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s
O
f
SaiElif7cation
and
the
eaufes
thereof.
595
may the
dead man
raife
himfelfe,
as
wee
may raife
our
felues
from
the death
ofGntonewneffeoflife
,Ephef.2.i.Itisonly
Ephef.s.s.
the water
ofGods
fpirit
that
can
wafh
away our
Ethiopian
blackneffe, and turne our
fpotted
vncleanneffe
into
fnowie
whiteneffe
;
it
is
onely the
God
of
life
that
can
make
vs
rife
from the death
ofGnne
to
newneffe
oflife.
But
heere
it
may
bee demanded,
that
if
fan&ification
bee
wholly the
worke
of
God,
and
not
in our
owne power, why
doe the
Scriptures
exhort
vs
to fanaifie our
felues,
to morti-
fie
our
finnes,
and
to
walke
in
newneffe
of
life?
I anfwere,
that though fanaification
bee wholly
from
God,
yet thefe
exhortations
are
neccffarie; for hee
worketh this worke in
vs,not
as
in
f
}ockes
and
f}ones,but
as
in
reafonable creatures,
ofwhom
hee
requireth
confent
of
will,
delire and
endeuour
in
the
vfe
oldie
me.anes
ordained
of
God,
for
the
beginning
and
perfeaing
of
this
worke
of
fanaification
in
vs.
And al-
though
this will,defire,and endeuour,be his
workelikewife,
yet
thefe
exhortations to
godlineffe
are
to
good purpofe;
for
with
the exhortation
God
ioyneth
the
operation
of
his
fpirit,and
whilef}
heè
commandeth
vs,
he
giueth power allo
to
performe
that
which he
commandeth
;
hee
exhor-
teth
vs
to fanaification,
hee himfelfe
fan6ifieth
vs
with
his
fpïrir.
Now
further
wee are
to
know,
that
as
all
other workes
of
sea
2.
God
which
he
exercifeth
towards
his
creatures,
fo
this work
That
the worke
offan6}ification likewife
is
common unto the three perlons
of
jar,FthóatiÓ
in the
Trinitie
:
for
firfi
God the
Father
fanaifieth
vs
by
gi-
is
common
to
wing vs
his
Sonne
and fending his Spirit, and therefore this
in
unity.
work
is
afcribed
vnto
him,Tit.3.5.Eph.2.4.5.God the
forme
fan&ifieth vs,by
mortifying
our
fins
by
vertue
of
his
blood,
EphZ,4.
purging
our
confciences
from dead
workes,
that
wee may
Heb.9.14.
ferue
the
lining
God,
and by vertue
of
his
refurre&ion
rai-
fing
vs
alto
from the death
of
finne
to
newneffe
of
life
:
and
lat}ly,
by
his
death hath merited for
vs
Gods fpirit,
and
ri-
ling
againe hath fent him
vnto
vs,
whereby
wee
are
regene-
rate
:
and therefore hee alto
is
faid
to
baue
fan6ified
vs,
and
God
is
faid
to
haue
fanóuified vs
in
him, Eph.5.26.
i.Cor.2.
Ephe.5.26
.
s
z.
God
the
holy
Ghof} alto
fanaifieth
vs,
by
applying
th
LCor.2.u.
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