344 Of Eleflion. ~ fpoil that new Workman/hip, which God by regeAerating of us, hath begun · !looK 1 V, m us) attempts to rum us, by fiirring up our Lulls in us; and with whofe ~Temptations thofe S:orruptions being irritated, do joyn: Whereupon yet, God isfo far from bemg provol<ed to dellroy us, or forfake us, (" h1ch is Sa– tan's aim) that he isprovoked through his Grace that he bears in his heart to– wards us, to repair what Satan in malice, through our weaknefs, had attemp·· ted to undo. And accordingly, in full oppolition to Satan, and thefinngth of ~u(\s in us; he fets himfelf [with a [Bur God, ~cJ as here) to undo this ruin– wg work of the Devil, notWithllanding all our lintulne(s : And further, bath been moll graciouOy plea fed thus aforehand to relieve us by fuch a Promife made under the fignificancy of this ~oft Elegant Metaphor, to mrnd us, and reflore us, and make us perfd 1agatn ; and our Souls as 1\rong , and fit for his sitniflcat "'' fcrvice, as ever. 0! how often doth the Devil in our lives break in upon us, ~~6·~~t:/~;;~:: and upon what we have wrought, and io a manner undoes what wehavt done· · & f•ffiti• yea, when for a long while together we have walk't more llrillly, and ou; ;;t:•:.;:{.;,; hearts have been kept up in a holy fr.ame, .•~d clofe :om~union with .~od, · in,:, vitfi and gone on tn a conltancy , porformwg Sp1ntual Duues w11h much Sptntual ,.,;; nif "' Life ; How d~th a wretched Luft rife in us, ftirred up by fome occalion, and j'djt _D~'.(": then llrongly withal enforced and impregnated by Satans Temptations and In– tt,:,T{; :~·. fufions; ( as in V avid, Satan is faid to have done, when he num6rtd the Peo– ~~~~ntht~:,?: ete;) and fo in a great meaf~re mars what we have been fo long •. working,, Net< ""~o thi• 1nfomuch that we are apt to thmk our felves utterly undone; and m reahty , .,,.ihete. ore wonderfully ea{\ behind hand thereby? Ay, but this God ofa/J Grace here see 1 Chroo. in the Text, fends them his Holy Spirit into our Hearts, who provokes us to, t ';.~;Allufion and renews tmfeigned Rtpmtaflce in us , (as there he did in V,;vid) lifts us whith this up when we are fain, and rellores us to our former , yea, and often to a much ;;,~1,.'t;~; 10 far better a.nd holier conlli.tu!ion and difpofure of Spirit. than .ever. .Anp oh; right , mem- howoften IS 1t that God v1fits us, and renews fuch gractous D1fpenfat10ns up.on b<;dl~ocated, our fi"nings ! Veri fying that bleffed M anifefloof his gracious heart in the Pro– ;;,~;~ i~~~~; p!Jet, '(/;y d(jlr11[fio11 IS of thy jet[; 611tzn mt uthy hrfp. ;,;,.r;db the T his fromthe proper ufe of the word, as itisappliable, by way of. Meta· -~~~~ ~;,In phor ? unto Gods perft[fing our Souls in the cafes afore fpecified; but as yet inro divifion!, only m theGeneral. whereby the Eut let us furth~r fee, if that the wordbe not in its Metaphorical ufe, in ~~:~~;·:::" particular applyed by the Holy Ghoft himfelf; unto a relloring us in and out oneftonm •no- of thofe very particular cafes , concerning gro/fer fins, and negled of known ther,and by duties.. . ~~~%'/:~:~~· I begin fir{\ with that offa/Jing into groffer fins , which are the worfl : Ac– theit He>d. carding_ to that R~le, '(hat fills of Commi.J!ion art greater evtls , and h~ve ;~:·: :.~;;.~~ more ot pcccancy m them , tha~ fins of Om1lion m good works: Of whtch bt("'hY"'• Brt· fort the two firll cafes aforementioned were. · :';•;;•t!t~!},;;: In G,Jtat. 6, r, If a M att, (or att.hougb a Ma1 ; who is fuppofed by the am'"gy".; b" Apoftle to be n Brother, and true Chnlltan) 6e overtalun m a f ault; ye.whtcf~ .th•t ,.~ bt [P"· are Spiritual, re(/ore fuch an o11e in the Spirit of meekntfs; confiderzng thy ft•11 J f''"'dt~- [elf lejl thou alfo 6t tempted. Which !aft words thew, he fupporeth the t::~t;).~;;,~~ mofr Spiritual may fall iQto the like : The word, reflore fuch.an one, is our ;td to~t, th•t very word in the Text here ; and in a way of Metaphor , apphed to ~he cafe t;;;;;,' ,~;;, afore us; although under another Metaphor t~an the .former ; {yet havtng the '"· 1t is rhe lrke general import of maktnf!, perfe[f what IS empmed, (lie.) AJ>plyed, I fay, ~~::l .~~tl~e- to the makin~ whole againaja/11 (imter into a trofi fin : And 11 IS expreily_fo uphor thm, applyed to tlusvery Cafe, by the Holy Ghoft h1mfelf. . ·. '"" isuled ia TheMetophorthere (as genetally Interpreters agree, and needs no d1llmd: ::~~n1t~;;;h; proof, for the Scriptures I !hall alledge in the profecution of this, and in the m' mbm of , t M1rgin, will clear it fo to be) is a Metaphor taken from S11rgeons that fet a ~~~ . . . out of joynt among them(c\ves,and thdr reducement to their right order :~gale, it lS te-rmed a bcingperftfllyJ<?Y~ed totttbrt,~r campalled togerhc-r again: Now what is rhererpokenof the memt.ers of Chrift'sbody, confidered as a_body, IS ID the Gat at~· a? Tn:t applied tott¥: Soul ofa p3rticular ChrirH3n, a member of that body, thatfets loofe ~n_to <:hrtfi the Head••Aod d1~ \l!fi3ns in aChurch as aChurch,thebody of Chrifl,a111ongthemfelYa ,are in theirklad as great dtS)unlttons a5 grofs fins ta apu~ titular foul,u afoul, in Its feniog Joofc unto Chrifl. The fame ufe of this word to this fenfc and pori?efc.alfo, you rave ~ Cor.q 9 in tr.IJ. beperftll; in v.9. IwtaJ yrmrperfttlion: I'JJITJfp71tnY Jf(;y,fpokf=o in rclanooto thctr dtfuntons; as al o O– ther fio~ which particular memb:r~ were aln into, chap.12. as arpem by_the word~ follo~·i~:tg. BotJf ~
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