CHAP.8. Of Regeneration. 419 iraioy ingof the glorious prefenceofGod, ofCx R. I s Ta and of the holy Angels in Heauen. CH AP. VIII. Of Regeneration. HE fruit and glorious effe6t of Faith,that is , of Chrift by Faith apprehended of Gods Ele& , is this ; that defiroy=ing in them the oldWorld, that is , our fieftill and curled cf}ate by the power of his death and fufferings, as the Apoftle tea- cheth,Gal.6.r4. and in other places : hee rnaketh ofthe true Church, anew, a heaucrily World,giuing his Sonne vnto them,and Righteoufneffe, Ho ineffe, and life euer- laf?itig in and through him. Many points of great waight, and fingular vfe, atife from hence, ferioufly to be attended. Firt+, Here is the real! and royal' performance of the Couenant, whichGod, that cannot lie , not onely offe- rethveto all,to whofe cares the foundof theWord doth come, and flriketh hands with filch as by Faith make it theirs,but giueth and performeth thevery truth thereof', when they are once entred into the focietie of the Co- uenant : wherefore it is called, O The exhibiting of the Cotenant, a putting into pofhefl'ìon, as it were, by liuerie and feifin, Ee.ech. 20. 37. and Paul faith, Gal.3.23. The promífe by the Faith of lefus Ghr, is girsen to tho/e that beleeue, So we finde recorded, ler.3 r. 34, 34. This is the L'agenant Which I will make with the Houfe of ¡frtel, 1 will pat my Law in their mind, and write it in their heart, and will bee their God , and they(hall bee my people : I will bee favourable to their iniquities, and their (lines will I remem- bcrna more.. And agaiue, Luck 36.25,26,27. twill pork vox The fruitofan effeetuallcal- ling is, that dc- flroyingof the old world, that is,ourfinfull & curled eftate, by the power of hisdeath andrutfcrings, be makcth o t¡'Yblt hnt111
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