fir it framcc!,fo in fpiritual regeneration the heart is firll reformed. Some call it the firfl: mover of all mens actions,for as the firll: mover carrieth all the fpheres of hea– ven with it,fo cloth the heart carry all the members of the body with it: And therefore it is,that the 11e;v "'"''begins firlt with his heart; for if that fountain be right, all the fl:reams of his Defires, Purpofes,Affirtioils,Speeches,AEI•o,,s,Converfations,run fweet and ckar,& pleafant.Again,the eye that in the old man is the broaker,that goes between the heart &the obje<'l:,to make up the finfu\ bargain,that which our Saviour call.s an evil eye, Peter an ad~tlterom eye; in the newman it mufl: be exercifed on other objeds, I made a Covmant with mine eye,.(faith Jcb) why thm ji1ould 1 think,_ upon a ma1d _? I will lift 11p mine eyes rmto the h:ls(fl1th Dav.d) from tvhenoe co'lleth mme help. Agam, the enr, that in the old"'"" is jfopped againft the voice of the Chtmner, charm he newr fo wifely· or if it be open like Deaths Porter, it lets in fin and Satan at every oceafion ; in the'new man it mutt be the gate of life, or the dore of faith; therefore there is not a member that the Devil more envieth than the ear, as we fee in the man polfeffed with a deafDe– vil, Mark,_9. 25. who polftlfcd that fenfe, as the moll: excellent, to hinder him from hearing. Again, the tongue, that in the old man is a world of imquity, that dejileth the whole boery, that .fettcth on fire the conrfe of natllre, and ir Jet on fi"re of hell· in the neiV man it mull: be the trumpet of divine praife, or (as David calls it) the pen'of a ready writer, ut~ering onely thofethings which the heart enditeth in fincerity and truth. 'r"o fum u~ all m one, the heart 1s 1t, where grace begms firll, and is felt !all; and there– fore fatth God, Songive me thy heart, Prov. 23. 26 .. and therefore prayes David, Cre– atemme a~ew heart~ Pfal. 51: I o. and therefore w1\ls Solomon, Keep thy hearr with all dtlrgt~~ce, foroittofttar~theijfues <f hfe, Prov.+ 23. Vllould any man that is rege– nerate encounter fin tnh1s heart 1 1t were 1mpoffible to break out into action . would the heart of any man that is born auain, but meet fin with this Dilemma If J commit thu I_muft c~th~r t·epcnt, tJr not rtpe':;,t for t.t ; if I do repent~ it will coft me' more heart-break._: ••>dJPmtttr.l[mart, than the fonfual pleafnre can be worth; if I ne-ver repent, it will be the _death and damnatum of my fo~tl: fure this thought conceived, and rightly follow– ed m theheart of the regenerate, would be enough to crulh fin at the firil riling of it . and fo 1t 1s; for if he be re&enerate, ·he doth *not fin, JVhofoever is bo.-n ofGod doth no; ' 0 ":"'" fin, I Joh. 3. 9: He 1s moulded anew, and all the memhers of his body are con– f~Imed to the f~vere1_gnty and rule of grace; yea hu body u prcferved blamlefs, holy, at«pr.ble_ ltnto God; 1t ~ a member of Chrifl·, the temple •f the holy Gh.j!: Happy d man that 1s ble!l: w1tn th1s body ! Sure, a man thus born again, he foal/ fee the Kinu– ,om of God. o Secondly'.as thebody, fo the foul of this man is to be renewed by grace ; Therefore zlorijie Go4 myorrr body a!ld m yottr fp~rit, (fa1th Pmtl, .I Cor. 6. 20.) The body and the B 3 fpirit 5 Pfal. 14!. 12. D,ll. 2, Mmh, ~~- 28, Rom.6.1~, Mmh. 1'"''' Mmh, '· 2;, 2 Pet. r. 14. Job 31, '' Pfai. 121, 1 , Pfal. $8, s. Mar. 9· 2 s. James 3· 6. Pfal. 41· 1. l'rov. 2). 26J l'fal. ?'· Jo, Prov. 4· 23, 1 John 3· 9, ~ConfueiNdina.. !iter,'' kll.>bi. Uter,f.r\Jiliter, trrUutlabilim, 1 fhef s 2J. Rom. 12, 1. tCor.6 H 1,, tCor. '· :z•.
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