1,1 rL 324 VERSE 3. Pfal.Si.ra. Cor.3.17. ariftspeopleavilliqpeople. 11..........* ,whichmight hinder the evidence offpirituall truth. By which meanes he alto frameth and falbioneth the will to accept,embrace, and love thofe goodthings,ofwhich the tninde is thus prepoffelled. Thirdly,this willingnere ofChrifis people is wrought by the communion andadlipiration ofthe ikirit of Grace, which is afret #.irit oflove and aipirit ofliberty, a fpirit which is in every faculty of man as the foule and principleof itsChriUianity or heavenly being and wor- king. And therefore it makes every faculty fecundum modum uibi propritem to worke unto fpirituall ends and objeas. As the foule in the eye caufeth that to fee, and ithe care to heare,and in the tongue to fpeake : fo the fpirit of Grace-in the min-de caufeth it rightly to trnder- fland, and in the will caufeth it freely to defire heavenly things; and inevery facultie caufeth it tomove towards Chrift in filch a way andmaner of working as is fute- able to its nature. Fourthly, this willitignere of Chrilis people arifeth from the apprehenflonofGods defire love, bowelsofmer- ci,and riches ofmolt unfearchable grace, revealed in the face of Iefus Chrifito every brokenand penitent fpirit. Love is naturally., when it is onccapprehended, an At- trat-iiveoflove.And-therefore it is that the Apofile faith, Faithworth by love, that is, By faith firfl the heart is perfwaded and affeSted with Gods Love unto us in Chriflafive4 thefaith oftheSonofgod, Wholovedme, andgave himf;fefor me, Gal. 2.20. Eph.3.17,1 8. Being thus perfwadedofhis love tous, the heart itframed to love him againe: for whocan be perfwadedof fogreat a benefit as the remiffion offinnes, andnot be mofi deep- ly inflamedwith the love ofhim by whom they are re- mittecl? /oh.4.19.bik.7.47. and lafily,by this red- procail loveoftheheart toQuiff; faith becorniooeth Suall to worke :obedience and conformirie 'to his will. Love is thefulfillingof the Law, he that lovesGodwould with
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