An Expojition, Witi.JNo~es in me: Aman cannot have interefr . in-Chrifr,- bttt ·he will receive life fi·om him.- 2 • . There wilLbe ach,ange; _ap the firfi GbdBring– . eth in t_he holy,fra:i'le,.all the ~eeds ofgrace~ ~nd therefore ~he~e wi~l he achange ; .,of prophat.ie,, ca~pal, t1r~lefs hearts; they are nra({e fpt:. rttual; heavenly, holy\~ . Ephcf. 5! ~·Yewere darknefl,but now ~tre fight in the Lord; ~ You.Jee.thet'e is a v-afl: <:iifference: If 1nen .re~ main the fame,hbw can they be faid c·o be beg6tten? they are filchy– ftill1carnal·fiill, worldly fifll; there witLbe at leaft a defolation of the old fornis a[.i]dframes ot fpirit. _ , · Ob{tri!f1t.3. 3· ~ristheprop~rw.qrkofGodto beget us~ I-fe.begtZt; ~rts . fotmti,mes afcgbed to God ,the Fatlier 1 as 'here; . and '(o in other· plac@s to God.the Son~ Believers are hu Seed, Ifai:51. I o. Some– times to the Spirit,.[ohn 3· 6•. God the Fathers Will; Of hu ·;rain– Will begat he m: God ·the Sons Merit; ~ through his obedience we have the A(juption ofSons, Gal.4.6. God the Spirits Efficacy;·. by tiis over-lhadowing the Soul, is the new cre~ture hat_ched tlnd~ brought forth. ~ris afcribed to all the three Perfons together in: on_,e place,.Tit.3.6·7·BJ hit ma.rcy he hathfavedU5 t'hr'luigh1 the re· n.ewing ofthe Holy Ghoft, whit;h he /hed fm m abundtt'ntly through· 7efm Chri.ft. In another place you have two perfons mentioned, Ephef.z.I"O. For We are hi& Work__man(hip, . cre.~ted in 'fefm CJJrift '/Into good work!. •Tis true, tFte Minifiers of thf Gdfpel are"faid' to beget, but 'tis as they are In.flrutnems iil Gods hand·~ So PJut faith, I bcg(ltyou, I ~or+I). and,ofOneftmU4 he faith, whom 1 begat in my bonds, Philem. verf. I b. God lov.eth to~ put 6is owtJ:.i honour many times unon .t~e Infiruments. WelL then : 1. Remove falfe caufes ;, you --cannot beget your fc:lves,that w~re monfirous; you.mu!t lookupabove fdf,and above means,to God,.who mull: form you after his own Image; ~tisfaid, Joh. r..q. That we are begotten, not ofb/'o_ol, nor ofthewillofthe Jlecfh, nor the Will ()fm.:m,...but ofGod: Not in the outward impure w~y?.tha~'s meant by that not of blood; nor by the Will of tlie flejb, . . that ts, m the carnalmanner, as man begetteth man, to fatisfie a. fidhly will or deGre; nor ofthe WilliJfman, that is, any wor!lings or deGres ofonr will,. but only by the power of the Spirit; fm"the intent of.t~at place is to·removegrofs thoughts, and wrong caufes, , that we ll'Hght apprehend it right fan the namre ofit,and lookup to the right caufe ofit.. · . ' .. ?i· It -!heweth.what an.honourable rdation.we are invefied wirh . --. .. - ~ - .. - ·- . - . . ... -· -- -- -. -..... ·-- - - ' ...- b . . 'i
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