'The Saints rhe ravour ot vuJ, and peace ofcont ience, are farre more fweet ~ul!d deare unto him, .than any earthlypkafure or profit. Thusfarreofthediffe- . rence betwixt faving and temporary "faith, in the : point of inward illumination, and about know– ledge in the Word ofGod. 2. Secondly, For converfion by the ·power of temporary faith, fome "kinde ofchange mJy bee · wrought' upon a inan. Thefe alterarions·may bee · fmrod in the ftateofunregeneration. 1. Achange from notorious finfulnefi'e, to ·civiU honefry. 2. From'thence hemayproceed to a formall pro- · .feffi0n and outward performanceof ·religious ex- · ercites. 3.Yer farther, hemaybe infome meafure inwardly inlighrned and endued with gem·rall · . graces ; there may bee thefe convertions and no falvation: ·r 1. Amorall change from noto– jTious convrrfation, t-o <t [ob : r and l civillcariage. · . . 2. A formall change_which i• 1anadditioQ .ofa~ outwardprofef (fion ofChrt!bantty J to morall hoThere may·be I nefry. . · rhefe conver3· A mentaU chan~e, whereby !tons and no~ the narurall darknetfe ofthe under– falvation; ·1 fianding is in fome meafuredifpel· 1led by a g(nerall light of the Spi1 rir, furhat in fomerhing more than an ordinary manner,for the {(ateor. I unregeneration there is a taft~ of the 1 he~~vetJ{J lightofthegoodWord ofGod an,/
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