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Of
SanEtification
and
the
caufes
thereof
fying
ofthe
old man, and
the
putting
on or
gnickening
of'
the
new
man
and
fuch
like.
The
efficient
caufe
of
our fanSification
is
God
himfelfe,
who
as
he alone iuftifieth
vs
and freeth
vs
from the
guilt
and
punifhment
of
finne,
fo
hee onely
fanéifieth
vs
and
deliue-
reth
vs
from the tyrannie
of
finne,
fo
that
it
fhall no
longer
raigne
in
our mortali bodies, freeing
vs
in
fuch
meafiire
as
Leuic,zo.8,
pleafeth
him
from our
naturali corruptions,
which
hereto
-
fore wholly ouerfwaied
vs.
And
this appeareth by
plaine
te-
fliuìonies
of
holie
Scriptures.
Iohn
i,
i
3.
it
is
faid
that the
Ioh.
t
t
3
faithfull
are
borne,not
o
f6lood,nor
of
the
*ill
of
the
flefh,nor
of
the
will
o
fman,but
of
God.
So
Ephef.2.i o.
wee
are
fail
to
be`
Ephef.z.to.
Gods
wor1mananp,
created
in
Chrif
lefus vnto good
workes
which phrafe the Apofile
vfetli
to
note vnto
vs,
that
as
God
onely did create
vs,
fo
hee
onely
doth
renue and
regenerate
vs.
The Lord
likewife
doth
appropriate
this worke
vnto
Ezech.
36.26.
hitnfeife
as
belonging
to no other.Ezech.3 6.26.
Anew
heart
and
34s18.
will
Igiue
you,
and a
new
fpirit
will
I
put
into
yore,,>nd
I
will
take
away
the
any
heart
out
of
your bodie,and
I
will
giueyeu
an
heart
of
fiefh.
And
hence
it
is
that
the
Apoffle defiring the
fan
-
¿Iification
of
the
Theffalonians
beggeth
it
at
Gods hand,
t.Thef.
%.x3,
1.Thef.5.23.
'The
very God
of
peace
fandifie
you
throughout.
P121.51.13.
And 'Dauid
finding the want
hereof
in
himfelfe,
hath
his
re-
courfe
vnto
God.
Pfalrne 51,
Jo.
Create
in mee
a
cleane
heart,
O
God,
and
renue
aright
fl
iritwithin
me.
So
that
as
God
Both
begin
in
vs
this worke
of
fan
&ification,
fo
likewife
bee
Both
accomplifh
and finifh
it.
And
therefore
as
we
are
wholly
to
afcribe
vnto
God
our ele6lion, vocation
and
iuflification,
fo
alto
our
fan6ification, that
hee
may
be
all in all in
the werke
Gen.i.
:S,
ofour
faluation. For
as
he only formed
vs,fo hee
only
can
re-
forme
vs,as
he
is
the
author
ofour
natural!
generation,for
by
his bleffing
we
haue our
being,
fo
alfo
ofour
fpirituall
rege-
neration,for
by
his
fpirit onely wee
arc
renued.Ncither
mua
wee
imagine that it
is
in mans
power to
renue himfelfe, no
more then to
beget
himfelf:
for:
as
well may
the
Blackmoore
change
his
skinne, or the'Leopard
his
fpots,
as
we doe
good
Icreai.
=3.z3,
who
are
accuf}omed
to doe
euill, Ierem.
i 3.23,
yea,
as
cafily
may