H A P.2. Rn Expofrtion vpon the f'econd V e R,13. God and men, who profeffe to know their owne eletion, while they are i abominable, difoóedient, and to euery good worke reprobate; yea from any good worke, abhorrent,of any holy gift, deflitute; to anysknowne finne, addiaed. The meanes fpecified, are fir.!], fan5ification. Second- ly, iuflification, implied in faith. The order feemes inuer- ted, but thus conceiue : famtification, though pofleriour in order of nature, yet is firfi in euidence, and our know- ledge; trueth of faith, title to iuflification, being not knowne of vs, till wee feele the power of Gods Spirit fan &ifying. That fanaitie is a meane, Scriptures are plentiful!. See Heb. I2.14. i. Pet. i.2. Congruitie you will eafily difcerne, if you confider: i The t caller, and choofer is holy. a The habitation fo holy, that it u admits no vncleane thing to enter. 3 To damne deuils for vnholineffe, to face men though vnholy, how had it lien open to exception and quarell of damned fpirits. There is fane`litie, firfl, * ciuile. So children borne in vnequall wedlocke, to TheophyIaa, are called holy, id eft, legitimate, not furious. a Faderall; fo X all rods people holy, all of the Church vifible. 3 Sacramental]; fo Apo_ fiataes '' fan&ified with the blood of Chrift, the Sacra- ment of it, Baptifine. 4 Opinatiue, of Phariaficall hypo- crites in their owne, and other mens opinion, holy. 5 Re- all,and true,called here the Sanïlification of the fpirit ; vn- derfland not ours, but Gods; as Rom. i.4. This the marke of election, meane of faluation. The nature of it is in two things : i Purging our hearts from thofe vitious propenfions natural]; 2 from all filthi- neffe of flefi, and fpirit. a Planting in vs as feedes of ver- tuous life, holy qualities, and inclinations; a fruiter of the fpirit as Paul (tiles them. This habitual] bolineff'e : according are their aóìes and exercife, for they b fuller vs not to bee idle and vnfruitfull. i A confiant care and endeuour to e keepe our felues vrr- fpotted ofthe world. 2 a Shelving forth the vernier of him that
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