518. Ho v bemaybeofaredthat we haue et trtiephi,. t.Tsm, s,4 he faith,thatit is-the willofGod, that all men fhotild bee jaued, andcome to t,heacknovledgmg o fthetrutk,that is,to the know. ledgeof the truthofGodxand affenting thereunto. Tefecond The fecond degree -isan affurance. that our finnes are par. degree,a per- donable,which is wrought in vs by theknowledge and, due ótur fx pines ae confiderationofGods infinitemercy,andChrifis inualtiable .pgrí aasable,, merits .and indefinite promifes of the Gofpell,made with.. out exception to all repentant and beleeuing fanners; front whencealto arifetha generali hope that we. !hallreeeiue the pardon and remiilion of our. finnes, which hope is nouri, flied and increafedby thisconfederation, that the Lordhath placed vs in hisChurch; and.gratiouflie granted vntovs.the outwardmeanes, wherbywemay be brought vntovnfained repentance,and haue a litie' y faith wrought invs, cum the minifierie,-oftheword and adminifrationofthe facraments, upon-which onelie condition thecouenant ofgrace,and all G thefweete promues ofthe ofpell aremadeandaffuredvil- to-vs. 'iSe174. The thirddegree is a hungring defire after grace, that is The thirdde not onelie tobee made partakers ofGods mercy,and Chrifis .gree,an hun merits and:righteoufiieffe, by,which weeare iutüfted,recon- ,graug define al" diedvntoGod, and re-ceiue thepardon and retnilfion.ofall . brace, our finnes, but adoafter themeanes and infrutnentall` eau- fes,whereby the affuranceofGods mercie and Chrifis merits is deriued vnto vs, namelies true ,faith, and vnfah- cd<repen- tance, and the refl. of the graces ofGods; fan6hfying fpirit. The which defre ofgrace is the beginningofgrace neither can weedçfire it,till in fome meafure it bewrought invs; for regeneration and fancliftcation is begun at the faine time in all the parts and faculties ofour bodies and foules,fo that he who is truelie regenerate in any facultie orpart:, is altore- generate in the whole man. And therefore:whòfoeuer bath his will renewed and fan6fified todelire thatwhich is good, is alfo fanai-fied.and renewed in his vnderffanding, of e i- ons, and in all.the powers and faculties of bodie and foule. 1/loreouer (as before I haue deliuered at large) our define of grace,faith, and repentanceare the graces themfelueswhich we, defire,at leafi;inGods acccptatlop,whoáccepteth ofthe will w
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