.How wemaybe of tredthat wehaue atruefaith. 525 reth, Iohn i . t 2. asmany as receiued him to them, beegaue Iohh t,r 2; power tobe theEons ofGod, euen to them that beleeue inhis name. So thatwhofoeuer haue the fpirit haue faith alfo,for the fpi- rit and faith;which is afruit thereof, cannot be feuered. The fourth argument, whereby wemaybee affured that §,Sea.ro. ve haue faith, is our mortification anddying vino finne,and Thefourthal. . rifing again to newneffeoflife;for theblondof lefus Chrif}, gument taken which is applied vntovs by faith, as it doth wafh away the " urfan- guilt and punifhment of our finnes, fo doth it alfo clenfe vs in fome meafure from thecorruptions themfelues ; and as his death and obediencehath merited the pardon ofour fins, foall() Gods fpirit,byvertue whereofwe aremore and more freed from the bondage and feruitudc of finne and Satan; aid as byhis refurreótion,heehathmade way for our fecond refarrc tion whereby wee rife to euerlaf}ing happineffe ; fo alfo for our fir refurre6lion, whereby we rife from finne to newneffe oflife. Iftherefore weecan find in cur felues, that our fins and corruptions are bylittle and little mortified,that . wee itriue and indeuour after holineffe and righteoufüeffe oflife ; if our vnder1landings bee fomewhat inlightned in the knowledgeofGods truth, and our f}ubborne wills incli- ned toholyobedience;ifwe difcerne that our affe6lions are in fome meafure changed and renewed, thenmay wee be af- fured that weeare indued with a true and liuely faith, which . bath appliedvnto vs Chrif} Iefusand his bloodfhed, death and merits, byvertue whereofthisworke ofregeneration is begunne invs. Laf}ly,we may beafiured that we haue faithby the feue §.SetsF} rallfruits of fan1ification and regeneration which proceed The laft argtk. from it : for example, when wee can forrow and grieue for ment taken our finnespail, not for any worldlie loffe or feareofpuniflì T 0mtth'tseo f rnent,but becaufe thereby we haue offended God;whenas- icatión. . we hate our prefentfinnes andcorruptions, efpeciallie thofe which flicke faf}ef}vnto vs,andare.tnol} pleafing toour cor- rupt nature ; when as we indeuour and ílriue to forfakeand mortifie all filane, though our carnall.affedtionbee much in- cleared to it,by reafonoffome greatpleafure or profit which itbringethwith it,auoidingwithno leîfecare, thofe finnes which:. W"*4...hows,
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