76 ' ' ; : / The Saint1 the_hteJi»g with tearct, Hebr. 12.17. 4· He may defire the prayers of thegodly) to be delivered from the wrath of God, ~md venge– ance of finne. So didPharaoh, and SimonMag~n, Exod.Aq. 17. Al1.8.24. HemaywHh, beingaffii. Cl:ed witl). the terrours of hell for his finnes, to die the deathof the righteous, and to partake of. the. happinelfeof the Saints. SoBalaamoppretfed with the feare ofGods judg~menrs, prayed thus ; oh that I mighi: die the deathof the righteoll1', ttetl that my l(ijf e?Jdmight belikg his~ Numb.. 2 3. 1 o. ' Thefe two firfr fieps, knowledgeand legall re~ · pentance, which.are onely preparativesJ not elfen– tiall parrs of regeneration. Aman with tempora– ry faith maybe intirely potftfi off : Now further, hemay. enjoy fame lcainblings, fhadowes, andre– femplances of the three following etfen~iall parts of regeneration. r. Ffr.lt for faith . Though that true,foundJ and. juffifying faith, that holy, fpeciall, and pretious grace, be peculiar andproper toGods childrenon~ ly) wliich·after a thorow.bruiGng a11d breaking of the heartJ with piercing groanes arid fighs doth clafpe fafr about the bloudy fufferingsJ andmeri– torious 'obedience of Chrifr IefusJ and with. a powerfull and parricular application, appropriate them to the truly humbled foule, and then after• wardbrings forth unfained and foond repentance, true hatred"to all iniquityJ ahutter cdfation from the pr.a&ife of all knowne groffe:finnes, adetefla- ,tion, difa11owance~anddifaffe"Ction to infirmities' . and tfia.t becaufe they grieve, offencfo and ·d.ifbo.- • > · oom
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