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the socles e eE callcalling to Chrift. 349 juftificarion and an inheritance among them that are fànftified,thats infanaification,& all thefe are done by faith : the(cope ofthe holyGhoft there, is todifcover the frameofgrace in theheart ; and therefore it is not to be underf}cod ofthe nature of San ification, but of the worke of it; that a man fhould receive his fanaification by faith, and yet is but fan6tified in part, thefe are contraries. Thefourth is onely theworkeoffan&ification, and ialily from the queftion thus refolved; from hence that qreftion falls to the ground, and from hence, fiat a manmay fee ir clearly that fan¿ifi- cation comes after juftificaton : and fecondly; whether repentance is before faith, or whether repentance is before juiiification, or joftification before faithand repentance : ,and thirdly, whe- ther there be any other inftrument tobeleeve in Ch rift, but faith ; No,there is noother, for they all concurre by faith : Thusmuch for the firít ufe; a word ofconfutation, and information. Secondly,if itbe fo that faith is a refling upon God, and areceiving ofmercyfromGod, then this is a wordof terrour to all that (till remain in unbeleefe: theyare to fee their finne andmi- fery by finne, their finne is molt hainous, and their plagues are intolerable; if itbee faith that brings a man to Chrift, and fuits a man withall comforts fromChrift : thenall youunbeleeving finners, let your foules (lake in theapprehenfon of all thefe plagues, ofwhich you are guilty. It is themifery that befalls poore creatures,theyare lothtobeknowne tobedrunkards, or theeves,or Yy rob- vie 2.

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