.· we can fay,I am Chrifts. It fervts to inlhud us therefore in the necdfary connexion of thefe two, Iujlific~tion and S~tnctijcation, againfi the ! idle £lander of Pap;!fs, that finfully rraduce tb~t1 Dddrine,asifwe were Solifideans,as ifwe feve- \ redierjlijcAtion fram Sanaijic.JtiOtJ. No,wehold j he~e. that when~orve.r C~rifi is ours, rhete is a)' Spatt of Sancbficauon m us, to yedd a·n to I \ 441 ~ s~R.xx .i l 1 Chrill:, though this refignationbe not pref~nrly l perfect. I This likewife helps us (by way of DiteCl:ion) ~fo . 3· J to under!l:and the 'Covenant of Gr~ce, and the :0 dt::Je~~~:'Ji Seales of the Covenant,. what they m(orce and the cownant oft comprife)not only what Godwill doe tous; but Grace, the duty we are to doe to him againe,thoughwe doe it in his ftrength. A Covenant holds not ofl one fide, but otJ both, (hrift ii mine; ·and I Am chrijfsagaine, 1 wiU he tht'ir God, but ~heymuft havegra'e to be my people,and then the Covenant is made up. Th~Covenant of Grac·eis focalleti, becaufe 6od is fogracdot1s as to inableus toperf(!)rme our owne part. · ., . . And fo in the Sealesof t-he Covenant,in Bap- JnflanceJ' in the Seaftt of tifme, God doth not only bind himfelfe ro doe the Co'tlenant. r-hus and thus-to us,but binds us alfo to dee backe agal1.1e to hitn. So in the Communion we promife'to kad a new life,.renewingour Covenant; 'and thereforewe mufl' nc>t thinke that all is well, 'whenwehave r~cdvtd: c>u~ maker, though we 1 continucdn,afaandalaus:;frui:rleffe courfe of life. No there is a promife in the Sacrament,:t-he Seale of the Covenamtofgrace, toy.e.eld !1p our fdves
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