An Expofitionof the z'. Pfalme. Verf.xo. mane acquired faith, not that precious faith , a Pet. i. t. which is infufed by the fpirit, Gal. 5. 22. who is therefore called the fpirit of faith, a Cor. 4. 13. and the fpirit of power, z rim. 1.7. greater then the evil! fpirit which is in the world , I john 4.1. abiding in Gods children , john 2. 27. even for ever , john 14. 6, 17. being, in the operationoffaving grace, a fountain oflivingwater,fprin- ging upunto eternall life , whereof whofoever drinketh , fhall never be more a therf}. yohn 4. 14. This is that free fpirit, which doth eftablilh the godly, in the fiateof grace, and is Gods feal and earneif in their hearts. 2 Cor. i :z r,22. Eph. 1. 13, 14. Obj. But the godly may commit mortal! fins, as David did, in adultery and murther: now an adulterer is themem- ber of an harlot, i Cor. 6. i 3. and a murtherer is the childe of thedevil!, yohn 8. 44. I ?ohn 3. 12. was henot then fal- len from grace ? Anrw. It cannot be denied , but for thefe heinous fins, Davidwas juftly under the wrathof God , till by the re- newingofhis repentance, and faith in theMeffiah, he ob- tained attonement. But yet, under the guilt of thefe fins, he differed much from the impenitent and unregenerate, not onely in regardof Gods certain purpofe to renew him by repentance, and rettore him into favour but even in prefent fiate offoul , twO wayes : Firít, tkat the feed of grace did then remain, 1 Y ohn 3.9. Secondly, that he finned not with full content , Rom. 7. 17, 19, 20. and focould not be fo totallyunder the curie, as theunregenerate are. For thebetter conceiving wlitre- a. Of, we muff know, that: every:regenerateman , whileff he is in this world, hath inllirrr both'fleih and fpi&it , in-bred corruption, and renewed grace, and fo confifteth (as it were) ofa double perfon ,. the old man which is corrupt through deceivable 1ufts;ánd the newman,which after God is created in righteoifnefie and triuehólineffe. Eph.4.22,24. Nowwhen the childe of God commnittethfin, evengrie- vous fronts, as Daviddid, to (peak as Paiddothofhimfelf, it
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