- _.....; ,.. ____ ,_ ---·--·-·--------- --·-----------------·- -·---~~ ~·/ ...---- __ the cpijlle of fude. l 50 1 i 1---1· J OC\\'C m~m: not in rega rd of his bodicor foulc, 1 or povvcfs of thcin, all "'·hich a man rcnincch. chc [Jmc af[t;:r regeneration, bur in regard of Gods image rcflored and re'ncwcd by ChriH, Ephcf. 4· 24. Thjs is the rcHoring ofd1at newe qua!icic of rightcoufi1dTc lnd holindfc loll in Ad.tm, for fo th~ Apoftlc dcfcribcch this ncwc A gi~lncrh ro fa~o-~r. ~tfe,e1 , ~nd will fpiritlHl~l ; Obic.i.. Anlivcr. ! birth in the pll\cc allc;.~dgcd. This change is ac. I cributc.d to Wllter and dJc,ho/)' Ghoff,whcrcin lhy JVaur} our Sauiour ?.lludeth to fomc f{lccchcs ofchculdcTe!hmcnc;. asEzcc.) 6.2 5. 1 ..vhcre I the Prophet fpeaketh of the ckanfing of the thltlg:s,loouedl th<:m,,and due~y affcCh:th thcJ • I . R om..8.5. when they hauc folllc fauom anC re:- i I li.fll VlltO him. Secondly, whena man in all c- ' . J fl:o.tcs Jiucrh by a iuHifymg[Jith, and on.lcredJ I 1 h1s-lifc thereby. The ,ljlman (faith Ab<~ciiJ.J) , lisutiJ 61 jftith 1 :1nd this is, <IS it is truly called, lift ~rernall : the beginning and firH degrsc of , ,.,.hich cucry bdccucr hath poifcf!lon of, cuen 1 ~ , in this lit~. f Jhe t~cond point il~ this ground is _rbc 'fPeighi , I Church, bypoJ?Jringcle~tlewarcrvptm it : that is:, infUfing ncwe gracc·s into the hcan,v.vhich take place of the oldc corruption. And hy .chc hofJ Gboft, he fhewcth th:lt this clcan(ingof vs is by the iuwttr~ working of th:: holy G:wll. Ohi~£t. But it will be faid,. if aman be a nc.;we man, he muH h:mc anewe iOulc. ·.An f. This newe quali– tie of righteoufncffc is.as it were a.newe 'foulc, I of it; for wluch obfcrue the ncatlnic of the qew binh,in the former v\·ords where it is fai9, I ~ thac "'·ithour it a t.nan Pnd~muc~{ce the lzing16n:e j r ofGod,much Idle emermro lt. Nomants.111 Chritl(and fo confequenrly out of the flatc of B faluation)·who is net anew creatwl'e, 2.Cor.; • . 17. No outWard prcrogatiuc can bringa man 1' for in a regenerate ma.n, there is a bodic foulc, and bcfidts thcft)irit, which is the grace of fan– Cl:ificarion oppofcd to flcfl1, and corrupboil of ' nature, Rom,8. ro. Thi::; is as it were the foulc ofa foulc renewed. I in rcqudl: with G oJ, vnlcffe he be a ne"\' crta1Urc,Gal.6. I;. Iris a conllam truth ofChrifi_, ! Loh. 13· 8./fI wafh tiJtn:ot,thoHh#jtnopart ill · m<. I The third point is,Thc Aducrfaries: \ovho arc I Adcuf;uics. firfl: , cucry man by nature> the wifcdomc of\' whome herein is enmitie '''ith God. For eucry I one naturally is willing to yeild vntOGod fomc ex'ternOll tCruice,and ccrcmoniall worfhip;as in 1 the Church,to draw neere to God with their I lippcs: bur when they flwuld come to their re- 1 Secondly ,that a man may come to this eAate, there mu!l: be fomc ro.ot and beginning whence this change may arifc, and that is no other then Chrifi crucified~ the Redeemer and Mcdtatour, of whofc bodie belceucrs arc members, ofhis flelh and ofhis bones , Ephcf. 5. JO· for lookc \ as EH< was made of the fide of AdAm, fo is e.– ueric·bdeeucr of the biood of Cbri{!; and as cucryman, fo far as-he is a fi.rinefu!l man, fprin– geth from the firfi A dAm, fo doth eucric man · · fo farre as hee is renewed, fpdng from the fc– cond Ad.tmChrift Iefus. Now thar a man may fpting out ofChrill, he mu(\ firll (becing talrcn out ofthe wilde O liue rhc aide Adam, Rom.6. 5.) be fet and ingrafted into the )econd Adam 1 1 nuing,and the l.]lortifying oftheir lufis, 0 then they Hormc and,fwcll, and cafi off this yoake, C 1 beraufc.they f~y it abridgcrh rhcm ofrhcircafe, libenie, and pleafurc, and they cannot be their as :t ncwc fiocke, and that by faith \\'rought in the heart by the fpirit ofGod:bywhich inci– fion hec rccelucth from Chrifi t,\'1.'0 things ; firll, in regard ofhis foulc, holineffe: fecondly, in regard of bodie, incorruption; fecing that the whole man is vnitcd vnto Chrifi, and fo both foulc and bodic rccciue immdrulitie and gloric. Thirdly, in this ncwc birch there mufi bee a D ncwc life, by which if ::my liue not, he is not bomc ogaine: for the di!linet knowledge of which life, we mull dillinguiO> of life: life is vncrcared, aud created: vncrcatt"d life is the life of God, yea God himfclfe, ofwhich kind thifo is not. Crc:aed lifc,is either narural6r fpiritual: Natutall , is th:lt which wee liuc by narurall me;mcs, os mcatc, drinke,Occpe, phyfickc, &c. of which kind this ncwc life, is not: but this is that fpiritualllifc, wherchy 3 man in this hfc is ruled by the fpirit of Cod according to the I \\·ord;and it fhnderh in two thing..s: Firfl,,Nhen I the fl)hit dwelleth in rhc hc~rr; Sccondly,when thcfi)irit rulcrh the heart: or more plainly, this ! Jj(e bJtl~grees: ~irH, when :a man beownc ~nen for lt. Sccondly,rhe Romanc rtiligi... TI~:~J~;_e.on wh~ch for many hundred ycatCS hath flood I tl~th not to in ccrcmoniall & bodily actions,rites,gcilurc-s, I tl~e newc 3pparc:!l,and moll of all in oUtward penance, ~hrc~:f:r~ borrowed ¥lardy ofthe !ewes, and partlyofthe foe not to Heathens : but ali this doCtrine of the newc ' caaen. birth,of mortifying hidden lulls and denial! of I a mans fclfc, is dead and buriedamong them: j little hereof is fpokcn or written in the groat !I volumes of th<ir grcatcfl Clerks. Bur the.do- .Clrinc which is from God is fpirin:allJ as God himfelfc is,and moll concerneth the inner man. l Srcon,dly, they are great aducrfarics hereof, in teaching that man (though captiue to finne) I hath a power in his nature, whereby, if lhe ho- 1 lv Gho(l free him, he can ofhimfelfewilland dOe that .which .~s good: which if i~ were fo~ I then he IS but tn pan new, and fo JS no 1icw man.Secondly,a regenerate man mufi beaJlCW creature : .now creation is a framing of fame– thing cut of nothing, not of fomething. into fomcthing .. Thirdly, thus a man lhould be but halfc dead, & fa could not b'c borne againe,but onelyflrengthened,~uen as a man in a J\.voune, ofwhom we cannot fay properly he is reuiucd, bccaufc he was not dead>but recoucrcd. The 17. ground is out ofGal. ; .l.$tandjdjt 17.Grounl in the lih~rt1e wherewirh Cbri.fl httrh made yon. ~ · ftee. For the meaning ofwhich wcmuil know, I ceJ to maimaine, !tandet.h in a double f(cethat Chri{han lib<:rtie which we arc cxhor- ~ domc; ·- ---------~----------
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