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8
E,phetiQnr,
Chap.'.
V
E
R.I.
vje.3.
VBRSE.2.
Thirdly.
holy conuerfation fprfngeth from
faith;
If
you haue lear-
ned
Chrift
as
the truth
is in him, you haue
fo
learned him
as
to put
off the
olde man, and
to
put on the
new.Faith
worketh
by
loue,
even
as
a
tree
hath
both his
leafe
and
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 change
made
in
it;;fo
man
by 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
heart
is
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
of
life,
they
may
well feare
that their
beleefe
is
not
true,
fuch as
doth vnite themwith
Chrift;
for
w
hofoeuer
is
a true bcleeuer,fs
a
Saint;
whofoeuer
is
by
faith
in
Chrift,
is a
new creature.
We
would
be
loath
to
takea flip,or
bedecciued with
falfe
commodities ina tweluepound
matter: Let
vs
be
here
no
leffe
diligent, that
we
take
not
an
vngrounded
fruitlefle
prefamption, for a true
faith,
which
relleth on Gods word,
made
kuowne,and
is
effeduall tothe
fandifying
of
the beleeuer.
Secondly. Hencewce
fee
the
vanity
of
the Papifts,
in transfer-
ring and appropriating
this
name
ofSaints, 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 heard
of
in
Saint
Pauls
time:A
man may bein hell who hath
all
fuch
things performed
about him.
Saints are
Triumphant
or
Mili
tant,
Triumphant, luth who
now walke
by
fight,
enioyingtbe
pre-
tence
ofGod;
Angels,
Spirits
of
the
righteous
departed, who bane
now refted from
all
the labours
of
their
militant condition
Militant,
who
walke
by
faith
in
holy profrffion and conuerfation, holding
Chrift
their
head, by whole
power,
apprehended
by
faith, they
are
kept
to
faluation.
This may ftrengthen
vs
again
R
temptations,
from our imperfe6ti-
ons, the
Lord doth
reckon
of
vs
and
doth
hold
vs
as
Saints;
he
that
by faith bath put on
the
Sonne
of
righreuuforfle,is more
cleare
and
bright
then
if
flee
were
arrayed with the
beanies
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,
yet
we call
them
Cornefields,
not
fields
of weedes
:
fo
here,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
vp
and killeth
it
:
The fpirit
that
is
in
vs from
Chrift;
is
fironger
then
the fpirit
ofthe
wo! Id!
Now
the falutation
followeth,
which flandeth
of
an ApoRolicall
blelfìng,which he
euer
giueth
theChurchcs.Init
two
things are
to
be
confidered Firft,
the things wifhed:Secondly,theperfons from
whom
they
are defrred,
God
the Father,andthe
Sowie.
Obferue