the Epifile to thegot/giant. Chaps. the deuilspeace,where hebeares the fway.Thepeaceofwhich I nowfpeake, is in the Lord, and in the true worfhtpofGod:of which read Ifa. z. where men arc (aide hand inhand to goevp to theMountainsof the Lord,that they may Ilene his will,and 5 ioyntly obay it. 16. Then I fay, walke in the fpi- rit, andye fh.all not fullfill the lull of the fled'. The (cope. Here Paul returnes to the firft ruleV. t 3. and íhewes the wale, how it is to beobferucd, thus 7fye wale in the%irit, ye Thal!notfull¡ïll the lafiesof theflefh : and when the 5 lulls of the fle(h are not fulfilled , there (hall no occafion be giuen to the fleih,by thevie ofChriftian hbertie. The words containe two parts: aRule,wall¿ein thefpirit: thebenefit that comes by the rule,ye fh.11notfufifillthe Tulles of the flefh. do In the rule I confider two things, what is the fpirit, and what is walking. The fptrar is the gift of regeneration , 1951 by Warn, relayed by aril. I fay it is agift : and this gift is termed by the nameof the/pirit t bccaufe the fpirit worketh it immedi- ally invs,from the father and the Tonne. Againe I fay it is agft 5 ofregeneration,tomake a diftnaiii bewteene it,&ciuill venue. For there is a gift ofregeneration,which mortifies corruption, and a gift ofreftraint, which fettles only to keepe in corrupti- on. Ofthis fecondkind,are all mill verrues , in naturali and beathen men ,and not.ofthe firft . lofeph is chaff, and fo was o ënocrates. Iofephs chaflitie is a part ofregeneration, and proceedes from the(girt here mentioned, but the chaflitie of Xenocrates is not fo,proceeding cnly from the generall pro- uidence ofGod, andnot from the fpirit ofSanasfication. The like I fayof all other ciuill verrues. 3 5 More plainly, The fpirit is a Diuine nature,qualifie, or có- dition,wherebyweare madeconformable to Chrift,in righte- oufnes, and holines. Thefpirit bath flueproperties. The fit11,thatit is a richand liberali graceofGod. For it container in it the fecdeof all ver- tues, and all neceffarie graces ofGod : becaufe it cornus inthe Fff z rooms so
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