Mar 374 VERSE 3. Efai.8.18. Eieb. z42,13. Gal.4.26. Cor.4.if. Philea3. vac,. Ga1.4.19. I Pet.i.z3. 1-01-:A.i .5, GAL4.19. Ad.w.31. ChriftsfubjeEls arehis Children. ved , and brought forth. Here then wee have foure notes. Firil,that all Chrifls fubjeas are withall his Children. They are borneonto him. ChrtfliAnity is a 'Boll), exapc a manbee borne againe, bee cannot fee the Kingdomc of God. There is a Father. our Father by genera- tion ; Behold, Iand the Children whom thoPs haft given mee;as wee are his brethren by adoption. the is not orfba- med to call brethren. There is a Mother , Ierufalern which is above is the itiotherofto all. And there arefob- ordinae infiroments , both of one and other, the holy Apoffles, Evangelifls,Doaors and Paflors,who there- fore are fornetimes called Fathers begetting au, inChris Iefu:. I havebegottenyou throtigh thegap!' ; and fonae- times Mothers boaring,and bringingfortkofwhono Itra- vel! in birthagainefoal Chris"l beeformed ivy:v. There is a holyfeed out ofwhich thefe Children of Chrill are formed; namely the WordofGod, which limb and abi- deth for ever. For the heart of a man newborne unto Chria cometh from the word asa paper from the preffe, or as a garment from a perfume transformed into that quality of fpiritualneffe and holineffe which is in the word. There is a Vts 07\.24, orformative vertue, which is the energie and concurrence ofthe Spirit ofgrace with the word , for the truth isnot obeyed but by the Spirit, except a man bee borne of water and the Spirit, water as the feed,and the Spirit as the formative vertue quick- :ring and actuating that feed , heecannot enter into the Kingdome ofGod. There are Throws and panes both in the Mother and in the Childe; much trouble and care in the miniffery of the word, eaPoo ; with whomI travellinpaine againe. I ceafednot towarne everyone night andday with teares. As a woman with Childe,by reafon of the fore and danger ofmifcarriages , doth abridge her klfeofmany liberties ,, motes , phyfick, violent exercife,and the like;fo thofe who=vain birth with
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