744 / 772
718
Obieffions taken
from
tef
imonief
of
Scripture,einfirered.
by
being¡':?:
they
are
alto called
and
iuflified. I
anfwere,
that
as beuides
ai
fled
uv,th
the
the inward
and
effeóóuall
calling, there
is
an
outward
cal_
blood
of
thrift.
ling
common to hypocrites, and
*as
there
is a
true
iuflificati-
on
before
God
proper to the
ele
&,
fo
there
is
an
outward
iuflificatiöü before men, when
as
thofe who
in
their
out
-
ward
carriage and conuerfation doe
Phew
themfelues iufl,are
in the
iudgement ofcharitie
fo
reputed and
efieemed.
There
is
in
like manner
a
twofold kind offan6iification,the
one
in-
ternall before
God,when
as
the heart
is
purified by faith;
the
other
externall
before men, when
as
we
profeffe
our
felues
members
of
the Church,
and
fuch
as
are
fän
&ified
with the
blood
of
Chrifl,
confeffe
the Chriflian faith, and
bring
forth
fome
outward
fruites in our
lines and
conuerfations; and this
latter
fan
&ification
is
common
vnto hypocrites,who whileft
they
profeffe
themfelues members
of
the Church,
which is
the bodie
of
Chrift
fan&ified
by
his
blood,word,and fpirit,
and
make
outward
femblance and
Phew
hereof
in
their
liues,
are called
and reputed
Saints in
the iudgement ofcha
ritie,which iudgeth
the befl
where
it
teeth no
appearance
of
euil!.
Yea,but
the fpirit
ofGod
who
fearcheth the
hart
and raines
here
faith,that
they
were
fan&ified
by the
blood
ofChriff,
and therefore they
were
not
onelie
outwardly,but
alfo
inter
-
nallie fanelified,
not
in
the iudgement ofinen alone, but
alto
in
the iudgement
ofGod. I
anfwere,
it
followeth
not;
for
commonly the
fpirit
ofGod
in
the
Scriptures fpeaketh
not
according to
his
owne
knowledge, but according
to
the
o-
pinion and common eflimation
ofinen.
So all Ifraell are
cal-
led the
peculiar
people
ofGod,
becaufe they made
outward
profef
ion ofhis
religion,
though
many
of
them did
not be-
long to
the
eleCtion
of
grace.
So
the
Apoflles
writing
to
whole
Churches
call
them the
Saints
of
God;
thouagh
there
were amongfl them
many hypocrites.
The whiclfthe holy
Ghofl
bath
purpofedlie
done,toteach
vs
by
his example
to
fpeake
and iudge charitablie
of
our
brethren
;
and not
to
cenfure
them
'as
hypocrites,vntil they
haue plainely difcoue-
red their
hypocrifie.
Lafllie,Ianfwere to
this
argument,that though
we
fhould
take
4.Sec7.4.