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Ofthe

fubieU

of

our

fanCaf7cation.

601

le6 cd and (hall be faued,

as

appeareth,Ephef.i.4..

Neither

is

this

workebeguninany

one

part

of

them alone,

but

in

all

the parts, powers, and faculties of,foule

and

bodie,

as

appeáreth,i.The.5.a3.The

Cod

o

f

peace

fan5tifieyou

throrsgh-.

out.

The mind

is

inlightned with

the true knowledge

of

Gods

will reuealcd

in his

word,

which before

was

blinded

with

ignorance. The

memorie

is

inabled to retaine thcfc

ho-

ly

things,whichthe vnderflanding

conceiueth.The wil fleeth

that

which

is

mill,

and imbraceth

that

which

is

good. The

affee}ions

are

purged

from

their

corruptions, and

made fer-

uiceable

to

holy

reafon.

The

body

allo

is

fan6lified,

and

made

a

fit.

Temple for

the hohe

Ghoil

:

fo

that

whereas

heretofore

;the

members

thereof

were

the

readie

fervents

of

vnrighteoufneJfe

vntolinne,

they

are

now become

the

feruaßts

ofrighteoufneffe

unto

holinejje.

Lafllie, the a6lions and

out

--

ward

conuerfation which heretofore

were

finfull

and fcan-

dalous,

are

now hohe

and

righteous,

feruing

both

for

the

advancement

of

Gods glorie,

and

the

edification

of

our

Ch

iftianbrethren.

In

a

word,

whofoeuer

are

trulie

fanai-

fled,

they

are

alfowhollie

fan&ified,

that

is,

as

the

Apo!

{

le

fpeaketh,

fan6ified

throughout,

in

euery

part and facultie

of

bodie

and

foule.

And therefore whofoeuer would

bee

aífured

that

hee

bath attained

true

fantification,

he

is

tola-

bour

to

compofe

and

frame

the whole man,

his.

minde

and

imagination,

his

will and

affe

&ions, his outw.ard.aelions,

life

and conuerfation, according

to

the

exaa

rule

ofGods

law in

all

of

them mortifying the old man, and

his

inbred

corruption,

and imbracing

the contrarie duties

of

holineffe

and

righteoufnefïe. Otherwife

if

our,fan6tification

bee

not

ofthe

wholeman, and

euerie

part

in

their

feúerall meafure,

it

will

in

the

endbe vaine and

fruitleffe

:for

as

it

is

to no

pur

-

pole for citizens

being

befieged, to

fortifie

one

place

of

the

wall,

and leaue

another

part

vnfortified, or to

keepe Brait

watch at

fonte

of

the gates

and leaue

others

open

fo

it

will

not

auaile

vs

to

fortifie

fome-

parts againfl

the

power

of

firme,

and

to

leaue

others weake'

and

naked,

nor to gard

íbme ofthe:outward

paffages

of

the. fenfes,

and

negleéling

fotne

other,

fuffer

them

.lie as

an

open entrance

to let

in

mlàr

Pfa'm.I19.i8.

Cof.I.9.

)131.1

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11.

Rom.7.I 8.

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Rom

6.19.