208 The Life of Fait& (ber forgiven, or the perron jre(fifted executively, iban the punifh.. ment is takenoff ; and the privatieu of the Spirit, being thegreat puni(hnent, the giving ofit, is the great executive remiffïon in this, lire. But of this more in the Chapter of Juflificatian fvi!o_ Dircet. 8. The three great operations in man,, rt'bich each of the three pe rions in the Trinity eminently pertern:, are, Natura, Medicina, falus ; thefrff by the Creator, thefecund by rise Re- deemer, the third by the Santfiier. Commonly it is called Nature, Grace and Glory: But ei- ther the terms [Grace and Glory] muff be plainlier expound- ed, or that dittribution is not found : If by Grace be meant all the extrinfick medicinal preparations made by Chrift ; and ifby [Glory] ix meant only the Holinefs of thefoul, the fente is good : But in common ufc thole words are otherwife un- dcrflood. Ser.fiiftcation is ufually afcribed to the HolyGhodl: but Glorificatión in Heaven, is the perfef ivc effid of all the three perlons in our (late of perft6i union with God, Roca; a5: :6. Titus 3. 5, 6. But yet in the work of Santliftcationit felf, the Trinity undividedly concur : And fo in the fanlïifyixg and railing the Church, the Apotlle di lin6 ly talleth the ad of the Father, by the name of Operation; and the work of the Son by the name ofAdminiffration, and the part of the Holy Ghofi by the name ofGifts, i Cor.1 a. 4, 5, 6. And in rcfped to ehfe fantlifying Operations of God, ad extra, the lame Apofile diaributeth them thus, a Cor. 13. ,d. 7beGrace ofthe Lord Nils Cbri/f, and the Love ofGod, and the Communion ofthe Holy Gboff, be with you aU : Where by God, fecmcth to be meant all the perlons in the Trinity in their perfeeStion ; but efpecially the Father as the Fountain ofLove, and as exprcffing Loveby the Sonand the Spirit; and by the Grace of Cbri/f, is meant all that gracious provifion he hath made for mans fal- vation, and the Relative application ofit, by his interceffion, together with his miflon of the holy Spirit. And by the Com- nounion ofthe Spirit is meant that aïfual communication ofLife, Light and Love to the foul it fell, which is eminently afcribed to the Spirit. Dire& 9. The Spirit it felt is giver, te true Believers, and rut onlygravefrom the Spirite Hot
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