3 2 2 i flverfeneffe from Chriß, Withoutgrace without Chrift. falem, JerufaIeni, thou that killeft the 'Prophets, and ffoneft them that arefent unto thee, how often Would I have gathered you together even at a Hen doth gather her Chickensunderher ,, Wings, and you Would not ; and again you may behold him weeping over that City, andfìying, O that thouhadit lZnown. Iin this thy day, the things lclonging to thy peace, but now they I are hidden fom thine eyes I. And of old alfo may you heare him complayning in the mouthof the Prophet, I havelahou-. red in vaine, 9 have .tent my ftrcngthfir nought andin ode: None but God can perfwadle 7aphet to dwell in the Tents of Shenm. Such is mans averfenefie fromChrilt, that God a- lone canworke man. into Chrilt : But perhaps tome will fay, What is this to us ? We are all borne within the pale ofChrifts- Church, weare all baptized intoChrilc, we have } all put on C.hrift, therefore no fuch folly, no Inch eftrange- ment in us and our foules from Chrift ? glowman is in To this I anfwer, It is onething tobe in Chrift by an Ec Chrilt. clefiaiticall generation andbirth within the Church : Another thing tobe in Chritt by f irituallRegeneration and new - birth, being borneagaine of(Thrift; it is one thing to be in Chrift Sacramentally,V participa tion of the outwardordinance and element, another thing tobe in Chria q)iritually, by par- ticipationofthe inward grace; it is one thing to be inChrift by an outwardand formali profefon another thing to be in Chrift by an internall and gracious incorporation, t They fRoin.9,6,7. are not all Ifrael, Which are of Ifrael, neither hecaufe theyare thefeed ofAbraham are they all children. Chara6ters of Ifyou demand therefore how a man maydifcerne his being man being without Chrift ? without Cbrill I anfwcr, amans being out ofChrift may among many be difcerned by thefe CharaJers or marks therof. . z Without the I. By being Without the Spirit and Grace ofChrift. He Spirit & grace that is without the light ofthe Sun is without the Sun ; If of Chrift, any. n (faith Sa'aul) have not the Spirit ofChrift he is none ofhis : He is without Chrift, he that path not the Spirit of Chrift enlightning him, favingly ro know God, as a childe his father with an affrcîiveknowledge; regeaermceing and en- dowing himwith achiidlikeafferaion to God and Chrift:
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