TheSoules t,etluall calling to Chrift. 345 and wee come to Chrift by faith, and therefore we mutt have faith beforewee cancome tohim : now the Lord Jefus is theAuthour of all grace in the hearts ofhis owne; theLord workes fome grace oponus tobringus tohimfelfe,as the worke of preparation and vocation , this is a laving worke ofChrift, but yet it is the worke of the Lord to bring us home to himfelfe, but now when we are come by faith, then God conveves another worke to us,hedoth juftifie a firmer, and adopt him, and fan&ifie him : as in this lìmili- tude, the firft "armby wayofa naturall genera- tion, mull begeta childe, before he can imprint his image of corruption upon him, and he mail' be the tonneofAdam, before he can receive cor- ruption from Adam, fo that generation is the way to corruption, elfe it is nocorruption, as in that pl ace,Adambegat aTonne inhisowne image, that is,asblinde, âs ftubborne, as proudas Adam, fo that generation is the way by wh ch wee re- ceive corruption from the firft Adam : fa it is in the fecond Adam, he loth by fairituall regenera- tion,and after a fpeeiall manner worke upon the hearts ofhis,to bring them borne tohim, before hewill imprint his image upon them,which is the imageoffan&ification; the Lord Jefus will by the workeofvocation and preparation, as by afpiri- ttaail union,bring the foule ro himlelfe, before he will imprint his image open him in fanáification; now preparation and vocation goe before fanai ficarion,and yet they are not fantftification in the ftrift fenfe ; as generationwent before the irme X x 3 printing s1117'-'
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