The spiritged life, and fu-being on. Look I pray into the 46. Chapter ofifaiab, and there ye (hall find this to be the Effential propertyof a Man : at the 8. verfe, Remember this, andfhewyourfelves men. Where- in ? bring it again to mind, 0ye tranfgreffors. RefieEt upon your own aaion, and confider what ye have done, and thus ye will fhewyour felves to be men, to have the life of men in you. And upon this account, when as the Prodi- gal bethought himfelf, then he is Paid to return unto him - (elf. Nowevery godly, gracious man bath this power, to efle& upon his own at:hon. And therefore converting jer.54 . Ephraim is brought in thus, Smiting himfilf upon his thigh, 19. laying, Oh ! what have I done ? And in that of theEpittle 2 Cor. to theCorinthians, it is Paid, Knowye not, how that Chrift dr 13. 5. in you, unlefl ye be reprobates. That is, unlefs ye be Repro- bates, ye may know that Chrift is in you. A Reprobate indeed, does not refle&upon his own a&ion ; but as a beaft he goes on : he Prayes, (may be) and does not refle& upon his Prayer when he hath done : He Hears the Word , anddoes not refle& upon his Hearing when he hath done : he Sins again ft God, and does not retie& upon his own aecion, and Sin, fmiting himfelfeupon his thigh, laying, Oh ! what have I done ? But now, every godly, gracious man does thusrefieEt upon hisown a&ion, and is able to do it. So then, take the Argument in the whole and it lies thus : Ifagodly, gracious man, have all theEl: fential Propertiesofthole Three lives, in afpiritual way and manner; then certainly he is in the Date of life, and does live a fpiritual life. Now ( as ye have heard ) Every godly, gracious man, hathall the Effential Properties ofal thefeThree lives , in a fpiritual way and manner 5 and therefore, certainly he does live a fpirituallife, he is in the Date of life. But howmay it appear, that other: are not in thisflute of life ? that a tricedman is not in theflate oflifi ? that a wicked man is a dead man, ffiritually dead ? that the godly, and the godly only, are made partaker: of this #iritual life, andthatothers are not ? Our Lord and Savior Chrift does fpeak exprefly, Te will not
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