Chri s receivedbyall Saints. 1 93 monl* devotion : all thole legalities under the Gofpel, are called, fiefh ome thereare that think themfelves the chil- dren ofGod, becaufeof fome more refined, and raifed, and heroical aEtions. That he might obviate all thefe ; faies he, We are not born ofbloo nor ofthe will of the fief!), nor of the wil ofman, but of God. You are for Frie-will, and you think Free-will hath a grew ftroke in mans Converfion but how can ye look this cripture in the face ? No way of will, not of the will of thejlefli,nor ofdiewill ^fman. If it be anywill, it muff be either the will of thejieh, or the wil of man: but I tel you ( faies he) We are not borne of blood, nor of the will of the flab , nor of the will ofman, (noway ofwill) but ofGod. To the like purpofe you have in James, I. 17. Every goodgiving, and every perlea gift is from above. In Come of your books you reacle thus : Every goodgfi, and every per- fect gift is from above fut it is rather to be read, Every good giving. Every good gift, and every good giving is from above. Not only the Thing given, is from above, but thevery Donation, the very Exhibition, the very Giving out of the thing that is good, it is from above. Every good giving, and every perfe& gift is from above. So that plain- ly then, there is an utter Infufficiency in Nature unto what is good. As for the Al-fuffieiency ofJefze, Clorill : He i4 the firfr born Rom, among many Brethren. He is thefi<ti iruit that fanailieth 2 9 . all the refl. I am the firft, andthe lay, tales he. 1 he firfr Lev. I. is the cattle of the rel. TheSun is the fit ft., and the great 1s . light, fo the caufe of all other light. Pius hrill, He is called the &It, in this fame Chapter, t5 verfe was He (fades John) of whom Ifbal, He that ,ounlo after me, it preferred before me, for He war before me. So ye teade it, but it is He was myfirfi, preferred before me, for f-Te was nay 07.7 eJir fiat; and therefore the fiat, giving a Being unto all that p V. follows. jelus Chrift, He does give a Being unto all our am the way, the truth; and the life, faies He. graces. I am the Way. Would you go to Heaven ? You cannot 7°h'14.6 1" 0 2 go
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