Of Saluai:ion (mdVainnation. 77 the fecond,to..ards men ofriper yeares. . A Ofthis therebe >.parts.The lirll isei<llion, The dec~rationofGods loue to.,.rds Inwhich is a feparation ofa finner from the curfacts, is on this manner: . fed ellateofa! mankind.Ioh.r 5·19./fyeWerr Infants alreadie ele6l:ed , albeit they in the oftbe l!>orld, the world•oo•ld loue hu •wm: bnt wombe of their mother before thl!y were •ec4nfoye arenoto(the world, b11t 1ha1te chofln borne,or prefently afcer,depart this life,they, you"" ofthe l!>orld,therfore the ""Id hattthyou I fay, beingafcer afecrec & vnfpeakable man. . The fecond, ische reciprocal! donation or ner by Gods fpirit engraffcd into Chri!l:, obfree gift ofGod the Father, whereby he betaineeternallfiliuarion. r.Cor.u.!J. By••• fiowcch the linfull ma11 to bee faued vpon ffirit we are•hb"f'tiz.edinto one bodie, whether ChrH1:,and Cfnia again atl:ually & moll effe. ]ewes, or Grecians, brmd, or fru,4nd htfue beene dually vpoo thatfinfull man: fothat hemay "'made,.drink!_imo•n<JPirit, Luk.r-J5·The bo!dlyfay this thi11g, namely Chrif1, both AngeR anfivered, andfoid vnro her. The holy God & man,ismine,and I for my benefit and Ghaflfl,./lcomevponthee, Nndthepol!>eroftbe <feeoioy rile fame. The like wefeeinwed~ "''ft HighJh•ll••4J1,.doll>thee: therefort •if• locke: The husband faith, this womao is111y that holy thing which j1,.n beborneofthee, Jhah B wife, whom her parents haue giuen vntome, bec•lledthe So,.eof God. 41. Andit <4meto fothat,!he being fully mine, I may both h:iue paffo,.u Eliz.cbeth he.rd thtfalutati:mofMary, her,and gouerneher:Againe,thewoman may the babe JPrang in her beHy, and Eliz.<beth w.u far, this man is mioe husband, who hath beftlledwifh ththo!JGhoft.64.And hi.;,.uthw.u fiowed himfelfevpoo me,anddoth cherilh me optmd immedi4tly, andhiuongueloofid, ""dhe as his wife. Rom,S.3•· HtJP•red not hu oll>m JP•k! an:Jproi(ed God. So. Andthe cbi/.1gY<W, Son,bNtg4Ne himfor '()s.Efil..9.6.Vnr. vs achild and waxedflron.t inJPirit.Ier.r. 5. Bifort 1forid borne,& vnto vs afon i.·gi•en.Io!J.l7·i.Tho,. mtdthee in thewombe, 1k_new thee, andbefore h".ftgiuen him power vpon a0jltfo,th4t h~fhould thoucamejl out•ftht womb:,[fon[/ijied thee. giueettrnaOiif• to aDthem whom thou haflgi~ui I call the manner of Infants f•luation fecrct him. 6. 1h•oe Jeclartd thy ~ame to the men and vnfpeakable, becaufe I. they want atl:uall "hich thoogauefl me our ofthe world: .thine they faith to receiue Chri!l: for actuall faith necefWere,and thougauefl them"''' andthey k[ptthy farily prefuppofetha knowledgeofGods fi·ce ""''· 7· N•wt~ey k..nowtb.r aUthi•gs W/Mtf«- pro:nife,th< which he thltbcleeueth,dotkapuerthou haftgiuime,areofthee.loh.ro.>9-My ply vnro himfdfe:but thi!,infanti cannot any father,wbteh gaueth"n me,ugreater thenall,& waies pofsibly performe.And furely,ifinfants C no•t it able to '"k! thtm outoflilyf.rhers 'fAids. fbould haue faith actually, th<y generally eiHence commeth that admirable vni.. oi ther loofe it wh~n they come to rnensellare, coniunction,which is the ingraffingeffuch., or at leaft !hew no Ggncs thereof, neither of are to be faued, into Chrifr, & th<ir growing which could be true, ifbefore they had recei- •ptogither with him: fo that aftera peculiar ned attuall faith. Nay,we fee that in thofe of maaner,Chrifrismade the hcad,and euery reriper yeare.,thereare not fo much as the 0Japenrant finner, amember ofhis myllicall bodo;ves or fparkesof faith to be feene, before die.loh. 17.20. lpr<rymtf•,. thefi Rime,butfor they be called by the preaching of the Gof. them•lfo Vrihichjha/1beleruein me, through their pcl.ll.Infants arc faid robe regeneuted onetl>ord.n. Th•erhry aO m") beone,M thou,O fa, ly in regard oftheir intC"rnall qualiri;:-saod in~ thtr~art inweJAnd I in thee: eHenthRt they"'") clinations, not in regard of any motions, or be ~lfi onei• fJJ, Eph. 5· 30. Wtare memberS ~1 aCtions ofrhe minde, will, or aifetl:ions. And his boJy,o{hisft•fh, 111Jdofhis b•n". !oh. r 5. 1. therc.fctre they wat1t thofe tcrrours of confci. I am that tr1se vine, ~nd my ft~ther is the hufence,which comebefore repentanceJ as occabandman. 2. Euery branch that bgarethn~tfrNit !tons thereof, infuchas arc of riper yeares of ;, me,het4~eth41VAJ: and euery onethatbtareth dtfcrctton.Againe,they ate not troubledwith D frHit, he purgethii, that it mltJbriRgforthm~rl tha< confliB: &: co,..ba<e betwixt the Aefh and fruit. Ep~. •· i O. Built vponshefottr.datior. of thefpirit, vherewith thofe faithfull ones that the Prophets •nd .Apof/lts, whofecorntrjlone" areofmore yeres are marueilouOy exercifed. le(,. Chvij1.11 .1~ whom an the building coupled CHAP. XXXVI. together, gmmh vnro •• holy temfl< in the. Conmning thejirff degmofthtdecZ.r•- l.ord, »· Jn~hom)e ar,.lfo ~Hilttogetber,tt ti•o ofGoJs loue. bethe h•biiation ofq•d lryti>Cfpiri~. · THedeclaration ofGods loue, in thof< of This,albeit it bea mofr neere and reall vni. yeares ofdifcretion,hath efpecially fourc on,yet we muf1 not think,that it is,by rouchdegtce!. Rom.8.JO· r.Cor.r.;o. ing,mixmre, or, as it were,byfoldring ofone The firfr degree, is an effettuall calling, foule with another , neither by abare agreewhereby a Goner being feuered from the ment ofthe foules ~rnong themf<lues :butby world,is entertained into God! family. Eph. the commwnion and operarion of the fame •· 17· .Andcame,••dpreachedP'""'"•t•yu, fpirit, which being by natur<infini:e, i$ of which were afarreoff, and to the"' that were fuf6cient ability to conioync thofe things tOmere. I 9· Ne~ thereforeyee are no moreftr•n.. gether, which are ofthcmfehies farre difiant \ gersflnd[6rr~tiners, but citiz.ens with thi Saints, from each other: the like \te fee in the foule ••d•[the boujloold•f q,J. ofman, which conioyitethth~ head with the fcX>te.
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