ehrif+liast Hopo. t 49.9 CHAP. XVIII. Declaring the mifcry ofnatnrallMan without Hope. He fourth Alienation declaring natural!and carnall mans' 1 mifery, is an Alienation from Hope. Without hope ; The hope of falvatioti by Chrift, from this hope man in his cor- rupt and carnali eftate is &ranged. Hope is a grace inclining and diffiofinga regenerate andbeleeving foule with afurance and patience to expeil and wait for the accompiilhmert offuch good things as çod in Uri? bath pramifed, and faith apprehendeth. Gird up (faith Saint Peter) the loynes of your minds, be I Pec.143 fober and hope to the end for thegrace that is to be brought unto you at the Revelationpf j : fus Chrift, all grace is dif- penfed through Chrift, the full communication hereofis re. ferved till Chrifts fecond comming, and hope waits for the receiving of it in and through Chrift : The caufe efficient of this hope is God, the Authorand giver of all good, it is not a worke ofnature, but of grace, not of man, but ofGod. 731e fed be the God and Father of our Lord Iefsn Cbriff, which according to bis abundant mercy bathbegotten us again to alively hope by the refurrettion of leftas Chriftfrom the dead. Wherein youhave the Author of this hope,God, a graciousand loving Father in Chrift ; the moving caufe, the mercy of God ; the antecedent, regeneration ; the foundation, piopOr ßi1 ar , of it, Chri(t rifen from the dead, the full accomplifher of mans welfare ; the inward inftrumentali caufe, or root of hope, isa lively and faving faith ;' Faith is theground ofthings' Heb. i i. i. hoped for; the obi :c1 of this hope is God in Chrifl, ail good things flowing from the grace of God in Chrift to the foule Cott sr, of man ; thercfòre is Chrift called the hope ofglory,and we are bidden to hope for grace by Chrifi. The Seate or Snhj aof Chriftian hope is a regenerate and renewed heart,, thcrefote termed the hope :ofthe godly : Of this hope carnal' men are deftitute, having no hope, no hopeof fályation ; the Gentiles Gg 2 before ,
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