&ptflle ofS. Paulto rátfr. part, andaccepted on Gods part for vs, but all that euer we canmake, in way of thatskefulneffe, vee acknowledge our felpes bound vnto.Let the blinded Papif}(who teacheth,that he can látisfre the whole lawof God, andyet reuetfeth it with the fame breath , when he faith , prohuiue vita fiatu,) worke to fatisfie, we will to tellifie our thankfulnes, in that wee are freed from fogreat bondage. endpurge vs to be apeculiarpeople vetohímfelfe,] Chrift by his death purgeth vs twowaies. t.By obtaining our re- million offinnes, and abfoluing vs bothfrom the guilt and punifhment of them : and this is the iullificacionofa (inner before God, which he effe&cd once and abfoltïrely vpon the croffe, of which we baue fpoken in the words immediately foregoing : the latter way is by freeing vs, from the filth and contagion offinne, and this is the fan&ification of a finner,and is not done at once,but is daily while we liué in this world a- rifing to fartherperfe&ion : andof this purging our Apoflle now fpeak- eth,thewhich heaffirmeth to be a fruit of the death ofChrift, as well as the former. From the right conceiuingof which, chofe places may not binder vs, where our fan&ificationmay feeme to takean other rife : as where the holy Ghoft is called that cleanewater,wherebywe are wafhed, Ezech.36.2 5.1will powre cleaxe water vponyou, andyeeAudi bewadedfrom yourfilthines, and fromyour Idols : for it is the Lord Iefus, who by the power ofhiseternall fpiritoffcreth his blood as the materiali and meri- ting caufe ofour clenfing,without which diuine and effcauall power of the fpiric, theftefhbadprofitednothing. Where wemeet with fuchpla- ces, which afcribe it fometinae to the word, as Chrift to his difciplesyee areallcleane, by theword which F haue fpoken vetoyou;fometime to the Sacraments, A61.22.16. Be baptiz.edandwafh away thy firmer: and fotnt ime to faith, A&.1 5.9. bepurifiedtheir heartsby faith: all theft: (peaches con- fpire together in this fame truth rightly apprehended. For Chrift is the onely agent in our fan&ification in and byall chefe : he giueth faithand fan&ificth by it, as by an internal' meane and inflrument whereby wee receiue our cleaning; he fended) Miniflers with his word , and fara&ifi- eth by it, as by an external' meane wherein fan&ification is offered:and with his Sacraments,chatby tht as an other outward means,tbat inward fan&ification might be reprefented and fealed. Thus Dauid prayeth, Purge me withhyffope, that is, wafhaway my finne with the bloodof shy Soune,which is fhadowed in chefe legal fprinklings made with hyffope: and thus are diuerfeother Sacramental) Ipeechesto be vnderflood. Doflr. Redemption and fan&ification are infeparable companions: none is redeemed,who is not purged:theblood of Chrift bath this don- K k 2 bit CHAP.2.1q. 517 Chrift purgeth his people two wale,. 2 Hcbr.9.rq. Pfdl.¢.7. cs:. pounded. Redemption & fandification areinfeparable companions.
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