Thesolder ejfauall callin to Chrift. 203 menttoperfwade any to thinke that fanaificati- on is before juDification : for the truth is, Icon- ceive the thing is not agreeable to truth, taking fanáification ina narrow Drift fenfe, as it mutt befo conceived in thisplace- neither can theDo. Griner which T have delivered, if they bee under- flood aright, according to the explication there- of,lhew fomuch, this is the firft. Secondly, looke by what right and reafon ma- 2. P-(age.. ny judicious Divines oflate yeares,havingby ex perience obferved in their owne fpirits, and judi- cioufly (canned and delivered it, that there is a Pavingdefire, by which God brings in and breeds faith in the Joule, (It is the fpeech ofjudicious Perkins) Nay the Spirit feemes to me to intimate as much when it faith, Ho every one that thirfteth, lohn 7. 37: come and.drinke: theremuttbe firft thiriIing,then comming and beleeving, which thirfting is no- thingelfebut a Pavingdefire. Therefore as there is a favingdefinebywhich God caufeth both grace tobreed, and faith to fpr;ng in the foule by the fame reafon there may bee a kinde ofLove and Joy, by whichas fpawnes, and feeds offaith,faith may beecommunicated and Damped upon the foule, for the fame ground that is for the one, is allo for the other :. and it isa thing tome incredi- ble, that the foule of a man fhould fall and rea upon the promife, and yet never delire it, nor hope for it, being abfenr, and imbrace it, love, . and delight in it with joy when it is comming. For looke with what authority and right there is thirfing before comming, and a delire before Çaith(for faith is all this while ahatching andbree. ding).
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