8 E,phetiQnr, Chap.'. V E R.I. vje.3. VBRSE.2. Thirdly. holy conuerfation fprfngeth from faith; Ifyou haue lear- nedChrift as the truth is in him, you haue fo learned him as to put off the olde man, and toput on thenew.Faith worketh byloue, even as a tree hath both his leafeand fruir. And as ifa tree fhould be chan- ged from onekinde toanother, the leaues and fruit fhould likewife be changed, as if a Peare tree fhould be made an Apple tree, it would haue leaues and fruits agreeing to the changemade in it;;fo manby faith hauing his heart purified, made a tree of righteouf nefí , hee hath his leaues and fruit; leaues ofprofeffion, fruit of .action. Soagain,eman as a new tree, fet into, and growing out of Chrift, beareth a new fruit; he conuerfeth in holineffe and new_ nelfe of life.Thus you fee how thofethat arefaithfull,are alfo Saints, becaufe by faith their heartis purified, their proftffion and conuerfa- tìon are fans ified: wherefore Inch belecuers, who are mockers of Saints, who will net be accounted Saint-holy, and fuch who are not changed into new creatures,walking in newneffe oflife,theymay well feare that their beleefe isnot true, fuch as doth vnite themwith Chrift; for whofoeuer is a true bcleeuer,fs a Saint; whofoeuer is by faith in Chrift, is anew creature. We wouldbe loath to takea flip,or bedecciued with falfe commodities ina tweluepound matter: Let vs be hereno leffediligent, that we take not an vngrounded fruitlefle prefamption, for a true faith, which relleth on Gods word, made kuowne,and is effeduall tothe fandifyingofthe beleeuer. Secondly. Hencewce fee the vanity of the Papifts, in transfer- ring and appropriating this nameofSaints, to thofe whom the Pope bath put in his Kalendar, and to whom he bath adjudged Diuine honour, holidayes, inuoeation, candles,Churchcs,&c. thefe Saints were not heardofinSaint Pauls time:Aman may bein hell who hath all fuch things performed about him. Saints are Triumphant or Mili tant,Triumphant, luth whonow walkeby fight, enioyingtbe pre- tenceofGod; Angels, Spirits ofthe righteous departed, who bane now refted from all the laboursof their militant conditionMilitant, whowalke by faith in holy profrffion and conuerfation, holding Chrift theirhead, by wholepower, apprehended by faith, they are kept to faluation. This may ftrengthen vs againR temptations, from our imperfe6ti- ons, theLord doth reckon ofvs anddoth holdvs asSaints; he that by faith bath put on the Sonne ofrighreuuforfle,is morecleare and bright then if flee werearrayed with thebeanies i;f the Sun.Againe, though we haue finnes too many,yet the better part giueth the name. Corne fields we fee haue many weedes, yetwe call themCornefields, not fields of weedes : fohere,yea Grace, though it feemcth little euer that unne Ihewetb tobe, yet it will in time ouercome it; as Canoe is much higher then the Barly, yetthe Barly ge tteth vpand killeth it : The fpirit that is in vs fromChrift; is fironger then the fpirit ofthe wo! Id! Now the falutation followeth,which flandethof an ApoRolicall blelfìng,which he euer giueththeChurchcs.Init two things are to be confidered Firft, the things wifhed:Secondly,theperfons fromwhom they are defrred, God the Father,andtheSowie. Obferue
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