Thefaithfulare an s mawpeople. of felves. And wee 1 can doe nothing ofstir[elves. All i that wee arc is from the grace of Chritt. g By thegrace ofGod I 4110 what IMO. And all that wee doe is from the graceofChriaili fansable todoe allthings throng!) Chrift that firengthneth mee. As when wee doe evill, it isnot wee our laves, but hone that dwelleth in us : So when wee doe good , it is knot wee , but Chrift that liveth us.. So that in all refpeas wee are not our owne, but his that died for us. Now this being a point of fo great confequence,nced- full it is that wee labor therein to try & fecure ourfelves that wee belong untoChrift. For which purpole wee mull note that a man may belongunto Chrill two man- ner ofwayes : Firft, by a meere Externall profeffien. So all in the vifible Church that call themfelves arc his,and his word and oracles theirs.Inwhich refpe6t theyhave many priviledges, (as the Apofile fhewethof the Imes.) Yet notwithflanding fnch men continuing unreformed in their inner man, are neerer unto turfing than others, and lubje61 unto a forer condemnation, for defpifingChrifl in his word, and Spirit, withwhom in their Bapanic they made fo folemne a covenant. For God will not fuffer his Gofpell to be call away, but will caufe it to profper unto come endor other, either to lave thofe that beleeve ; or to cumulate the damnation of thofe that difobeyk. Heewill be morccarefUll to,eleanfe his garner and to purgehis floore, thanofother empty andbarrenplaces. Aweed inthe garden is in more dan- ger of rooting out than in the open field. Suchbelong untoChrifl,nootherwife than Ivy to the tree unto which it externally adheres. Secondly , a man may belong unto Chrift by Implantation into his Tod) Which is doneby faith. But here wee are to note that as fome branches in a tree have a more faint and unprofitable fellowChip with the roote than others; as havingno fur- ther firength than to furnifh themfelves with leaves, but not 299 VERSE 3. floh.z5.5. . g r Cora5,x o. h Phil.4. 13. i Rom7 zo. k Gal.z.z.a. Efai 29.13, Efai.m, 0,11. LUk.3 4 17e 4..saaeseaussmolassms
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