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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