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ITT
s
R.
Z2.
Ephefianr,
Chap.
4.
venire
of
his
death working
in
us, and the
power
of
his re
furrettien. And
therefore none
are
truly,
I
mean
inwardly by the Spirit,baptized
into
Chrift, but that the death
of
Chrift doth
make
them dye
co
fin,and his
life
doth makethem
rife
to
righteoufneffe.
For we cannot
get faith, which
is
the learning
ofChrift,
and
fo
be
coupled
to
our Head,
but
we !halldye and
live
with him. Even
as
a
naturall head
when
it
is
ftricken
from the body,
all
the members
dye
with
it,
and
while it
is
quickned
(if
nothing withftand) they
live
with
it: So
it
is
with this
head myfticall
,
his railing was ours , his
death
ours,
and
accordingly
is
made manifeft
in us
from the
time we know
him effe&ually.-
Let
every man therefore examine himfelfe
whether he bath truly
vfe
learned
Chrift, by
this courfe, if his knowledge leadeth him
to
fancti-
fication
through
the Spirit
of
Chrift,
it
is
well
with
him
:
But
ifother
-
wife, hisknowledge
of
Chrift
is
made
a pack
-horfe for
his finne ,
or
hath
going with
it an
appearance and
chow
that wanteth the power
of
godlineffe, let him
not
rejoyce
nor lye againft himfelfe, he bath not
learned
Chrift. O
wofull
condition
!
Knew
you
not
that
if
Chrift
OCO `
;6;'s
leth
not
in
you,
you
are
dif
allewed
of
God ?
His
wrath abideth
overyou.
a. It
is
to
be
marked
that
firft he
fettethdowne the
killing
of
fin,
then our
new
life; whence we marke, That
who
feever will
cometo
true
Doff.
holineffe
mu(1
firft
begin
with removing
his corruption
:
though
in
time
ruehotinelfe
thefe
goc
together,
and fo far
as
wee
get emptied
of
fin,
wee
grew
w
hp
;
°ßg.
to
be
filled
with
holineffe
;
yet
for nature , there muff
be
a
departing
away
coreap-
fromthe
evill we are
in,before we
can
be clothed with
righteoufneffe:
C1On^
If
we be
like
Chrift
in
dying
to
fin,
as
he dyed for the
abolifhing
ofit,
then we
(ball
be
like him
in
life,
fo
the
Apofle
faith, Rom.6.3.
Ifwe
be
grated
with him
to the
fimilitude
of
his
death, fo!hall
we be
to the
fimili-
Rom.t.3;
tide
ofhis
refurretlion.
And the Prophets
calling us
to
newneffe
of
life, bid
us
firft
forfake our old evill wayes,
Ceafe
from
evill, put
away
your
iniquities
from
my
fight,
and
learn
to
doe
good.
Locke
as
it
is
in
Efay
apparell, wee
muff
firft
put off
an
old
fuite
before we can draw
on
a
new
:
So thefe
rags
of
finne
mull be
put
off
before
we can put
on the
robes ofrighteoufnefle.
Nay
till we takethis
courfe,
grace will
not
grow
in
us;
as
if
one
plough not
up
his
ground
,
kill
the weeds
and
cleare
it, feed will not profper
:
So
till the ground
of
our hearts bee
broken
up
and weeded
out,
grace will
not thrive
in
them.
Which
is
to
be
marked
,
for
many begin at
the wrong
end
,
letting
HI
upon
a
kind
of
new
life
as
they deeme it, before they
have
labou-
oft
got
to
red
to
put offtheir inward corruption
;they
deceive
themfelves, when
wrong
ÿ
now they
have
Tome
good purpofe
and meaning, and like
of
this and
his
tak
not
that which they could not brooke heretofore
,
they
thinke
all
well ,
though
they
never fearch their
hearts,
never have groaned under
the
burthen
of
their hidden corruption
, never
truly haveleft their old
converfation
;
thefe mutt turne back againe,
or that
will befall
them
that
Both
thefe forward fprings when
they
let in before
the
winter
bath
had hiscourfe,they have
a
cooler
of
their
forwardneffe:
Sothefe
lea
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