s T A T E III... NAME L Y, The STATE qf-GR AcE ; or, BRG t.Tl~ RECOVERY. I-IEAD I. . ' .'. R E G E N E R A T I 0 N~. I PET. i. 23. B~ing hortt -agai11, 11ot of corrupliHe feed, but if in~ corruptible, by th~ <Word of Cod, which /ir;eth and abideth Jor ever. ' wE proceed now to theflate of grace, 'the fl:.ate of · ' begun recovery of human nature, into which al! . . · that !hall partake of e.temal happioefs, are tra:nflited-, fooner or later, while in this world . It is the 1efult of a gracious change made upon thefe who fhall inheri t eternal life ; which cbaoge may be taken up in thefe two.: ( r.) In oppofition to their natural real flate, the Hate of · corruption, there is a change made upon them in regenera– tion ; whereby their .nature is changed. ( 2.) In oppofi– tioo to their natural reiative fiate, the fl ate of w: ath, there: is .a change made upon them, in their union with the Lord Jefus Chrif1; by which they are fet beyond the reach o£ condemnation. Thefe thterefore~ namely, regeneration,, . and union ,.with Clrijl , _I defign to handle, as the great: .and comprehenfive changes on a-finner, conHituting him in · t~e ftate o.f grace. . The firfi: of thefe we have in the text; together with· toe outwud and ordinary meaosJ by which it is bmught· about. The Apoftle here, to excite the faints, to the , !ludy of holinefs, and p,articulariy of brotherly love,"puts : them1
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