the Eppsta ths Galatiaat. Chap.. 421 our perdition. 1:8 And ifye be led by the ye-are 11 ot.vnder the law. In the 13.vrtfe Paul propounds a maincrukofgood-lifi, Glacenoccajims to the.174, : and for the better keeping of this, hegluesafccond rule, v. I 6. Theike ilt thefpitit. Of this fecond rule, hegiues two reafOns. The full, is taken from the contra- Io rieticof the flefh,and thefpirit. v. 17. Thefecond,is inthere words they that walke4ccordinvo the , artfreedfrom the earfe,afthe law. In there words,Paulletsdowne three things.The fisfUtthe officeofthe fpirit, which is,firaofall,to regenerate and renew 25 Al the powers ofthefoule,and fccondly,to guideandcondua them thane regnerate.Pfal.r43. z 9.1n thisguidance or con.1 dation, there are foure aCtions of the fpint. The lira is, 'Pre- fermation, whereby theholy Ghoil maintaines the gift ofrege. neration in them that are regenerate. The fecond is Cooperati so ex, whereby the will of¡God as the firfl caufe,workes together with the regeneratewill ofman,as the fecond cattle. Anctwith-- out this Cooperation mans will brings forth no good aelion: no more then the treeWhich isapt tobring forth fruit, yeeldes fruit indeede, till it haue the pretence and cooperation of the 25 Sunne, and that in the featottof the yeare. The third, is direEli. on, whereby the fpirit of God ordcreth and eflablifileth the minde, wil4andaffeaions, in goodduties. _2. Theft. 3.5. The laft , is Excitation, whereby the fpirit NIT% and ¡flill mooues the will and mink after theyare regenerate: becaute for the- 30 timeof this life , the grace ofGod is rundred andopprefred by the HA. Hereupon after recreneration,i heremutt be DeVi Pfala x9.3 6. newSawing..Cant,t . 3. newwalk* of thewill and the deede. Phil.2.13. Hence it follows, that betide the antecedent, and Lift grace, /3 there is neceffarie a fubrequent, or fecond grace. For we doe ¡ ¡not that goodwhich we candoe, vnlelGod by a-fecond grace I ¡ snake vs doe it as he madevs able to doe it by the firfl grace. The , fecond, thing, is, the Office ofall truebelteuers: and that is, tarefigne 'Willies in fubidlion to the workcof Gods'. fpirit. Now Godsfpirit workes in and by theword of God1.1 Ggg And
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