--------------------·1 . fo/le,.inrichin" exan1ination. . I . '}« - _b ·:1 nour fo mer€:ifull aGod. A th<?row fanct:ification 1 . of all the powersof rhe foule, m refpecr of parts, though not to the height and :xcel~encie of degree, and Iaflly, a_fincere, umverfaH, and confiant obedience to all Gods Commandements. Though this faith I fay be·onely found in men trulyconverted, yet a reprobate may by the power of a temporary faith, and by the generall light of the fpirit have. _ Firft,an overlyapprehen!ion of the excellel'lcie of Chrifr Iefus, and the bleffed fl:ate of thofe that are made partakers of him by faith, hee may fee; .. what is the comfort of remiffion of finnes ; ofa con!Cience fprinkled with the blo1;1d of Chrift ; of,· I free ·accefie with confidence unto the.Throne ofl gr:1ce. Hee ·may have afenfeinhis hearr~whereby he perceives and feeles the excellency ofGodsbe- \ ne~ts, notwithtl:an<.:linghedot~_ootenjoy them. / Secondly,, He may have akmde ofperfwafion ,, that Chrift h; hisRedeemer. This may be gathered · out of 2 P_it. 2. I. where fome falfe Prophets are faid to deny Chrifhhatboughr them; becaufe for arhne (faithaworthyd_ivine) they profdfed rhem-– felves tobe redeemed, .and were alfo perfi.vaded in ageneraU fort that_ ne hadboughtthem., yet here- . ih they failed, that they did not truly apprehend the merit-of Ghrift, and apply it home and effe– ctually_to themf~lv<:s.> with a tho.row change oF heart~ andfincere amendmentofltfe~ . 2. Afecond evidence or fruit of regene'ration, . i's fancHficat-ion, an holy worke of the fpirit, by· which the whole man, body,and f<?ule,.and.fpiric_, i~L 77 Or rather a fruit of rege.– neJ ation... · ;. .....
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