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90

The

excellency

of the

riikteoa.fneffe

of

SaKdificgtior.

them

:

Nowwhat

is

it to

fane`lifie

a

thing,

tofanii

e,

it

is

to

fet

a

thing

a

part for

God

;

It's

grace that

fanLfi.ies

the

foule,

whereas

the

foule

was

im,'loyed

for common

uCes

before,

now

it

is

feparated

for

God,as

when the veffels

of the Temple

were

fan&i

ted,

they

were feparated

for holy ufes, only for

that

ufe;

fo

a

Godly

man he

is

separated for

God,being

taken out of

the

world,

and

imployed

now

in

holy fervices

;

In the

4

Pfal:

g,

Not

only

ieparated for God

by anaOt

of'

upon

the

foule,

which

hath been from

all

eternity; But

though this

be

a

blef-

fednefs

and

a

high

priviledge to

be

fan&

&iffyed

and

let

a

part

from

all

eternity

for

God,

but

it

is

a fan&ification

by grace:,

there

is

that put into the

foule whereby

the

foule

is

enabled

to

let

it

felfe

a

part

for

God,

and

fo

it

comes

to

grow in

grace

more and

more,

and

'tis

enabled for

to

make a

iandi.ed

ufe

of

all

it

enjoyes,

it

can

now

tell

how

to

make ufe

of

all

crea-

tures fo: the

glory

of::od,

where

as

before the world had the

ufe

of the foule, but

now

(with

the ioule,

I

am

feyarated

only

for

high

ends,

for

the glory

of that God

from

whom.

I

receive

my

being.

Twelfthly, This helpes

the

foule

to

overcome

the

greatefl

evill

in

the

world, finis

the greareft evil,

and one truly

eu-

ligh_ned

had

rather.

fuller

any

thing

in

the

world

then

be

over-

come

by

the

leafs fin,

a

gracious

heart

lookes with

more indig-

nation

upon

the

leafs

fin

then

upon

any

fufferings.

NON

'tis

no-

thing

but

the

Holy

Ghoft

can

overcome

fin,

it

is

the

Spirit

alone that

can fubdue

iniquity,

'he

foule

it

bath

a

principle

within

it

felfe whereby

it

overcomes

fin

:

and

fo

goes

on

until'

the

worke be perfeé'_ed,fo

that

a

gracious

heart

Both

not

onely

overcome

fin by

the heipe

of

the Spirir,but

al

+.ò

from an inward

princjple

that

there

is

working

in

the

foule againfi

that

which

is

contrary unto

God.

Thirteenthly, The

excellency

ofit

confifts

in this;

becaufe

Jesus

Chrift in itattaines the

end

of

his

Death,

and certainely

that

wherein.1e:us

Chrifl

attains

the end of

his

Death

mull

needs

be very precious,

it's

a

part

of

the end

why

the

Father

f

ent )4fus Chrifi

into the

wo-ld, that

we being

delivered

out

swf

the

hand

of our

enemies might ferve

him

kyithout

feare in

1<tofi

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