the promi f s of ¡eut you faultle ffe ,before the pxefence of hisglorse with ex- ceedingjoy : To the enely wife Godour Saviour, beegloríe and maje/ly, dominion and power, now and ever, e4mese. DothGod in thefe places promife toprotea us again(' forraine enemies, not againfidamefiick perfidioufnoíle ? The texts doe refpea no condition, as the caufe of fulfil- ling thefe promiies, but plainly affirme, that God him- felfe doth promife and will give the condition which he requires. For to what end doth he write the Law in the heart, uphold withhis hand, and give a good iffue to the temptation; but that the will, prone to wickednefle, fhould not yeeld, and altogether flanbacke from grace received ? whofoever is borne ofGod, doth not commitfinne: for his feedrem.aineth inhim,and he cannot fanne,becanfehe is horn, ofGod. And if the feed abide in the fai hfull as an indele- ble charae}er and pledge of their inheritance, that they cannot finne in the Apofiles fence, then are they fenced againfi the treacheryof their owne hearts remaining in them.rr'hofoever drinkrth ofthe water that IJhallgivehim, ¡ball never thin{' : but the water that Igive himfallbee in him a wellofwaterfjringing up intoeverlafìng life: where thirf} is oppof d to a totall want of grace, not to the earnefl defire of increafe in grace. The thirff of totali indigencie is taken away by the participation of grace; the third of complacencie, or more ample fruition of grace, isiocreafed. The Holy Spirit, who is fent into the hearts ofthe Sonnes ofGod, is not there as a gneli to tarrie for a night or two : but as an inhabitant to dwell and remaine for ever : yea, ,s an carnet' of their inheritance, untill the redemption ofthe purchafed poffeflion.Iwillpray theFa- ther, andheeJballgive you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 7ew bee which flablifheth us with you in Chrifl, and hach annointedss , is God, who bath altofealedus, andgiven the earneft ofthe Spirit in our hearts : which is the earneft ofour inheritance, :sntill the T2 redem^lion 275 s Iohi:.t.g. s Iuhn.3.18. lohn4.14. & 7.38,39 t Pet.2,2i3. Ram,8 11. kíag.a,q, t Pet4.14. t lohn.z.27. Iohn.r4.i6. E i.6r.r:2r,£2 EpheL1.14 cR 4.30.
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