• - I . 'The Saints Firfr, fofne nieafure of inward illumination. Se... condly, fomekindeof comverfion. Thirdly; fame degrees of regeneration. Fourthly, fome outward · reformation and obedience, oroutwardholineffe~ and it is utterly i"nfufficient for falvation. Fidt, By the power of temporary faith a· man rriaybe thus farre inwardly inlightnecL r. Hee may be infrrutted by the Holy Gholl:in the underftanding and knowledge of the Word pre"\cheft to hiJ!1. Andwhereas naturallymen know · ·not the things of God>walke in the blindneffe and vanity oft eir minds, embra • errour for truth, darkneffe for light ; he may hereby be fp farre in.. lightned, that bee may·fee and acknowledge the. · truth of Religion, difrafl:e errours, .difcerne fuper. naturall principles, and bee acquainted in fome good meafure with t~e ·revealed_will of God, 2 Pet.2.2o.Matth,7.2z.Matth.ro.I. , z. S~coridly, Hee may approve andalfentnnto the divinity and truth of the Law, in the revelati– on of the finfuU fiate of naturaU corruption, and the accurfed·ftate of plagLJes and judgements"due unto 'finners~ Andunlo the truth and certainty of the promifes of falvation revealed in the GofpeiJ, and fhining in the face of Chrifl: Jefus. 3· Thirdly, He may have akinde.ofperfwafion, · aconfufed trufr, a glimm~ringhope, that ·he hath part in the promifes ofgrace, and that Chrifr ~s his Redeemer. · · · . 4· Hee may~ee·endued with ability in expoun– ding, arid with formall wifdome and skill inapply– ing theWordof God to the converfionaed falva1 tion:of others. ·' . 5. He
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