.etGdAbfcdnf,:e. rr. inGodsprefenee. With iii,lifcationis ieyredregeneration, andfaníiificati on by the belie Jho.fl t narnelic,whiles teearemade new creatures byhim, End thefonnes ofGod tog:not onel byadoption, but altobyregeneration. For when Chrifliullifiethvs, he clothnot only forgiuevs our vnrighteoufhes, and impute his rightcoufnes to vs, but allòhe taketh from vs our 'Ionic heart, & giuetlr vsa fieíhic heart ofhis own: &he tlrips vs ofouroldman, andputs on hisnew man. Lafily, he taketh away the corruption:of our nature, andmakes vspar- takers ofhis divine nature s. and fo indeed of the ferres ofmen, bee makes vs Fpf,e. r.4,5 the thanesot'Cod, and his brethren too. Therefore it is laid, that 'Ate are pre- lohn.3,6. deflinated to adoption by IefusC`hrit+ and elc d,that we maybeholywithout blame, and that which isborne ofthe fpirit,iscalled fpirit. Therefore theele- &lèd toeternal] life, mull needes bee begotten anew e to bee the fonnes of God, andbe made partakers ofthedivinenature, and beca newe creaturein Chrifl. Hence rfJi,eth thefìrt etfea ofprcdefmtnation, winch if her dfìilly lo fie regarded: the lotie ofrigl.tecufnefJe, and t he deteilatton ofnnc.For in regene- ration,the affèc7tons are principallychatinged. Namely, the affeCtions ofthe corrupt nature and fleflt, into the affe&ionsof the diuine nature and fpirit. Hence it is, that the Apof+le faith, that theywhich areborne anewe , doe walk RomA r. accordingto the fpirit, and not after the flefh : andnot to fäuour thethingsof & 5. the flefh,but the things ofthe fpirit. Andthe chicle affections ofthe flefh, are the loue offinne, that is, the concupifcence ofthe flelh : and contrarivvife thehatredofrighteoufnefle, and the lawe ofGOD, whicharenot oftheFa- ther, but of the world. Therefore the chiefe of e6lions of regeneration and the fpirit, are the loue ofrighteoufneffe and ofthe lavve ofGod,and the hatred offinne. For that which is fpoken chieflyofChrifl: Thou hall loued righte- Pfal45 S. oufnes& hatediniquitie: is tobevnderfloodofallthe members ofChriff, en- dùed withhis fpirit, becaufeitis trueLy accomplifhedin them. Hence it is, that Danid who in himfelfe did reprefent the difpofitionofall theregenerate,. Paidofhimfelfe, lbane lowed thy 'awe, tlry /awe is in the middle of my heart, 1. baue hatedall theworkers ofiniquitie, I will notatewith theWicked. Alf() Pfa. ra Paul, I am delighted (faith he) in the laid ofGod,according to the inner man:- rr3.&4o.5 That is,inafinuchas I am borne anewe. Andno mandoubteth, but that both Lk i".3.& theft afle&ions are the effeCisof predeflination, except hee bee ignorant that 2R6'5 all thefe are the giftsof God : which as in time he befloweth onhis, fo alfohe bath decreedto beflowe them on thembefore the foundation ofthe world.. Andfrom Chef two affethons,being thefirfí frustes of regeneration, arifeth, careand endettonr to doegood evorkes, that is, toflie finne,andto-fulfillt he law of God:which is thefeucrnh. efetl ofpredeftinaticn;For hewhichhatethany thingfrom his heart, he taketh-heedofit as muchache can, andhe fleeth from it,and efcheweth it : and on the contrarie, bee which lóuethanything from his heart, that allo he reeked] after, and induoureth himfelfe to thecorn- pallingoit. Therefore theApollle lohn, makcth thisa chiefe differencebe- twe ne the fonnes ofGod, and the,childrenofthe diuell, that is, betweene 1.1011.1T -} them
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