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into_o a_o condition_n of_o not-guilty_a another_o thing_n to_o make_v he_o a_o honest_a man_n and_o not_o inclinable_a to_o the_o like_a offence_n again_o the_o former_a of_o these_o relate_v to_o justification_n the_o other_o to_o sanctification_n adoption_n be_v the_o complete_n of_o justification_n as_o regeneration_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o sanctification_n and_o it_o be_v the_o latter_a of_o these_o that_o the_o text_n mean_v in_o be_v bear_v again_o but_o though_o the_o notion_n be_v different_a the_o thing_n do_v always_o go_v both_o together_o and_o so_o the_o text_n tell_v we_o except_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o he_o can_v see_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n we_o can_v expect_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n by_o adoption_n and_o so_o entitle_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n unless_o we_o be_v first_o the_o son_n of_o god_n by_o regeneration_n and_o so_o make_v partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o this_o be_v the_o result_n of_o what_o we_o discourse_v more_o full_o the_o last_o time_n to_o show_v the_o necessity_n of_o this_o change_n of_o nature_n in_o those_o who_o shall_v see_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n there_o remain_v yet_o two_o thing_n to_o be_v as_o we_o then_o say_v consider_v 1._o from_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o this_o necessity_n of_o a_o new_a birth_n proceed_v and_o 2._o by_o what_o power_n it_o must_v be_v wrought_v and_o after_o that_o to_o make_v application_n as_o to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o necessity_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v of_o man_n in_o a_o double_a capacity_n first_o as_o god_n make_v he_o and_o second_o as_o he_o make_v himself_o god_n make_v man_n upright_o say_v solomon_n but_o he_o have_v find_v out_o many_o invention_n eccles._n 7.29_o god_n at_o first_o create_v man_n after_o his_o own_o image_n gen._n 1.26_o 27._o in_o knowledge_n righteousness_n and_o true_a holiness_n eph._n 4.24_o col._n 3.10_o void_a of_o all_o sin_n habitual_a or_o actual_a and_o have_v we_o continue_v in_o such_o a_o state_n as_o wherein_o god_n make_v we_o there_o will_v have_v be_v no_o necessity_n of_o this_o change_n of_o nature_n we_o have_v then_o without_o it_o continue_v holy_a and_o happy_a have_v there_o be_v no_o sin_n there_o have_v be_v no_o need_n of_o a_o new-birth_n have_v there_o not_o be_v a_o degeneration_n from_o what_o god_n make_v we_o at_o first_o there_o have_v be_v no_o need_n of_o a_o regeneration_n to_o reestate_v we_o in_o it_o but_o man_n by_o sin_n have_v lose_v his_o holiness_n lose_v his_o happiness_n also_o as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n come_v upon_o all_o so_o death_n or_o misery_n the_o effect_n of_o sin_n rom._n 5.12_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n and_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v or_o as_o the_o margin_n read_v it_o in_o who_o all_o have_v sin_v and_o so_o grotius_n render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la quem_fw-la by_o who_o ver._n 14._o even_o upon_o they_o who_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n transgression_n that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v common_o understand_v even_o on_o child_n who_o have_v not_o sin_v by_o imitation_n or_o as_o adam_n do_v and_o so_o grotius_n etiam_fw-la pueros_fw-la nullius_fw-la commissi_fw-la reos_fw-la v_o 13._o from_o whence_o st._n paul_n there_o infer_v that_o there_o be_v sin_n even_o in_o such_o as_o without_o which_o they_o will_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o death_n and_o david_n tell_v we_o of_o himself_o psal._n 51.5_o i_o be_v shape_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n do_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o and_o st._n paul_n likewise_o rom._n 7.18_o i_o know_v that_o
be_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n notwithstanding_o the_o folly_n of_o man_n those_o admonition_n of_o quench_v not_o the_o spirit_n 1_o thes._n 4.19_o grieve_v not_o the_o spirit_n eph._n 4.30_o walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o you_o shall_v not_o fulfil_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n gal._n 5.16_o be_v intend_v for_o serious_a advice_n and_o why_o shall_v we_o grieve_v that_o spirit_n which_o be_v to_o be_v our_o comforter_n joh._n 14.26_o and_o 15.26_o by_o who_o we_o be_v seal_v to_o the_o day_n of_o redemption_n eph._n 1.13_o and_o 4.30_o and_o david_n pray_v in_o good_a earnest_n psal._n 51.10_o create_v in_o i_o a_o clean_a heart_n o_o god_n and_o renew_v a_o right_a spirit_n within_o i_o v._n 11._o take_v not_o thy_o holy_a spirit_n from_o i_o v._n 12._o uphold_v i_o with_o thy_o free_a spirit_n nor_o do_v god_n mock_v we_o when_o he_o promise_v to_o pour_v his_o spirit_n upon_o all_o flesh_n joel_n 2.28_o nor_o christ_n when_o he_o say_v his_o father_n will_v give_v his_o holy_a spirit_n to_o they_o that_o ask_v luke_n 11.13_o and_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n be_v very_o severe_a against_o those_o that_o do_v despite_n to_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n heb._n 10.29_o and_o who_o blaspheme_n or_o speak_v against_o the_o holy_a spirit_n mat._n 12.31_o 32._o nor_o will_v the_o folly_n of_o some_o who_o may_v pretend_v to_o what_o they_o have_v not_o excuse_v the_o malice_n of_o other_o who_o make_v a_o mock_n of_o holy_a thing_n but_o to_o return_v this_o change_n of_o nature_n must_v i_o say_v be_v wrought_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n not_o but_o that_o we_o must_v be_v active_a also_o in_o a_o diligent_a use_n of_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n whereby_o god_n spirit_n do_v ordinary_o work_v grace_n in_o we_o as_o pray_v hear_v and_o read_v the_o word_n of_o god_n keep_v his_o sabbath_n and_o other_o of_o his_o ordinance_n for_o god_n have_v appoint_v they_o for_o that_o very_a end_n that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n may_v by_o they_o work_v grace_n in_o 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when_o they_o do_v it_o be_v not_o without_o a_o special_a concurrence_n of_o god_n with_o they_o and_o not_o mere_o from_o other_o circumstantial_o or_o a_o power_n of_o our_o own_o without_o it_o and_o our_o church_n say_v the_o same_o in_o her_o ten_o article_n in_o the_o word_n the_o condition_n of_o man_n after_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n be_v such_o that_o he_o can_v turn_v or_o prepare_v himself_o by_o his_o own_o natural_a strength_n and_o good_a work_n to_o faith_n and_o call_v upon_o god_n wherefore_o we_o have_v no_o power_n to_o do_v good_a work_n pleasant_a and_o acceptable_a to_o god_n without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n by_o christ_n prevent_v we_o that_o we_o may_v have_v a_o good_a will_n and_o work_v with_o we_o when_o we_o have_v that_o good_a will_n if_o any_o shall_v yet_o inquire_v as_o nicodemus_n here_o how_o can_v these_o thing_n be_v joh._n 3.10_o how_o be_v it_o that_o god_n or_o his_o spirit_n can_v thus_o work_v upon_o our_o heart_n man_n be_v a_o free_a agent_n or_o how_o this_o be_v consistent_a with_o the_o freedom_n of_o man_n will_n or_o the_o like_a i_o do_v not_o know_v that_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o trouble_v ourselves_o with_o those_o nice_a inquiry_n sure_o it_o be_v that_o when_o we_o act_v we_o act_n free_o not_o against_o our_o will_n certum_fw-la est_fw-la august_n nos_fw-la velle_fw-la cum_fw-la volumus_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la velimus_fw-la be_v a_o know_v say_v in_o the_o case_n when_o we_o will_v it_o be_v voluntary_a but_o it_o be_v god_n make_v we_o thus_o to_o will_n and_o st._n paul_n long_v before_o it_o be_v god_n which_o work_v in_o we_o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v of_o his_o good_a pleasure_n phil._n 2.13_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o if_o we_o say_v god_n work_v we_o know_v not_o how_o it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o he_o do_v not_o work_v if_o we_o do_v not_o know_v how_o the_o bone_n grow_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o she_o that_o be_v with_o child_n eccles._n 11.5_o which_o yet_o we_o know_v do_v grow_v we_o may_v as_o likely_a be_v ignorant_a how_o god_n work_v in_o the_o new-birth_n we_o have_v in_o job_n 38._o a_o great_a many_o hard_a question_n concern_v natural_a thing_n which_o god_n himself_o put_v to_o job_n to_o check_v his_o curiosity_n in_o high_a matter_n which_o will_v trouble_v any_o of_o we_o to_o answer_v as_o to_o the_o particular_a manner_n and_o yet_o in_o general_a that_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o we_o can_v deny_v st._n paul_n rom._n 9.19_o to_o such_o captious_a question_n why_o do_v he_o yet_o complain_v for_o who_o have_v resist_v his_o will_n make_v this_o grave_a reply_n v_o 20._o nay_o but_o o_o man_n who_o be_v thou_o that_o dispute_a against_o god_n it_o be_v hard_a for_o we_o to_o set_v bound_n to_o the_o almighty_a to_o say_v what_o he_o do_v or_o what_o he_o may_v do_v modesty_n become_v we_o herein_o vain_a man_n say_v zophar_n in_o job_n job_n 11.12_o will_v needs_o be_v wise_a though_o man_n be_v bear_v like_o a_o wild_a ass_n colt_n nor_o be_v it_o for_o we_o to_o give_v law_n to_o the_o almighty_a or_o say_v unto_o he_o what_o do_v thou_o and_o here_o if_o ever_o that_o counsel_n of_o solomon_n be_v seasonble_a eccl._n 5.2_o be_v not_o rash_a with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o let_v not_o thy_o heart_n be_v hasty_a to_o utter_v any_o thing_n before_o god_n for_o god_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o thou_o upon_o earth_n therefore_o let_v thy_o word_n be_v few_o and_o our_o saviour_n here_o to_o nicodemus_n from_o our_o ignorance_n in_o earthly_a thing_n plead_v for_o a_o modest_a submission_n in_o thing_n of_o a_o high_a nature_n joh._n 3.8_o the_o wind_n blow_v where_o it_o list_v thou_o hear_v the_o sound_n thereof_o but_o can_v not_o tell_v whence_o it_o come_v and_o whither_o it_o go_v so_o be_v every_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o spirit_n ver._n 12._o and_o if_o in_o earthly_a thing_n we_o be_v at_o a_o loss_n how_o much_o more_o in_o heavenly_a and_o solomon_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o the_o place_n before_o cite_v eccl._n 11.5_o as_o thou_o know_v not_o what_o be_v the_o way_n of_o the_o spirit_n nor_o how_o the_o bone_n grow_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o she_o that_o be_v with_o child_n even_o so_o thou_o know_v not_o the_o work_n of_o god_n who_o make_v all_o it_o be_v common_o either_o from_o a_o vain_a curiosity_n or_o proud_a arrogance_n that_o make_v man_n over_o confident_a in_o such_o thing_n i_o find_v the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n do_v for_o a_o long_a time_n for_o aught_o we_o see_v rest_v satisfy_v with_o that_o first_o general_a promise_n that_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n gen._n 3.25_o that_o god_n will_v by_o some_o bear_v of_o a_o woman_n find_v a_o way_n they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o deliver_v we_o from_o that_o wretched_a condition_n which_o by_o the_o serpent_n malice_n and_o subtlety_n be_v bring_v upon_o we_o without_o be_v over_o inquisitive_a when_o or_o how_o or_o by_o who_o it_o shall_v be_v bring_v about_o till_o god_n see_v fit_a in_o his_o own_o time_n upon_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n to_o declare_v it_o more_o plain_o and_o full_o and_o in_o like_a manner_n when_o god_n promise_v to_o circumcise_v our_o heart_n deut._n 6.30_o to_o give_v we_o a_o new_a heart_n and_o put_v a_o new_a spirit_n within_o we_o ezek._n 36.26_o to_o take_v away_o the_o heart_n of_o stone_n and_o give_v we_o a_o heart_n of_o flesh_n ezek._n 11.19_o to_o put_v his_o law_n in_o our_o inward_a part_n and_o write_v it_o in_o our_o heart_n jer._n 31.33_o to_o put_v his_o fear_n