42o ThefecondBookeofDiuinitie, CH A P. 8. vponyoucleanewaters ,andyee(hall be cleanfromyourpol- lutions, andfromdyer abominations will 1 clenfejou,and I willgiHe vnteyou anewheart, and a newSpirit will I put in the tnidlt o fyou: and I will takeaway theheart offloue out of yourfle/h,andwillgiue vntoyou a heart offlefh,andmySpirit wild Iput in the midfl o fyoo,and snake that yee (ball wadke in mine Ordinances,andmy ludgementsye'ha! obferue anddoe. of the true Secondly,This Couenant is exhibited but to a few, Church, The houfe of *ad, Gods faithful! people ; whereas all ier.3r33 mankindwas partaker of the former Couenant : for in Adam all were made righteous : Wherefore Faith is the onely meanes and inflrument, whereby Godin this life giueth his Sonne, or Chrift giueth himfelfe untovs, and is made ours by fpirituall Regeneration ; as the A- q t../.06.5.t. pofllc witneffeth, q Eoerieone that beleesseth that lefus r Iohn i.is,. is that Chrifá, is borne of God. And againe r efts many as receiued him, hoegatse unto them this dignitie, to become thefonnes ofgod, euento thofe that beleeue in his name, who are net borne ofblood, nor ofthe willof theflef,, nor of the f 643.2.6. willofman but of God. f e4Ilyee , faith theApoflle to the Galatians,aretbe formes ofggod,throughfaith in Chrifi lefàts. This alone putteth vs in poffcffion ofChrifi, and t Ephe .i7. of all the good things we haue fromhim:for t he dwelleth u loh.6.3 f. in ourhearts by faith : and there is u noway to feed vpon' x Gat3.14. him, but by beleeuing in him : no way to life, but by feeding on him.. Otherwife wee cannotlhaue his Spirit, z Ro;n.4.it,i3. . a Rotl.9.13, .; which X wee receiase byfaith onely, nor / haue our fumes & io'6., forgiuen vs , or Chrifis righteoufheífe imputed to vs, b Rom.3. 2. which is emetic where called, z The righteoufneffe c Ron.4.5,9, of faith a The rPubeoufneffe by faith , b The righ d Abacrc.a.,. Rom.i.17. teonfnef eof God by faith , c Faith imputedfor righteotf. Gal. 3.1r. nele. And FaithPaid to be that, whereby We d are righ_ Heb.zo.38. Wu', wherebywee e are inflfied, (not for any inherent .3. 6' qualitie that is in Faith, more then in Loue , Hope, or Gal.2.16, mss. othervertues ; but becaufe it apprehendethChrifi, and makcth him ours, who is our onely righteoufneffe )our hearts 3.8,24.
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