pheLt.t7. Rom.7. 18. tt. 4.Sea.6. That the rrorke Of(anëli!icati on is not fini- fhed in au itt- ßa;tt. Rom.3. t3. Epfre. s.26.27. 6o8 OfVisttficatioss. tened,we rightly fudge that follie andmadneffe,in which we thought formerly our chiefe wifedome confined, and ap_ prooue that as onelywife, which before wee condemned as extrearne foolifhneffe. Of this the Apof}le fpeaketh,Ephef. T.17.wherehee prayeth that Godwould bellowvpon them thefj,irit ofwifedo ne and reatelatian through the IZnotrledge of him, that the ejesoftheir vnder.itanding might be inlightened, &c. After thevnderfianding is thus inlightened, then al- fo the will is changed ; and whereasbefore regeneration it wascorrupt, peruerfe,and rebellious, now being fan6iified, itbeginneth to hate and auoide that euill which in former times it loued and embraced,and to like and delight in that goodwhich formerly it lothed and abhorred : fo that the re- generate man faith with theApofile, that to will is prefent with him,thoughhe findenomeànes to performethat which is good; and thaehee is delightedin the lazyofGod concerning the inner man, though the lainofhis members rebellingagainjl the lain ofhis miede, leide him captite to the lawoffInne. Fi- nally, the vnderfiandingbeing inlightened, and the will re- formed, there followeth the renuingofall the affe6lions,the thoughts, imaginations, powers and faculties ofthe foule : and lafily, the internall partsbeingquickened,there infueth the renuingofthebodie, the outward a&tions,life and con- uerfation. And thus haue Ifet downe the manner and forme of our fpirituall renuing. Now as the worke of mortification, fo thisofviuification,isnot perfedied and finifhed in an infiant, but in continuanceoftime and by degrees; neither doewee fo long as wee continue in this life, receiue any great mea- fure thereof,but onely thefirft' fruiter, which is but as it were a little handfull in refpeóóof that large haruefi ofgodline(fe whichwee (hall attaine vnto inGods kingdome, as the A- pofile fpeaketh,Rom.8.23. Whereas therefore the Church is Paid tobeperfe6ily purged fromall (pots offinne,Ephef.5. 26.27. it is to bee vnderllood of our iufiification,whereby the faithfull aredeliuered from the guilt and punifhmentof finne,and adorned with Chritis perfect righteoufneffe; and not ofour fan6lification,which is onely begun in this life, but
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