TheWel 1 is Chrfis orimeTower, as much as in them lieth make void the holyordinance ofGod , yet muff never returne in vaine. The wordof doth effeatiallyworke onely in thole that beleeve. It worketh inhypocrites, and wicked hearers, (according to the meafureofthat impede& faith which theyhave) but it worketh not effeaually, that is,it doth not confummate nor accomplifh any perfeet worke but only inthofe that beleeve; in the reel it proves but an a.. bortion, andwithers in the blade. Secondly,a with love, and readineffe ofminde,with- outdefpiting or rejaiing it. Noman can bee faved who doth not receive the truth in love, who doth not receive it (as the primitive Saints did) withgladneffi, and readi. nett. ofminds, as Eli, though from the handofSamuela Child , as David , though from the hand orAbigas7 a woman,as theGalatians, though from thehand of Faul, an infirme and perfecuted Apofile. For herein is our ho- mage toquill the moreapparent,when we fullera little childe to leadus. Thirdly,"with meekneffe and fubmiffionofheart,re- verencingand yeelding unto it inall things. Wre fling, fhifting,evading,perverting the word isasgreat an indig- nity unto Chrifi , as altering, interlining, orrafing a pa- tent which the Kinghath drawen with hisovine rayall hand , is an offence againfi him. Patience and effeduall obedienceeven in affliaion , is an argument that a man efleemesthe word tobee indeedGods owne word,and fo receivesit. Hee only who putteth off the old man, the corrupt, deceitfull, ltifis ofhis former ,converfation, and is renewed in the Spirit ofhismm de, is the man that bath heard, and been taught by Chrift, that bath recei- ved the Truth inhim. Againe,in as muchas the Gafpell is the Rodof Chrilis Oneflrenntb , or the inffrument ofhisarms (whohath beleevedour report andtowhom is the*meoftheLord revealed) and the inflrument isno further operative or S z ells 259 VERSE 2. a 2 Thef.a.lo. Ad.z.4r. Aft.x7.r T. Aa.24,17. Sam.3.18. Sam.25.52. Ga1.4.14. Efai.ix.6. b Levit.26.2. Aa-ao.3 3. i Thef.a,t3,4 Eph4.10-.22, Efai. 534
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