IV E R. 11. Epheans, C'hap.2. z11 l of cod, even this to open unto you, whatyou areby nature, and to prompt 1 muniminde withhero remembrance ofit,when nowyouare converted.Thus Paul to the ¡ rkeir peoples Corinthians, having faid that no Whoremongers, Murderers, Cove- whattktyare tous, Extortioners, and Drunkards than inherit the kingdom of God; by nature. he telleth them, Suchwere fameofyou, but ye arcjuflified, &c. r Cor.6. r r. So, Tit. 3. 3. We in times pall were difebedient, deceived, &c. Sn Paul tells the Romans at large Ye were the fervants of fn, dc. Ro- mans 6. 17. for this is, r. a ground of meekneffe towards others. 'krafon 1. 2. Of ffirring up groans. 2. 3. Of rafting the benefits of Redemption. 3. 4. OF provoking to fruitfulneffe, Rom. 6.19. As yehavegivenyour 4, membersfervants to uncleanneffe, and to iniquity : So now give your members fervants anta righteoufneffe in helineffe ; r Pet.4., 3. It re fuei- oient that we haveLient the timepall after the lull of the Gentiles, &c. 5. Again, it is the ground of a holy blufh, with which all muff S. walk before God. What fruit have you in chafe things whereof ye are now afhamed? salladgoand Röm. 6. 21. In Paul was a remembrance of that he had been, where- maketh chr;tt uponhe was fo humbled,that he hung down the head,asdenying him. fits ithhi be` ftlf worthy thename ofant 4pollle, t Cor. r ç.9. ter. 6. It is alfo a fpeciall furtherance of Gods glory, which cannot 6. be fafe, if his works fhould not be had in remembrance : The Lord !forbad the Ifraelites to forget what things he had done, how he had l call out nations,taken them from bondage, for this end, that it might be remembred. Hence it is that the Name of that Converts have been, iscontinued upon them ; Matthew is called the Publican, though nowhe was notfo: Simon, the Leper. This Mutt not be headie toany to heat of; and it muff be praEkifed =henk not by us all, to remember what we are, and were, before God taughtus' muck, tobe to knowhim in Chriff. We muff not, with the Prieft, forgetour doEfotmtr old Clerkfhip,we muff ítì11 carryin mimicour naturals came; this will makeus thankful(, diligent, and humble. Gentiles in theflefh : ] In corruption , in the flefh in regardof the outwardman, rejoycing in the flefh ; aprophane nation, without the foal of the Covenant in their flefh; this is put J om nx,4. You Gen- tiles, not of us Jews. Mark further that he faith , Thefewere called uncircuracifron, of the Cìrcumcifion in the flefh madewith hands: This difference from Gods people was in name, diverfityof names 1)fvcrfry of befemeth diverfiries of people feparate in Religion. Now the Jews od.pople,, and Gentiles were fevered both beforeGod , and one from another; unfeemly. they have interchangeably paflïng betwixt them one and the other, names'of difference, Circupscifed and Yncircumcifed : The Lords people, while that Unity Continued, were one uniform name toge- ther; when they grew into divers Sedts, then likewife they grew to diverfity of names wi hin themfelves , as Effeans, Scribes, Pharifees, F!erodians, b c. So in theNewTeftament therewas but one name to the
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