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3. The
blot
which
his
death doth purge,in
as
much
as
it
doth
procure the fpiritof
fanEtification
to
be fent
ièto our
hearts.
This therefore
as
we would have any benefit fare to
us
by
the
of
is
death
of
Chrift,
muff make us feeke
to
get
a
part
in
this fìrft refurre-
étion, noholineffe, no part
inChrifts
death,
which
was
that
thofe
might be fandified
for
whom hedyed: Thefe
firft fruits
of
the
Spirit
they will
affure us
that Chrift
dyed
for
us
:
there cannot be the effeét,
but the
caufe
is
gone beforeit.
It
is a
caning
ladder, we may climbe
to the
cliffe
of the rocke,fee
our very eternall predeftination by
meant
of Ir.
3
letteth
us fee
what
a
preciousthing
it is
:
fure
things exceedingly
3?
de re
bought
and much laid for, are
tobe
efteemed. But how hath not
.0ocflaid about,
and
what bath
he
not done
that
we might
be
holy!
r'
He hath
chofen
us,
chap.
a.
forthis
end. a. He hath called
us
to
this,
t
The
ft,
7.
3.
He bath given
us
faith and juftification
for
this,
AFfs
16.9.
Rom,
6.
It
doth
meet
with
a
fuggeftion of
the devill,who
wil
perfwade men,
3,
that
feeing faith
onely
is
enough, they
(hall
have benefit
by
Chrift
his
death, though they
be
not
fo
fcrupulous;
What
need
they
vexe them-
(elves! the poore Publican:
But
it is
plaine,
for whomfoever Chrift
bath dyed,
he muff have holineffe as well
as
faith
to
forgiveneffe
of
fin, he
hath dyed
to fantifie.
le
is
manifeft hence,
that
he dyed
not for all, or
he attained
not the
î{:
end
in
all,
for
all are
notfanélified:
if
one
fay,
it
is
becaufe
they be-
lieve nor; I anfwer, that
if
he dyed
to
fandifie them then
he
dyed
that they might
believe
:
for this
is
the ground
of
faneìification:
now
if
he dyed
that they
might have faith
,
as
he
did
for
all
that
are his,
Phil.,.To
you
it
is
given
for Chrift to believe, either they mutt have
beliefe,or
elfe
his
death
is
(bit fruftrate.
The
particulars
in
the
verfei
two things.
a. Our
fanétification.
2.
The
meaner.
The
fame
Chrift
dyed
that
he might fandifie
us,
not
any
creature,
yet fo that
he
ufeth
as a
meane and
inftrument
hereto
our wafhing
in
Baptifine; not
that the water
of
Baptifine
in it felfe
bath
fuch
force,but
becaufe
it
is
cloathed with
a
word
of
promife;
and fo
commeth
to
ex-
citefaith,
by which
all
benefits are
furtherapplyed:where
three things
muff be
marked.
t.
Chri
ji
is he
that
doth
fantii
fe
w.
Deft.
a. That
he doch
nfe
our baptifine to
chi's
purpofe.
3.
That
all
the
effeil
of
our baptifme
is
by reafon
of
theword
of
promife annexed to it.
For
the
fir(t,
thofe
that
are
fan&ified,
that
is,
we,and
he that fanéti-
eth,
iveb.
z
.
r
t
.and
t
Cora
.31.
Chrift
is
made our
fanE1ification,that is,
the
fanclifier
of
us, he
doch
procure
this
bleing,
and
is
by
merit
as
they
fpeake.
2.
He
with the Father
and Spirit
doth
effe6tually
apply it
:
And
for