1Z®R1.4.2I. 2 Co[. l I. I o. C H A P. 2. Expo /Ition upon thefecond V e R.13. faith, knowledge, are then fauing,when they are a!feetiue; haue influence vpon the affeaion, command and draw the will: See z.Ioh.a.3. Gal. 5.6. 2 Confider it , grade eminenti , though thou vnder- aand it general! faith, fo its marke of fa 'nation : gift pecu- liar to Gods children, w ho oncly feele the conuerting,and confuting power of the word, and haue to their yvwPts, alrSn ?is ioyned. Phil.I.9. 3 Take it cum exercitio & ef/I atia in artibus elicits? ant Imperatis, fo a marke of elcc ion ; when it n reorkes by loue, o purifieth the heart, emboldens to confeffion, P excites to deuotion, &c. Propofitions of the Gefpe1 propounded in termes generali, are intentionally particular, and fo to bee vnder- ffood : Lee beleeues not as the Gofpel requires it felfe to be belieued, who onely belieucs Chri(l glue hin,felie a price of Redemption for (inners; except as 'Paul bee be- lieue; Chrii louedhim, andgane himfrlfe for him. Galat. 2. 20. Who fo belieues the Gofpel as true to him, and particularizeth the generali to his owne Perron, he onely belieues modo competenti. And thus is beliefe of trueth a marke of eleetion ; it being impoflible for any reprobate, or deuil! thus applicatiuely to belieue, becaufe they want euidence, q tefiimonieof fpirit, whereout it iffues. Pretious is faith, more then gold that perifheth. z In- terefling vs to Chrifis righteoufiseffe. z r quenching the fiery darts of the deuill. 3 r Conquering the world. 4 Euidencing eleblion. s (..91/taking acceptable our zweake fer- uices, &c. More then any grace of faulted by Satan, in Gods children; which is not the left: euidence of the ex- cellencie of it,the greater fhould be our care to nourifh it. Meanes are fiat, meditations of Gods r faithfulnef e and power. Secondly,obferuation of-Gods merciful! dea- ling with others. Thirdly, regiflring, our ° owne experi- ences. Fourthly, vie of Word, Sacraments, Prayer and o- ther deuotión. VERS.
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