Thefinful n ef e of Sinne. 243 $41tar which fanetifieth the offering) Now Chril is the eftltar which fanetifieth all our ipirituall facrifices, Their facrifices ¡hall bee accepted upon mine Altar, and thej ¡hall come up with acceptance upon mineítar,Efay 56.7 360.7. Thefe things being thus premited, we conclude, fir&, A wicked man cannot doe thole things at all which are fo eífentially and inherently good, as that the very opus eperatssm or doing of them is from the fpirit of Cbrift, as to live cod, to null him, and depend upon him : fir as there are forne things in nature which cannot be coun- terfeited or refembled ; the fhape of a man may bee pi&ur d,but the life cannot, nor the reafon,nor any thing that loth immediatelie pertaine to the Effence of man : fo there are forne things in grace which cannot by hypo - crifie be done neither in the thing it felfe, nor in the man- ner of doing it, becaufe finceritie, fpiritualneffe, and fili- all refpefts belong to the-very fubflance and matter of the duty: Secondly, other workes, whole goodneffe d.oth not cleave needfully to the doing of them, but to the man- ner of doing them wicked men may pet forme : but then they doe them onely ethically, and in confpettu hominum, with relation to menand manners : not fpiritually as un- to God, nor in obedience or refpea to him. For firft, the Spirit c.f Grace is Chrifts Spirit,7m.8.9, Ga1.4.6. and our flefh is quite contrary unto it,Ca1.5 , t 7.4nd none have this Spirit, but they who have fellowfhip with the Father and the Son, avd are united unto him,t Ioh. 4.13. none of which dignities belong to wicked men. Secondly, every thing that is fpirituali is vi all, for the Spirit quickneth ; the Spirit of Hólineffe never comes but with a refurre6i- on,Rom.t,¢,Rom. S to,ii. 2 Cor,3.6, and therefore he is called the Spirit of life, Ro.8.2. but now as the perfons of wicked men, fo their works are all dead, Fleb. 9..14. and therefore not being done fpiritualli and obedientiall, im- R 2 potable Mat.z;. r9. vid. Aug .ep.48 & cont. iulian! Pelag 1ib.4.c.l, De Xnpt. & cont. lib. r.c.;. Retraet lib. z. cap. 3.
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