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s
Of
SanNiflcation
and
the
caufes
thereof
597
our
Canes,
but
afcribe all
the
glorie
to
God
who
is
the
foie
author
and finifher
of
it.
The
inftrurnentalí
caufes
of
our
fanuification,
are
either §, Set1.4.
externall,or internall ;the externall
are
firfl
the word
ofGod,
of
the
infila-
of
which our Sauiour fpeaketh
Ioh.t
5.3. Now
are
you
cleane
e
tajean
f
through
the'*wrd
which
1
haue
fpoken
veto
you.
And
cap.
i
7.17.
cation.
SanElifie
them
with thy
truth
:
thy
word is
truth.So
the
Apoftle
oh.
s. a.
lames,
chap.
t
.
t
8. O
f
his
owe
will
begat
he
vs
with the
word
of
and
'I
7
:!;.
truth,
r
c.
And the
Apoí}lePeter affirmeth,
that
we
are
borne
lam'.
anew,
not ofmortall feede,but
o
f
immortall
by
the word
of
God,
z
;.
&c. Theword
ofGod
therefore
is
an
infirumentall
caufe
of
our fanlification. In which refpe6
alfo
the Minifters,
by
whole
minifterie wee
are
conuerted
and
regenerate,
are
Paid
to
be our
fpirituall fathers who haue
begotten
vs
vnto
God
:
as
appeareth,z.Cor.4.15.and Philem.verf.io.In
both
which
ICor.4.is.
places
Paulchallengeth
this
title
vnto himfelfe.Anotherex-
rbilcmp'
1e
ternall
caufe
of
our
fanlification
are
the
Sacraments, efpe-
cially
the
Sacrament
'of
Baptifme;whereofit
is
that
Ananias
faith unto `Paul,
A61.2
2.
i
6.r4
rife
and
be
baptized,ard
ma(h
a
4
16.
by
thy
fins.
So
Eph.5.26.it
is
Paid
that Chriíl
gaue
hirnfelfe
z6.
for
his
Church,that
he
might
fanEtifie
it
and
cleanfe
it
by
th
H
P
wafhing
of
water through the
word.
The
which
places.
as
they
are
to
be vnderftood
principally
of
the wafhing
of
iuflificati-
on,whereby
we
are
purged
from
the guilt andpunifhment
of
fin;fo alfo
of
thewafhing
of
fanaification,whereby
wee
are
cleanfed from
the
fins
and corruptions
theIfelues.
The
internall
inftrumentof
our
fanaification,
is
aliuely
faith,
without
which, the other outward
initrurents
are
vn-
effe6tuall, in
thofe
who
are
ofyeeres;
neither
muff
we
think
that
the
bare
Action
of
hearingorthe
outvrardwafhing,take
away
our
fins
and
corruptions,
vnlefíe
the
word
and
things
fignified
in
the
Sacraments'
bee
applied
vnto
vs
by
a
true
faith.
For the
word which
Wee
heareprofiteth not,
vnleífe
it
be
mixed
with
faith
in thofe
that
heare
it,
Heb.4..
a. And
vn-
Hcb.4
:.
leífe
thofe
that
are
capable
of
faith,
beleeue
with
all
their
heart, it
is
to
no
purpófe
to be baptized,
A&.8.3 7.and
there
-
forç
vnto the otherwemuft
ioyne this inftrument
ofa
Rudy
faith,
ifwe
would attaine unto true fan6tification
For
faith
Q.q3