Epiflle o S. Paul to Titus. CHAr.t.it4 Pfe. 2. Hence may be noted, that wherefoeuer finne is pardoned, it 5 t9 is altopurged, Rom. 8. z. There is no condemnation to them that are in le- sinncis neuer fey Chr{fl : for the lam ofthefpirit of lifefreeth themfrom the lam o`fMneand pardoned iput, death : that is,not onely from the curieof the law,but euen that law and god power of finne it felfe which wouldRill hold vs in the feruice of it. Hee (hall die in his finne , that dieth not vnto his finne: not that finne can be I Rom.e,a. fo dead as not remaine; but ifit lie not bleeding,by verme of that Croke whichChrif in his death bath giuen it , if the force of is be not abated, and thouefcaped from the ruleof it, Chrifls blood doch thee no good. excellently doch the Lord Iefus himfelfe in his (peach toPeter ap- prooue this truth ? If Irvafhtheenot,thouhaf>tnopare inme: and no part Ioh.tt, in Chrifi, no pardon of fume. Dareany man then dreame of his recon- ciliation with God, that finds not boline& daily preuailing againfl corruption, and the endeauour of puritie inheart and life, again( that fowle impuritie that fickes faf and cleaueth vntoboth ?or dare any vn- fanétified heart., which in that it bath fet it (elfe vpon a refolued courre in finne, is arebell veto God, lay chime vntoany part of the death and merit of Chrif, whenChrif hath Paid, that voles he wafh the foule, that partie bath no part in him? No, no, the wedding garment, and this our elder brothers garment is wouen of holineffe, as well as righteoufneffe; and there is no admittance to the flipper of theLambe,no blaringwith- out either. Vfe. 3. Let both thefeconfderations mooue vs tobe euer wafhing and eleanling our felues from our vncleannes, and neuer to be at ref till we finde our (clues, although not free from blackneffe , yet comely, as theChurch confeffethof her (elfe. And becaure this is the cheife vfeof this do6trine, I will hand a little longer to propound in it two points:I. themeanes and notes which we mull vfe,and by whichwe muff difcern our (clues to be wafhcd and purged. 2. thercafons or motiues, to vfe carefully thofemeanes. For the former : A man that meaneth to be neate and cleanly, a. bee Means otour ( willingly lookethhimfelte in a glaffe, bee is not an tie with the artie Pnr¡h,óto be v g p that fetteth the glaffe beforehim, but he talleth for it, that bee may fee r what (pots are about him,and looketh ueare that he may di(cerne them: euen fo a man that would be purged,muf often fet the glaffe of the law before him,will not be angrywith him that preachethanrr propoundeth the law vnto him,wherebyhe may fee his fowle (potsand diforders.And here is one difference betweene the cleane and vncleane;one cannot en- dure co takenoticeofhis fiithines, his heart will abide no gaging nor founding:the other bath a purpofe co be cleanly, and would haue the leaf} filthabout him difcouered, that it may be remooued. K k Secondly,
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