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Of

Sanitificationand the

caufe

s

rhereo

f

599

glorie

is

the end

of

all

our

good

a

&ions

and

holy

conuerfa=

tion,it

appeareth

Mat.

Si

6. Letyour light

fo

Thine

before men, Mattb.5.i6.

that

they may fee

yourgood

workes,

andglor

:fieyour

father

which

is

in heauen. So

i .Pet.z. i

z. Haue your

conuerfation

honeft

a-

t_Pet.:,

it.

mong

the Gentiles,

that

they whichfpeake eutll

of

you

as

'of

euill

doers,

may

by

your

good

workes which they

(hall fee, glorifie God

in

the

day

ofviftation.

And the

Apoftle

Paul

willeth

vs,

that

we doe

all things whatfoeuer to the glorie

of

q

od,

r

.Cor. t

0.3

I

i

Cor.ro:;

t;

For

the other,

we

are

therefore

fanzlified

that

wee may be

faued, and

alfo

be

allured

ofour

faluation

:

and

this

we

may

gather

out

of

the

Apoftles words

Tit.3.5.7.

where

he

faith,

Tit,

3.

5,7,

that

God

bath

famed

vs

by

thewafhing

of

the

Herr

birth,

and

re-

nu:ng

of

the

holy

Ghofi,

that

ire

fhould

be

made heires

o

f

eternall

life.

Neith

er

can

we euer enioy

euerlafl

ing

happinefle,vnlefle

Ioh.3.3.

we

be

regenerate, according to

that

Ioh.3.3.Except a

man

be

borne againe,

he

cannot

fee the

l,'ingdome

of

Cl

od.

So

the

Apofile

faith, thatfefh

and

blood

cannot

inherit

the

kingdome

of

God,

t.Cor.as.s

®.

neither

Both

corruption inherit vncorruption,i

.Cor.

t 5.5o.And

Apoc.z

t

.2,7.

it

is

faid,

that

no

vncleane thing (hall

enter

into

A

P

oesi.s9.

Gods kingdome

:

and therefore

the

Apoille

Heb.r

2.14. vfeth

this

as

an

eff

&wall

argument

to

moo=

vs

to

embrace fan-

etification,

becaufe

without this

holineffe

no

man (hall fee

the

Hcb.it.iq..

Lord.

On

the

other

fide,

if

weë

bee regenerate and fhew

the

fruites

thereofin

a

holy conuerfation, by dying

to

finne,

and

riling

againe

to

newneíle

of

life,

then

may

wee bee certainly

allured

ofour

faluation

:

and therefore

the

Apoftle

vvilleth vs

by

thefe workes

ofholinefle to

mare our calling

and elution

s

pee

r,ao.

fore,

affirming,

that

ifwe

doe

thefe

things

Wee

(hall

neuer fall,

a.Pet.i.io.

...15.0.111=momis..

CHAP.

H.

O

f

the

of

eEts,

fubtel't,obied,..and time

of

our

fanll

ifzcation.

He

principali

effe

&s

ofour

fan

&ification,

are

a

teflation

of

our

fo'rmer`finnes

in

Which

wee haue

o

jibe

rffct7s

taken our

pleafurearid

delight,

and

an

heartie

loue

a

fatiá

anaj

ofrighteoufneffeand

holindle,

which before our

re

genera-

li

tiotl

.

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