108 quell. I . Anfw. guPft. 2. Anfr. I . Th lryitll of C fr A P. I I. Three 2uefttions refolved concerning Poftive Growth. O Ther Que(Iions there are concerning that other part of our growth , namely , in potLive graces and the fruits thereof. As fiat, whether every new degree of grace runs through all the faculties ? I anfwer,Yes ; For as every new degree oflight in the ayre tonnes through the whole Hernifphere, when the Sunne (hines clearer and clearerto the perfect day, which is Solomons com- parifon in the Proverbs; fo every new degree of grace runs through, and is diffufed through the whole man. And there- fore alto t Thef. 5.23. when the ApoRle there prayes for increafe ofgrace, he prayes they may be fanthfled Wholly in body, foule and f iris. And every new degree, though it begins at the fpirit, the underfianding, yet goes through all : for fo Ephef. 4. 23, 24. Be renewed in the t iirit of your minds, and put on the new man it runs therefore through the whole man, having renewed the mind. As the worke ofgrace at Riff, fo after Rill continually leaveneth the whole lump. Whether one Grace may not grow more then another ? I anfwer, fiat, that it is certaine, that when a man grows up in one grace, he doth grow in all ; they grow and thrive toge- ther. Therefore in Ephef. 4.15. we are Paid to grow up into him [inall things.] Growth fromChri(t is general!, as true growth in the body is in every part, fo this in every grace. Therefore 2 Cor. 3. ult. we are faid-to be changed into the fame image from glory to glory. Every increafe Ramps a farther degree of the whole Image of Chr;R capon the heart. So the Theffalonians, Theirfaith and their love did bothoverflow, 2 Thef. I.3. Yet fecondly, fo as one grace may grow more then Tome other. a. Becaufefore are more radicali graces, as Faith and Love, therefore of the Theffalonians Faith the ApoRle fayes, 2. Thef. 1. 3. that it didgrow exceedingly ; and then it follows, their love did overflow. 2. Some
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