C H A r. 7. TheKingdonae, &c. 409 his, and his brothers rufhing together in the wombe, or lathingone againfl another. Jacobs holding ofEfats by . the heele, the Prophet Y interpretech to bee a kind of flrining with him for the Graceand Blc(ling. Thirdly , z Ieremie was fan&ifiedbefore he came out of the wombe : and a John the Birsnrig filled with the ho- ly Ghofl,beingyet in hisMothers belly : ¡hall we thinke, that in the wombe they were inChrifl, and fo fan6tified one way, and when they came toyeeres of vriderfland- ing, by another ? Fourthly,Forafrnuch as there is but one way of ioyn- ing vs toChri(l, when wee come to Heauen , which is b Sight, whereunto our Faith now is anfwerable, being of the fame nature andqualifie , onely differing in the meafure (for faith is nothing elfe,but tofee and tobehold him) I cannot make my felfe beleene,but the fame way which feruethhere for all the refl ofGods Elc61, efpeci_ ally being of fuch neere affinitie with that wee mall haue then, and rather tobee termed a kinde ofd fight, then a divided member from it , doth fcrue for children allo , that as there is but one life e begun here and per- fe&ed in Heauen,fo there fhould be but one line to lead veto it, namely, the light of the minde , to fee and be- hold Chrifl, now, in a Looking-glaffe ; hereafter, face to face. Fiftly, Of any other way or meaner for Infants to come byRighteoufneffe or Saluation, but bybeleeuing (the conditionof the Couenant ofGrace , as doing is of the Couenant of Workes) the Scripture (fo farre as I can learne) fpeá'keth not a word ; but to the contrarie glueth generali andvniuerfall-rules, =without any inkling of exception, as John 17.3. Thu ie life ederlaftfing,tosnow thee theonely trueGod, and himwhom ¡boa haftfelt , Ief* Cbrrft. Therefore fotne íparke ofknowledge cannot bee denyed tó thefe, who hawing the Sonne, f in whom f r.loh5pitz -- this life is, mutt needs bee confered t9haue eucrlafling life. Againe3 y tIofh. r 2.3. z Ier.r.5. a Luke 1.15% b z.Cor.S, 7. c lohn 6.4).6. I2.41,45- d r.t'or.r;.zr. e John 5.z4.6 6. 47. o
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