16 Mijlakesabout Converfion: fee God. Oh that you \vould take the warnings of God! In his name I once more adrnoni!h you. Turn you at rny reproof., Prov. I. 13. Forfake the {ooliib,and live, Prov. 9.6. Be fober, righteous, god– ly, Tit. 2.. I z.. Wafh your hands, you finners, purifie your hearts, ye double minded, ;Jam. 4· 8. Ceafe to do evil, learn to do well, Ifa. I. I 6, I 7. But if you · will on, youmuft die, Eze~. 33· I I. Chap.II. Shewingpojitively whtttConver{io~ is~ I May not leave you withyour eyes ,-half open, as he that faw menas trees walking, Mark. 8. 2.4. Tlie word is profitable for Doctrine, as well as reproof ; ·2. Tim. 3. r 6. And therefore having thus far condutled you by the fbelves and rocks of fo many dangerous miftakes, I would guide you at length into the Harbour oftruth. ·Converfion then (in fbort) lies, in the tborow change both of the heart, and life. I fhall briefly defcribe it in its nature and caufes. I. Tbe Author, it is the fPirit ofGod; and therefore it is called the fantl:ification of the fpirit; 2. The[. 2.. I3· and the renewingoftheholy Ghoft,Tit. 3· ~ .. . Yet not excluding the other Perfons in the Tri– nity: For the Apoftle teacheth us, to blefs the fa– ther of our Lord Jefus Chrift, for that he hath be– gotten us again; 1 Pet. r. 3· and ChriH: is faid to give repentance to I fr ael ,; Act. ) • 3 I. and is called tae everlafting Father, I fa. 9· 6. and we his feed, and the Children which God hath given him, Heb. 2.. 13. I[a. 5'3· Io. 0 bleffed Birth! Seven Cities contended for the Birth of Homer : but the whole Trinitv fathers the new creature. Yet is this work princi,pally afcribed to the Holy Ghoft, and fo we are faid to be born ofthe Spirit, 'fob. 3· 8. _ So then it is a. workabove man's power. We are - ·· - ----- ·-.. -·- --- - - ·· - --- - ~or~
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