-0 thou foirefl among~omen,&c. But how commeth jhe t8 !Je thus jttire? S BR • XIII. It is in regard that foe tJ c/Qathed with cbrijls !l!!ffl ro6es,Rev.Iz.thereis a womae memioned,cloa- .Anfw. thed with the Sunne:We were all innobled with The fh·urd1 u the image of God at the firft ; but afi:er we had faire in regarJ finned,we were berefi:of that Ima&e; ther~for.e ~f~~~h~~if.J now all our beauty muft be cloatbmg, wh1cb IS · not naturall to man but attificiall, fetched from other things, our beauty aow is borrowed, it is not connatural with us,the beauty ofthe Church. now comes from the head of the Church ·Chrift,·£he ihinesin the beames ofher husband; not onely in lufiification, but io Sanctification ~~ . 'Ihe church is lsvely 11ntl f4ire agttine, tU .from 1 'j ~le · Chrifts imputative righteoufoefeJo.from bit righte- g::C~~Qfoe~!,, iufoejfe inherent inhcr,thegrdcts.foehAth.fro~ him; ft~• chrift /b for of him we receive Grace for Gra,ce, there is !Jhmer. never a Grace but i~ is beautifull and faire ; for what is Grace but the beamesof Chrifi tho Son of Righteoufnctfe, fo that ,;tll mufi be faire.that comes from the firft faire, all beautifull that comes from the firfi beauty• . :. ' - This beauty of Grace, whereby it makes the Church fo faire fprings from thefe grounds. Firfi, Inthat it itfrom4divine principleandori- ~ ~ ginAU, it it 110t hA{ely hred, liNt .from Heaven, and ' ' · therefore it raifeth the foule above nature, and makes thefubjeas wherein it is as farre furpatfe all other men as men doe bcafis. . ,, :. r Secondly, In r~gard of the:corit-inliance,•it is ·, everlaftingand makes us continue for ever.<.,A Il l X 2 jlefb 1 2, ' ~ ... - -- --..,jo'--~
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