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Vets.li.

ephefians,Chap.z.

32,7

ceffe

of

one part

toanorher,

are

further augmented.

The

fecund

is

not

ro be

fern

in

them,

hecaufe

the

particulars arc not living,

but

is

in

this,

the ftones of

ir,

every one being living ftones.

Who

fa

barb,

to

him

t8.

more

flue

hegiven.

The

riglitous /hall

fosrifh

like

a

green Palme tree,

P[ai.9

=,,3.

Pfilm.92.

For

grace

is a

fpring

of

living

water,

which will never

bee

utterly

dry,

but

gulls

out

in

abundance

fo

much more

violently, by how

much

fora

feafon

it

is

flopped.

We

mutt not (land

at

a

flay, but grow

in

grace,

r.

rheff.4.

t.

We

bef

ech

you

brethren andexhort

you, that

yee

increaf

more

and

more. Grow

in

grace, and

in

the knowledge

of

our

Lord

le/us

chrifi,

2.

Per.3.8.

He

that

is

righteous,let him

6°e

more

righteous

Hill, Revel.

a

2.

r

r.

This

is

the nature

of

true grace,

if

but

as a

agraine

;. ri

?,

of

muflard-

feed:

Grow

up,asnew

borne

babes,co

greater

11ature

and perfe-

Ilion

in

every member; Forgetting

that

which

is

behind,

firiving

to

that', Phil

3.

'3

which

is

before.

Now

for

the qualities ofthis

growth,

it

mull

be continuall

in

us, we

muff

never

ceafe

to grow, but with

Paul forget that which

is

behind:

Qüattic,

where we ceafe

to grow,

there we decline;he that

winnes

not

,

lofeth;

a

C

r.laa

and

be

that

in

this

life

fetteth downe

his

rett from going forward

in

groove,

the way

ofgrace, that

man never

yet

fet

right foot

in

the way. Leave

Phil.

3.13'

off indeavour to be better,

and you (hall foone ceafe

to

be good.

Secondly, this

growth

of every one

of

us

is

by little

and little , fo

2.

final(

that the

progreffe

of

it

ftep

by ftep

is

infenfible:

as

the moving

of

a

Watch,

or the fpringingofan hearbe:no creature

fo

hardly getteth

up

as an infant

Both, but it

thriveth

fallar then this inner man of

the

heart can.

ry member: So mull we

in obedience

to

every commandement.

Thirdly,

it groweth

in

all

things.Even

as

an

infantgroweth

in

eve

-

!

Augmemaao

Fourthly,

we mutt

grow

to fruitfulneffe,

to abound,

to bring

forth

omns

Pa

æs.

more

fruit inour kind,to be fat and flourifhing,like

Cedars

in Lebanon,

Pfal.

9a. r3,

14.

Jayne

with

faith

vertue, and

with

vertue

knowledge,

S

Pec.,.q,c

and

with

knowledge temperance, ¿re.

If

thefe

things

bee

among you

and

a.

bound, they

will

makeyou

that

yowl/mil neither

be

idle

norunfruitfull,

&c,

This then

hut

doth

let

us

fee,

what

is

our

duty: if

we bee truly

in

vfe

r:

grace we

mull

chew it

by

increafing;

Let

him that

is

righteous

bee

more

Grow

on

o

e

n.

ri

g

hteous;

Be

yee er

f

eI

our

heavenly

Father.

a.

How may we come to thise

vltefw.

T.

By Making

off lull.

Fly

ta«h.

S.

4a.

the

corruptions

that

are

in

the

world

through

lull;

the widow

loader'

How

we

may

with

tufts was

alwayes

learning,but never

taught.For

ask

is

with

infants

B

row

a;ytq

whilft any

foone

breaking

forth

is

with them,

it

keepeth

them

down;

2

Tim.;.

7.

or

as

a man

that

hath

a

Wolfe

feeding on

him,

can

never

hold

out:

fo

a

heart abounding with noyfome

lulls, cannot but be brought low

and languifh in all

the

graces

ofthe

Spirir;and with

lean

and fpiritlef'e

follies

they

pine

away.

2.

They

muff

hunger

after

the

milke

of

the

Ward,

r

Pet. z. z.

that

they may

grow thereby.

4

,n,

r.

3.

They

mutt

blow

up

the

graces

of

Gods

Spirit

:

None

a-

a

rTiátd.6.

waketh