l_____ ·--- \that the L~rd requires, and how to bring his heart to it; but let pimgoe about it as a Chri.. ) ftian, that is, let him beleeve the promifes of Faithpurgeth. 1 pardon in the bloud ofChrijf, and the very be– leeving of thofe promifeswill be able to c/eanfe ttnd parge the heartfrom Jeadworkes: ( In that place we then named, and we could doe no Hcb.9;r4; more but name it) you lhall find it Heh.9 . I4·· · How much more JbaU thehloudof chri.ft, whicb hy theeternaUSpirit offeredhimfelfewithoutfault toGod,purgeyour confciencefrom dtadworkes, tO' ferve the living_God. The meaning ofit is this, when a man bath once applyed the 516ud of chrij!forhisjull:ification,this effect willfollow . uponit,there will accompany it a certaine vi- · gour,a certaine verrue, a certaine power and firengtb, which will alfo purge his confciente from dead workes; That is, .there lhallgoe a power of the Holy Ghofi together with this bloud, tha~ iliall not onely forbid him, and ihewhim that he ought not to doe fuch and fuch evill thin~s, but it lhall cleanfe his con– fcience from thofe rootes ofdead works, thofe coJrupt lufts, and linfull affections, that are in him, thatdifpofe him tothateviii; he lhall finde this pbwergrowing upon him, if he d :e but apply" the bloud, that is,ifhe apply the promife ' ' ·ofpardon and forgive11effe through the bloud Galat+f· ofIefus r.hrip. . Thelike you lhall [ee,Gal. 3. 5. Hee that niinL/lreth to the ·spirit, and worketh miracles Amon,gft you, doth hee do it through the....J workes ofthlLaw,or throughthehearingofFai!h preachtd '!
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