00 VERSE 3. Thef4ithfidareChris on'npeople. not vvi:h fruit : fo, accordingunto the feverall venues or kindes offaith , may the degrees oftnens ingrafiure into iain.z.a6'. Chrifl bee judged of There is a deadynoperacive faith, which like Adam after his fall bath the nakedneffe thereofcoveredonely with leaves, with !mere formal! & hypocriticall conformities. And there is an unfained, lively, and effeauall faith ; which is availeable to thofe purpofes for which faith was appointed, namely to ju- Me theperfon , to purifiethe heart,toquench tempta- tions, to carry a man with wifedomeand an unblame- able converfation through this prefent world, to worke by love, to-grow andmake a manabound in the fervice ofthe Lord. And this diflin6tion our Saviorgiveth us, Iohag.z. That therearefomebranches in him IT hichBeare not fruit, and thofe he taketh away: Andothers whichBearefruit, and thofc hee purgeth that they may bring forth more. Thole onely arc the branches , which bee defires to owne. And thus to belong unto Chia is that onely which maketh us 7%.4 *do& and tic vsel =IvanApurchafed, a peculiar peopleunto him. And there are feverall wayes ofevidencingit.I will onelyname two or three,and moil in the Text. Firft , wee muff know that Chrift is a Morning-flarre , a Somme ofRighteoulisere , and fo ever comes to the {bilk withfelfe-evidencing properties. Vnto him belongeth that royall prerogative, to writerefle Meipfo in the heartsofmen, tobee himfelfe thewitneffe tohis owne Ads, purchafes, andcovenants. Therefore his Spirit came in tonguesoffire, and in a mighty winde, all which have feverall wayes ofmanifelling themfelvf:s, and Randnot in needofany borrowed or forraigne con- firmations. If Chriti thenbee in the heart hee will dd. cover himfelfe. His Spirit is the Original! of Grace and itrength, as concupifcence isoffine. It is a feed in the heart which will fpring up and Phew it cafe. And therefore as lull cloth take the &ft advantage of the faint Tim.
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