11 6 Ephefìanf,Chap.i. V ER,19. Nowweprepareour felves fojuftification, when the fpirit doth with- out any habit of Grace, lift us up to fupernaturall ads ofbelcefe, hope in God, love,forrow for fin,and feareof hell; in whichmany thingsare erronious ; as firft,that they makeus liftedup toadsof this nature with- out habits, which is to make a blinde man fee without giving his eye new light; tomake us bring good fruits whileyet we are notmade good trees ; tomake usbe juftified byour faith, come into graceby our faith, Rand in graceby another. Thefchoole not underftanding the doltrine ofpreparation, confiderof it philofophically, asa thing betweeneNa- ture and Grace. Now betweene the things we worke out of naturali flrength, and chofe we do meritorioufly from Grace now infufed in. tous, and inherent inus, they devifea third kindeofworkes,whichney- ther comefrom any powerof ours meerely, nor yet from auy fuperna- turall Grace inherent in us; and thefe are workes done by eternall ayde ofthe fpirit; whereasall theScripture make that faith which is required to juftification, to be the fame with that which worketh by love; tobe a faith fully formed, comming froma fpirit of faith, that is, an habitu- allgift wrought by the fpirit ; to be a faith beleeving on God, which the heft pillarsofpopifh learning confeffeto be an adof formed faith. Betide, they erre when theymake feareof hell a thingimmediately dif- pofrng to juftification, when the worke of this is to moveus to feeke out ofour felvesafter tome word of faith, and this is caft forth propor- tionably as faith and love enters: It may prepare to our converfion, not to our juffification immediately. Againe, when theymake love aâuall to goe before juftification, whereas lovedoth follow ; For we love, be. caufewehave found love firft ; now no love is felt fromGod till remif - . lion offinne and acceptance to life in fome meafure are felt and percei- ved: fhould God lift us up to love himbefore his juftification, he fbould bymaking us love him, prepareus tobe loved ofhim ; Sbee loved: much, becaufe much ú forgiven her.Ina word letting afide thead ofa truefaith, comming from aninward gift ofthefpirit,inclining the heart to beleeve, there is no other thing preparing to juftification immediately; where this is, there together in time, juftification is received; there thefpirit ofloveand hope are not wanting ; Hee whobeleeveth,isgaffedfrom death to life: Neverthelel%, we doe long after, not feele our felves juftified, nor perceive Grace to dwell in us fo fully and manifeftly as we delire. Hence it is that fometimés we are in feare, fometime beleeve, hope, fometimewe are in repentant forrow, and by thefe we are ledboth to the manifeft perceiving ofthat which is wrought in us, and to the more full meafureofPeace and Grace, which we much delire. z. Thefecond queftion then, In what order Gods power dothbring us tobeleeve, is thus anfwered; That moft commonly he doth in force kinde change us, and make more fir,that fo his word may be revealed in us,which accompanied with hismighty power,doth bring forth that fu- pernaturall habit of faith, by which he doth incline us to move unto him. 3 Now for the third thing ; Whether this helpe doth leave the will at liberty
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