CHAP.2.aI. 458 A&.,.}.i6 4 1.Ioh.3.0. tx. pounded. III a.Cor.S.ra. Grace truely receiuedbath taught to deny ali vngodlines. Mk 31.9. Vngodlineffc branchedinto fowrc h cads. TowardGod himielfc. cí1Commentarie upon the is neuer gained to theaól tree is in. 3. an endeauour anfwerable to that will ; Paul; endeavour war tckeepeagoodconfeience before God and all men: Pfalm. I t 9.6.1jhall not bee confoundedwhen I hauerefpe5l JO all thy Com. maandements. Indeede the beleeuer is like a prisoner with bolts on his heeles, who hauing efcaped the prifon, cannot flie his danger as fafi as he would , cannot denie what he would, but yet fome progreffe hee ma keth; flowiyhegoeth forward, but asfall ashe can , according CO the meafure of grace received..}. what he denieth not for the prefent , hee deniethnot longafter, yea denieth himfelfe for it, and is neuer quiet vn_ till he hauemet God in the wayes ofrepentance. Thus he that is borne of God .is Paid , not tofinne, both in that he commits not finne fully, the feede teeing inhim; as alto becaufe it is againll his purpofe,will, endea. uour betides that, he lyeth not in his finne, and fo finneth not vnto death. Thirdly, there is a poflibilitie in this do&rine in regard of God: accep. talion; who in his Cbri(i accepteth of our weake indeauours , of the will for the deed, and the truthofdefirefor perfeEìion of aólion, and fo ma_ keth vs more then conquerours. Inall which points we fee, how thefe arenot impofhible Ieffons to beleeuers; but no maruell if they be impof- tible to fuch as neuer endeauour in them, whofc libertie grace bath not yet wrought, who for their purpofeimagine euill; for their wills rebell againti God;for their indeauour,they let themfelues on a way that is not goodand in whole ties, finne committed is but a (mall thing. So much of themeaning, now follow the doólriues. DoEtr. i . Whofocuer bath truely receiued the grace of God,is taught thereby to denie all vn;odlines: and whereas vngodlines fecketh both to fixe deepe rootes in the heart,as allo to difplay the branches abroad in the life; grace teacheth to thine two waies againll it. I. in purging the heart, a. in (hikingoff the armes, which are(as we fay)aboue ground,fo as neither route nor branch is feared. The frrfl thing that graceattempteth, is tomake the infidecleane,and the roóte holy, by wotking trueand fauing faith in the foule, the pro.. pertie ofwhich is, topurifie the heart. Now as for the branches of vn- godline ffe,becaufe they are veric many, it (hallnot be amiffe to enquire into forceofthe principall,to the endwe may the better acknowwledge the worke of Gods grace exprefling the farne in vs. And as they looke and firetch many waits, fomay we reduce them to fowre heads: a. force refpetSlÇodhimfelfe, a.fomehis worthip. 3. folne hisordinances. 4. feint a'mans owne felt-0. The fitU branch of vagodlineffe is, to be ignorant ofGod, not to fee or to deny him in his power,mercie,care, prouidence, iutlice,blefiìngs, affli éii-
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