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518.
Ho
v
be
maybe
of
aredthat
we
haue
et
trtie
phi,.
t.Tsm,
s,4
he faith,that
it
is-the will
of
God,
that
all
men fhotild
bee
jaued,
and
come
to
t,heacknovledgmg
o
f
the
trutk,that
is,to the know.
ledge
of
the
truth
of
Godxand
affenting
thereunto.
Tefecond
The
fecond degree
-is
an affurance.
that
our
finnes are
par.
degree,a per
-
donable,
which
is
wrought
in
vs
by
the
knowledge
and,
due
ótur
fx
pines
ae
confiderationofGods infinitemercy,and
Chrifis inualtiable
.pgrí
aasable,,
merits
.and
indefinite promifes
of
the
Gofpell,made with..
out
exception
to
all
repentant
and
beleeuing
fanners;
front
whence
alto arifeth
a
generali
hope
that
we.
!hallreeeiue
the
pardon
and remiilion
of
our.
finnes,
which
hope
is
nouri,
flied and increafed
by this
confederation,
that
the Lord
hath
placed
vs
in
his
Church; and.gratiouflie
granted
vnto
vs.
the
outward
meanes,
wherby
we
may
be
brought vnto
vnfained
repentance,
and
haue
a
li
tie'
y
faith
wrought
in
vs,
cum
the
minifierie,-oftheword and
adminifration
of
the facraments,
upon-
which onelie condition the
couenant ofgrace,and all
G
the
fweete
promues
of
the
ofpell
are
made
andaffured
vil-
to
-vs.
'iSe174.
The
third
degree
is a
hungring
defire
after grace,
that
is
The
third
de
not
onelie
to
bee made partakers
ofGods
mercy,and Chrifis
.gree,an
hun
merits
and:righteoufiieffe, by,which wee
are
iutüfted,recon-
,graug
define
al"
died
vnto
God,
and
re-ceiue
the
pardon and retnilfion.ofall
.
brace,
our
finnes,
but
ado
after the
meanes
and
inf
rutnentall` eau
-
fes,whereby the
affurance
ofGods
mercie and Chrifis merits
is
deriued vnto
vs, namelies
true
,faith,
and
vnfah-
cd<repen-
tance,
and the
refl.
of
the graces
of
Gods;
fan6hfying
fpirit.
The
which
def
re
ofgrace
is the
beginning
ofgrace
neither
can
weedçfire
it,till
in fome meafure
it
be
wrought
in
vs;
for
regeneration
and fancliftcation
is
begun at the
faine
time
in
all
the parts and faculties
ofour
bodies and
foules,fo that
he who
is
truelie regenerate
in
any
facultie or
part:,
is
alto
re-
generate in
the whole man. And therefore:whòfoeuer bath
his will
renewed and
fan6fified
to
delire
that
which
is
good,
is alfo fanai-fied.and
renewed
in
his
vnderffanding,
of
e
i-
ons, and
in
all.the powers
and
faculties
of
bodie
and
foule.
1/loreouer
(as
before
I
haue deliuered at
large) our
define
of
grace,faith, and
repentance
are
the graces themfelues
which
we,
defire,at
leafi;in
Gods acccptatlop,who
áccepteth
of
the
will
w