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VERSE
27.
The phrafc
of
Circumcifion,
this is the
Peale
of
the
Covenant,
or
that
of
the
cup,this
is
that
Covenant
doth evince,
though
Belóar.
dothimpugne
it.
.E0E/1.40S,
C.I
Ap5
V
E
27.
a. Touching the
applying.
And
this I may lcarne
by feeing
another
,
both that Chrifis
blood
is
the
Laver that wafbcth
frnne
away
:
and
thatfome
have
this blood
in
the
Church
fprinkled on them
:
but that
this
is
fprinkled
on
me,
I
cannot lcarne
unleffe.by my
perfonall receiving.
Wherefore
let
us
hold this,
that without
faith
in
the Sacrament
we
can
havens
benefit
by
it
:
therefore
let
us
Tooke
backe
and
itirre
up
our
faith
on this grace which
was
brought
us.
It
is
with
the
Sacra-
ments
as
with fome medicines, which
if
one
doe not
take
broths
and
walke upon
them, they will not worke:
fo the
Sacraments, if
we walk
not
our faith
in
the promifes
annexed
to them,they
will notbe
effedu-
all and fruitful!
in
us.
VERSE
27.
That
he
might
make
it
unto
himfelfe
a
,
Igrious
Church,not
bäving
ßot
or
wrinkle
or
any
fuch thing
:
but
that it jhould
áe
holy
and
tnithout blame.
Now
followeth the fourth
point
:
he fandtifieth and cleanfeth
us
through
Baptifine that
he
may prefent
us
at
length blamelefle:.marke
then,the effcd
of
Baptifine
is
not onely when it
is
miniftred,
.gr
when
we
fir!!
believe,
but
it
reacheth to our whole
lives
:
The
Apt/41
ciq;h
not
fay,
Chrift doth
cicanfe us,and
Baptifine,
and put
us
in
go o¡
cafe
while we keepe
in
it,but
when
we fall, hee
doth then
cleanfc,.ps
,with
penance,
that fo he may prefent
us
fpotletfe: but
hee
maketh
our
fanitification by baptifine continue
and ferve
to bring
us
to
perfeçîi-
on
:
Baptifine
is
like
the Arke,
if
it
had carried them for
a
day or two,
till
the next waves rofc,
and
then left them, they
had
not beene
Paved
by
it
:
fo
if
the grace
of
Baptifine did
not
fervc agaig(t
all forges and
waves
of
fin
prefent and
future,
it
could not
fave us.
And
this may
eafily
be convinced. For let me aske,whethcr Baptifine
is
not the
feale
of
Gods
Covenant; they
will fay, yes
:
then,
whether
is
Gods Cove-
nant
to
be tnercifull to tome fins,or all;
ro
all
;
but
provided
wee be-
lieve and
continue
in it
:
Whether
mutt faith be loch
as
mutt hold
on
withggt
lring
broken
off,
or my faith ferve, which though it,be iha-
ken Bothrenew
it
feller It cannot be denied, but the
faith
which
lla;
l
rife
up being
falle.n,is
alwaics accepted
of
God
ro
the,Covenant,ier.3..
Then
it is manifeft
,
if
God
fealing his
Covenant
eloe
require
faith,
which
never
is
interrupted it
whichreneweth
it
felfe,
that
fo often
as
aman reneweth
his
faith
he
bath the benefit
of
the Covenant
and
Peale
annexed.
Now
the Papifis fay
that
a
faith which doth renew
it
feife
bath
benefit
by
the
Covenant,
but
not
the
ufe
of
the
Peale.
Their
dofirine
maketh
a
butter
feale
of
Baptifine.
2.
Gods
promife
w.hen-
foever
belieyFi1 is
cffe
uçi 1,
but
ipti
fyae is
not
a
naked wafhingd,but
cloatheä with
,promife,
He that
ickeheyph
and is
baptized
fh;,lî.b&fa-
ved
ßovy
they
fay,
He that
belicvéth,
Apd
captyqueth,never
fayl}lig
;
that
is,
breaking off
that
betide,
tut
if he doe
he fhali no more
lkerbol-
p
^n
by
$aptifwc. Then this word
ofpromkfe,
is
not
as
Peter
faint
in-
during for ever,
but
lafteth onely till the i
c
rAeadly
fin.
ur
3.
The
Fathers had help by their Circ
ci4'ton
both
in
right
and
mornñcati-