198
Of
Santíication
and thecaufis thereof
Aa;.9.
purifieth the
heart,
and
is
fruitful'
in
.the .workes
of
lone,
as
the
Scripture
fpeaketh.
$.Seti.g.
And
thus.haue
I
fet
downe the
efficient caufes
of
our fan-
of
the manner
6tification.
Ii,
the next
place
let
vs
Anfider
of
the manner
brow eurfan-
how
this
worke
is
wrought
in
vs.
For the vnderllanding
a'f
Fallon
is
whereof
wee
are
to
know, that
we
being
vni
ted
vnto
Chrill,.
vr,ro: bt,
b
Gods
f
irit
and inflrumentally by
a
liuely
principally
.
Y
P
faith,
and
fo
made members
of
his
myllicall
body,
doe par-
ticipate the
vertue
ofhis
death,
burial',
and refurreééion,
whereby
not
onely
our inaification,
but
alto our
fan6li.fica-
tion
is
deriued
vnto
vs..
For
firfi,
by vertue
of
his death
our
finnes are
mortified, and our corruptions crucifiedtogether.
Rom.6.6.
with
him:
as
appeareth
Rom.6.6.
Knowing
this,
that
our
old
man
is
crucified
frith
htm,
that
the
body,
ofPine
might
bee de
-
firoyed,thathenceforth
welhould
notferue_
finne.
Secondly,
by
vertue
ofhis
burial!, this death
of
finne is
as
it
were
fury
ther continued,
and
thereby our
finnes
and corruptions
are_
more
and
more
fubducd
and
kept
vn
ler,
that
they
cannot
rife and
rebel
again''the
ípirit:
Ahd_ofthis
the
Apofile
fpea-
Roa?3
keth,
Rom.6.3.
where
he
faith,
that
:we
4ree
buried
with Cbr
into his
death.
Thirdly,
by vertue
ofhis
refurrcaion
there
is
a.
quickening
power deriued
into
vs,whereby
we are
reuiued
.
and
railed
vp
from the death
ofßnne to
holineffc
and new-
cat
11.13,
mire
of
life.
And
of
this..mention
is
made
Coloff 2.12.13.
Rom.6.,E.
where
it
is
faid,
that
as
lie
are
buried
ibith
Chr
f,fo
lij¿esrife
the
are
nailed vp
and
quickened
together
with
him;
and
Rom._
6.4.
the Apof
le
faith,.
that
we
are buriedwith
him
by
bapttßra
into
tiffs
death,
that
like as
Chrig
zvas
raifed
vp
from
the dead
by
theglerie
of
the
father,fo
wee
a
fa
fhould
walke
in
newnef
ie
of
life.
Se.6
And this
is
the manner .according to
which
God
wor
-.
._
°fihe
ends
of
keth
fan
6lification
in
vs.
Now
wee
are
briefly
to
fpeake
of
sur(anuifta-
the
other
caufes,
as
they
lie in
order.
The material'
and
for,
f1°n'
mall
caufes
of
our
fan&ification may
bell
be
confidered
in
the parts
thereof. The
finall caufe
is
two-fold: Gods
glorie,
which
is
the
chiefe
and
principal'
caufe
of
our
fanlifica-
tion;
and
the
eternal'
faluation
of
thofe
who are
íanelified,
`which is
fubQrdinate
to
th,e.
áther.
For,
the.,ñrfl, that
pods;
glorie