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°That
our
woven
hitresJhould
not
make
vs
drn&t
of
Gods
loue.i53
and
finifhed
by
his gracious fpirit?
what
are
the graces
in
vs
That
eurfans
but
Gods
free
and vndeferued
gifts?
what
are
our
bell:
works
ttifrcation
is
but
the fruites
ofhis
Spirit
working
in
vs
?
for
by
nature
\
ee God
cevit
of
are
dead
in our
finnes,
and the children
of
wrath
as
well
as
the vnbeleeuing heathen
or
roof
prophane
worldling,
Eph..Epb.:.t.3.
2.T
.3.
By
nature
we are
not
able
fo
much
as
to thinke
a
good
thought,
or
to will
that
which
is
good,
no more than thofe
who
remaine in
the
{fate
of
condemnation,
as
appeareth
.
2.Cor.3.5.Phil.2.
i
3
but
it
is
our Sauiour
Chrif,1
rho
fo
loued
,
Con
3,
f,
his
Church ,that
be game
himfelfe
for it,
that
he
might fanEtfze
it
Phil.z.i t.
and
cleanfe it,by
the
roafhi>rg
of
crater
through the
word,
&c.
as
it'Eph.f.zs,z6,
is
Eph.5.2
5.26.
So
that
whê
we
haue
attained to the
highef
meafure
offanaification that
we
can
pofibly
attaine
vnto,
we
muff in all
humilitie
confeffe
with
Paul,that
by the grace ',Cora
5.10.
ofGod
we are
that
we
are,as
it
is
r.Cor.
i
5.
o.Neither
muff
wee
attribute
any
thing
in
the worke
of
our.faluation,
vnto
our
fan&ification
and good works,
but
afcribe
all
to the
free.
grace and vndeferued
loue
of
God
in
Chriff,whereby
we are
fan6fificd
and
ffirred
vp
to
new
obedience, who
were
alto-.
gether
polluted,
yea
dead
in
our fins;
fo
that
our fanaifica
--
tion
and
worthineflè
is
not the
caufe
of
Gods
loue
and
mer-
cie
towards vs,but
his
loue
and
free
goodwill
is
the
caufe
of
our fanótificatiô,and maketh vs,who were
vnworthie
in
our
felues,worthie
in
Chriff
ofhis
loue
and
fauour.
And therfäre
we muff
not
niea
lire Gods
loue
by
our
vvorthines
and
abun-
dance
ofgrace
as
being
a
caufe
thereof;
nor dcfpaire
ofhis
fauour and mercie,
when
we
fee
our
vnworthines and
weak
-.
nes
in
fanUifying
graces; for
thefe
arc
no
caufes
of
his
loue
but
effeas,
and confequently when wee
want them
altoge-
ther,though,there be
no
caufe
of
hope
wvhilef we
remaine
in
this
fate,
yet
wee
are
not
vtterly
to
dcfpaire
for.thetime to
come,feeing
the
Lord
in
his
good
time
may
begin
his
good
worke
in
vs;
and
when it
is
begun,and
w'ehaue receiued
the
leaf
meafure
of
fan6fification,
citen
a
defire
and
holie ende
-
uour
to
liue
inholinefle and righteoufneffe, we
may
be
aflbu-
r.ed
that
it
is
Gods
worke,w hich he
hauing begun
will finifh
and
accomplifh,
according
to that,Phil.i,6.
In the
meane
philj,6,
time
let
vspoffeffe
our fouler
with patience,and
ttiith
a
quiet
atad