CHAP.I.I 5. 282 Aa.rsq, Iob 4,78. Romy.r8. Denominatiofic I ¡arce mcliore Reafons why men fanetified in partarc cal- led pure. Canr,6.9. leltr;ro. 1 2 3 4 Commentarievpon the by our captiuitie veder finne, our vifge is become blather then a code: But apurity of an other qtiality,fuch a one as is renued vpon vs,by the Lords beholdingvs,and cleauing veto vs,& not that ihiniug and fpotles puri- ty, which we had while we were able to behold him, & cleaue vetohim, This puritie then is not let in vs by nature, but made ours by grace; and being the puritie ofour Mediator,is imputed unto fo many,as fhal Gand righteous in the fight ofGod the Father.Theperlons therefore here cal - Jedpure, are fuchas byfaithare let intoChrìG, by whole blood they are iuhtfied, and by whole fpirit through the meansof the word,that humor. tall feede of regeneration , they are faorlified and referued unto lifee- uerlaGing.And hence to both there is the purifying and cleanfing of fin - ners afcribed in the Scriptures. I. Faith not onely as a hand laieth hold on all arias righreoufnefle, to make the fanner (land iuG before God; but inwardlyby littleand littlepurrfeththeheurt,and caufeth that purity to brealce out to the eyes ofothers as well as our felues. And 2. for the word in Iob. t 5.13. Now areyee cleane through the word¡haut f o1 enunto yen. ell. But how can fuch perlons be called pure, Peeing the Lord fin- deth no puritie in she Angels themfelues, and how much leffe in thofe whodrvcllin houlsofclay ?and betidesPaul euen a regenerate man, exclai= meth that hekueweno goodbyhimfelfe. Anfry. That placeof Iobdeniethh not puritie to the Angels fimply,but onely comparing theirs with Gods: it is as a littleGreame , yea a droppe to the ocean, which is nothing in comparifon. And for that of the ApoGle, it was with him as it is with other beleeuers;who are able co difcouer more droffe then gold in them- (clues; and therefore neither he, much leffe ordinary and common Chri- Gians, can be called purc:of the greater part , but onely of the better. Hence is it, that though belecuers haue receiued the fpirit but in weake meafure, yet are called fpitituall ; andbeeing farre from perfe&ion, are yet calledperfect; not by that legali perfection which is entire in all the degrees, but that Euangelicall which bringeth all the parts forward to- wards thofe degrees. Nay more,ChriG himfelfe called) hisloue allfaire, and faith there is no fpot in her, yea, aspure as the Swine, asfaire as the Nloone: and to his ApoGles,that they were all clean, Carrie whit, faue Iu- das : 1, becaufe by faith,eucrie memberof the Church laieth hold upon Chrifs moli ablolute puritie. 2. the fpirit of regeneration bath wafhed euery parc,although in part only; nor lo cleane as it Thal be,yet fo as that perfeht puritie is Pealed & affured to the foule by it. 3. the Lord doff) ac- count euery fuels beieeuer pure euen for the prefent, & imputeth neuer a fpotvisto them,butreputeth in his Clara}Allflare. 4.hathpromifed them that for time to come, theyChad become foabfolutely cleane,as though they
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