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Of
the
lines
arid
infallible
notes
of
oureletlion.
2.39
they
are
eleáed
and
adopted to bee
the
fonnes
of
God
;
but
thofe
who
haue
no
fuch
purpofe ca neuer haue
this
affurance;
for
if
they1,vere
the
fans
ofGod,they
would bee affe6ed
like
louing
children
to
fuch
a
gratious father.
The
fift
figne
of
the child
ofGod
elehed
to
faluation,is,
4.Sec`tt.5.
when
as
feeling
his
owne miferic and wretchedneffe,he ear- me
fifth
jrgneq
-,
nefllie delrreth
&
euen
as
it
were
hungreth
and
thirfleth after
is
an hungring
Chrilis righteoufnes,looking
for
life
and faluation
in
him
a-
de¡ire
after
lone
;.
for
fuel
as
thefe
our Sauiour
Chriacalleth
vnto him:
cbr:fts rtgbte-
ouleeffe.
loh.7.37.tfany
man
thtrf
let
him
come
vnto
me
and
drink; and
john 7.37.
to
fuch he
promifeth
euerlafling.
happines,
Reue1.2
r.6..
I
will
Reur1.2,i.6,
give
to
him
that
is
a tbir/.lofthe
well
ofthe.
water oflifefreely,
of
which whofoeuer
drinkcth
,Gal
newer
be
more
a
thirft,btat
it
Jhal
be
Tan
4e
in
him
awed
of
water
fbrin mg
vp..
vnto euerlacing
life.
And
to
this
we may
adde alto,
an
high
andincomparableefimation
ofChrifl
and his
righteoufneffe, after
that
we
are affitred
of
them, whereby
wee
prife
and
value
them
fo
much
aboue
all
worldly
things,that
with Paul
we efleeme
them
al
but
droffe
and
dung
in
refpe6t
ofgaining
Chrifl,Phil.3.8.&
are
content
Ph13.8.
not
onclie
with
the Merchant
tole!!
all
we haue
that<we
may
buy
thefe precious
pearles,
but
alfo.to
fuller
tribulation,
an-
guifh,
perfecution ,famine,nakednes,periil,
fword,
yea
death
it
felfe,
rather than wee would be
feparated from the loue
of
Rom.8.3
%.
Chrifl,as
the Apofile fpeaketh,Rom.8.3
5.
The
fixt
figne
ofthe
child
ofGod,
is
the inward combatg.Scci.6%
which they feele,between the
flefh
and the fpirit,
wherbyon
The
get
figne,is
the
one
fide
they
are
drawne
vnto
finne,and
on
the
other
hide
the
ànruard
incited vnto
holieobedience;
.now
delighted
in
the law
of
fight
betareene
'
God
and
yet foone
after led
ca ptiue
voto
fitine
one
while
the
flefhaad
Y
1
;
tbejpàràt.
rowing againfl the tide
of
their
carnali affe6ti6s,and
another
while-carried
violently downe
°the
flreame,by
reafon
of
their
weakeneffe, and
the firength
of
their inbred corruption.For
naturally
we
goe
all
one
way,without any
fIop,oppofition
or.
refifiance, euen
the broad
way which
leadeth to
hel 'and
de-
fru&ion
:
naturally
we ferue
finne,and
tia
illingly
fubiea
our
felucs
to
hue
in
the
bodage
of
our fpiritual enemies,vntil
the.
Lord
doe
with
his
holy fpirit renew
our wil,and
fanétifie
our
affeelions,
working
in
vs
an
carnet+
delire
to
come
out
ofthis
rnift:rable
captiuity,that
we may
attains
unto
the
glorious
betty.