conuersation receiued by the traditions of the Fathers but with the pretious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot and many suche like places Yet we are alwaies to vnderstand that a speciall part of our redemption consisteth in the sufferings of his soule For therin he bickered had combat with al the powers of hell damnation which was due for our sins the stings horrors sorrows as Peter Acts 2. calleth them whereof caused him to sweat drops like water bloud trickling downe from his body so great was his agony Luke 22 â—â— as Luke in the 22. chapter recordeth wheÌ„ the angels came to comfort him Againe vpon the crosse the wrath of God did so presse his soule for our sinnes that for extreme anguish this pitifull exclamation was wrested from his mouth Mat 27 49. My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Who can think that these strong cryings teares as in Hebrews 5. they are tearmed Heb 5 7. were euer in the Son of God for because of a bodily death which we do sée many weake men yea which suffer for no good cause amongst vs most constantly to endure In these his sufferinges he hath spoyled death hell as it is written in threatening wise O Death I will be thy death O graue Hosea 13 14 I will be thy destruction And againe in Collossians 2. Collos 2 15. And hee hath spoyled the principalities and powers and hath made a shew of them openly and tryumphed ouer them in the same crosse Qu. But nowe sith none can enioy the ioies of heauen and eternal life but those that fulfill the will of God and perfecte obedience vnto his Lawe Howe shall wee poore sinners doe in this behalfe An. The goodnes of our God hath in this behalfe also prouided for vs raising vp for vs a mightie saluation The Apostle saith in the 4. to the Galathians that Christ was made vnder the law that he might redeeme them which were vnder the lawe Gal 4 v. 4 5. that they might receiue the adoption of sons And againe he saith in the second to the Collossians And you which were deade in sinnes Collos 2. ver 13 14 15. and in the vncircumcision of your flesh hath he quickned together with him that is Christ forgiuing all your trespasses and putting out the hande writing of ordinances that was against vs which was contrarie to vs he euen tooke it out of the way and fastened it vnto his crosse Againe 1 Rom 10 4 in Romans the 10. Christ is the end of the law for righteousnes vnto euerie one that beleeueth 1 Cor 1 30. Lastly in 1. Corinthians 1. it is said that Christ is made of God our wisedome righteousnesse sanctification redemption that is to say that whatsoeuer we haue néede of to the obteining of eternal life saluation we haue it in him as in a full fraught and plentifull storehouse Qu. Doth this saluatioÌ„ pertaine to all and shall all be partakers of the same An. The saluation is offered to all but none shal haue it but those that beléeue As it is written in the 16. of the gospell after Marke Mark 16 15 Go ye into all the world and preach the gospell to euery creature He that shall beleeue and be baptized shall be saued and he that wil not beleeue shal be damned Qu. What is it to beleeue An. To beléeue is to bee fully perswaded that God the father which hath made me the promise of saluation in his Sonne wil faithfully performe his promise vnto me For as Abraham hauing Gods promise made vnto him as the Apostle affirmeth in the 4. to the Romans did not doubt of the promise through vnbeliefe Rom. 4. â„£ se â—0 21 but was strengthened in the faith and gaue glory to God béeing fully assured that he which had promised was also able to do it euen so also wee hauing Gods promise for saith the apostle in the same place it is not written for him onlie Rom. 4.23 but also for vs must not doubt of the promise through vnbeliefe but bee fully assured to obteine it God béeing both able and faithfull Q. How is faith wrought in men An. Thrée thinges especially for the woorking of faith are to bee noted from the Scripture First the preaching of Gods word For saith the Apostle Romans the 10. How shall they heare without a preacher Rom. 10 15. and how shall they preach except they be sent c. Then faith is by hearing and hearing by the word of God 1. Cor. 1.21 And againe in the 1. Corinthians 1. It pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue Iohn 11.20 Also Iohn the 11. I pray not saith Christ for these my disciples alone but for them also which shall beleeue in me through their word that is their preaching Qu. What is the second thing that you note from the scriptures to be necessary to the begetting of faith An. The second is that hée whiche preacheth be sent authorised of God For how saith the Apostle in the 10. to the Romans shall they preach except they be sent Rom. 10.15 Againe the Prophet Ieremie in his 23. chapter saith Iere. 23 32. I sent them not nor commanded them therfore they being no profit to this people Our sauiour Christ saith in the 10. of Iohn Iohn 10. â„£ s 1 2. That he that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefold but climeth vp some otherway he is a theefe and a robber And in the 10. verse he saith That a theefe commeth not but for to steale to kill and to destroy so farre is it of that they shall beget men to the faith Iob calleth such a messenger a maÌ„ of a thousand in his 33. chapter Iob. 33 23. Qu What is the third thing An. The working of the Holy ghost in the ministration of the word with power in the hearers harts as by these places of Scripture is and by many other may be proued Paule in the fourth chapter of his former Epistle to the Corinthians threatning to come to Corinth to make triall of the doctrine of the false Apostles which were so highly extolled and of the effectualnesse thereof affirmeth 1. Cor. 4. â„£ s 19 20. that the kingdome of God that is the ministrie of the Gospell stands not in word but in the power of the Spirite In the second chapter of the same Epistle he saith â— Cor. 2 4. Neither stood my word and my preaching in the intising speach of mans wisedome but in plaine euidence of the spirite and power that your faith might not bee in the wisedome of men but in the power of God Againe in the former Epistle to the Thessalonians the first chapter 1. Thess 1 5. For our gospell was not vnto you in word onely but also in power and in the Holy ghost In all these
written that we are therfore deliuered by Christ from our enemies Hell Death and Damnation that wee shoulde serue God without feare all the daies of our life in holines and righteousnes before him and in another place that wee should liue soberly Tim. 2 â„£ se 12. righteously and godlye in this presente worlde And in another place That if anye bee in Christ hee must be a new creature 2 Cor 5. And againe Follow peace with all men Heb 12. and holynesse without the which no man shal see the Lorde And to the same effecte there are infinite testimonies of holie Scripture But I would suche mocke-gods were once mindfull of their wofull state which maye rather bee tearmed incarnate Diuels then Christian meÌ„ or members of the holy body of Christ so long as they continue so desperately nought I would good reader either thine or mine admonition might doe some of them good Farewell in Christ and let vs pray in the spirit for the peace and prosperity of Zion our gratious Souereigne Thine in Christ Th. Settle A fardle of Christian duties needful to be taken vp and borne of all such as trauaile towards eternall life according as euery of their callings require 1. That all Christian men and women are bound to go to Church or the place appointed for Gods worship namely where Gods word is preached praiers and Sacraments ministred to ioyne themselues in fellowship in those holy exercises of religion that so they may growe vp in true Christianitie BVt yee shall séeke the place which the Lorde your God shall choose out of all your tribes Deut 12 verse 5. to put his name there and there to dwel thither thou shalt come This place was vnder the lawe Ierusalem or where Gods Arke and tabernacle was pitched And now since Christes birth is all places of the worlde where Gods word and sacramentes are truely preached and ministred It shall be in the last dayes Esay 2 ver 2. that the mountains of the house of the Lord shal be prepared in the top of the mountains and shall bée exalted aboue the hilles and all nations shall flowe vnto it And And many people shall go say Micha 4 1. Come and lette vs goe vp to the mountaine of the Lorde to the house of the God of Iacob and hee will teach vs his wayes and we will walke in his pathes And they that dwell in one Citie shall goe vnto an other Zachar. 8 â„£ 21 22. saying Vp let vs goe and pray before the Lorde One must prouoke another to go to the assembliâ—s and seeke the Lord of hostes I will go also Yea great people and mightie nations shall come to séeke the Lord of hostes in Ierusalem and to pray before the Lord. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thée Psal 84 â„£ se 5 6 7. whose heart are in thy wayes They going through the vale of Baca make welles therein c. They go from strength to strength till euerie one appeare before God in Zion Then a shower of rayne ought not to bee an excuse for any to absent himselfe from the holie assemblies as many a one of our daintie Christians doe in these dayes make it 2. Examples of the meetings of Christians for the hearing of the word prayer and administration of Sacraments ANd they continued in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship Acts 2 42. and fellowship breaking of bread and praiers And they continued daily with one accorde in the temple Acts 2 46. and breaking of bread at home And daily in the temple Acts 5 46. from house to house they ceased not to teach and preach Iesus Christ And the next Saboth day came almost the whole Cittie together to heare the word of God Acts 13 44. And the first day of the wéeke the Disciples beeing come together to breake bread Acts 20 7. Paule preached vnto them readie to depart on the morow continued the preaching vntill midnight When yée come togeather therefore into one place 1 Cor 11 20 this is not to eate the Lords Supper 3. Examples of the seruantes of God reioicing to go to the assemblies of God and to see others goe And of the seruants of God complaining sorrowing for the want of the holie assemblies when as by persecution they were hindered and of their desires to be there I Reioised when they said to me Psal 122 â„£ se 1 2. we wil go into the house of the Lord. Our féet shall stand in thy gates O Ierusalem O Lord of hostes how amiable are thy tabernacles Psal 84 verse 1 2 3. My soule longeth yea and fainteth for the courtes of the Lorde for my heart and my flesh reioice in the liuing God Yea the sparrow hath founde her an house and the swallow a nest for her where she may lay her young euen by thy altars O Lord of hostes my king and my God Blessed are they that may dwell in thine house they will euer praise thée As the Hart brayeth for the riuers of water Psal 42 verse 1 2 3 4. so panteth my soule after thée O God My soule lusteth for God euen for the liuing God when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God My teares haue béene my meat day night while they daily say vnto me where is thy God WheÌ„ I remeÌ„bred these things I poured out my verie heart because I had gone with the multitude and ledde them into the house of God c. And he said that is Dauid vnto Saule Wherefore doth my Lorde thus persecute his seruant 1 Sam 26 18 19. for what haue I done or what euill is in my hande Nowe therefore I beseech thée lette my Lorde heare the wordes of his seruant If the Lorde haue stirred thée vp against mee lette him smell the sauour of a Sacrifice But if the children of men haue done it cursed be they before the Lorde For they haue cast mee out this day from abyding in the inheritaunce of the Lord God saying goe serue other Gods Hezekia hearing the message of death from the Lorde Esay 38. â„£ se 1 2 3 18 19. praied and wept not for feare of death but as the whole chapiter doth euidently declare because he should no longer liue to praise God in his sanctuarie and to growe vp among the people of God in more graces to promote Gods glorie For sayth hee after hee had promise of life The graue cannot confesse thée death cannot praise thée they that goe downe into the pitte cannot hope for thy truth But the liuing the liuing hée shall confesse thée as I doe this day the father to the children shall declare thy truth One thing haue I desired of the Lorde that I will require Psal 27 4. euen that I maye dwel in the house of the Lord all the daies of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord to
visite his temple Dauid by the beautie of the Lorde in this place meaneth neth nothing else but the hearing of Gods holy word praiers praises thanksgiuing the vse of other Gods ceremonies for that ministration appointed For a day in thy courts is better then a thousand other where Psal 84 10. I had rather be a doore kéeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tabernacle of wickednes 4 That al must heare receiue Gods worde REceiue with méekenes the word that is grafted in you Iames 1 21. which is able to saue your soules As newe borne babes desire the sincere milke of the worde 1 Pet 1 2. that you may growe thereby He that is of God heareth Gods word Iohn 8 47. ye therefore heare them not because yee are not of God Hee that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe Prou. 28 9. euen his praier shal be abhominable Despise not prophesiyng 1 Thes 5 20 Prou. 13 13. He that despiseth the word shall be destroyed 5 That Gods worde is effectuall and full of power to conuert men and to alter their mindes and cleanse their hartes THe lawe of the Lorde is perfect Psal 19 7. conuerting the soule Now are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you Iohn 15 3. Sanctifie them with thy truth Iohn 17 17. Thy word is truth For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ Rom. 1 16. for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euerie one that beléeueth For the word of God is liuely Heb. 4 12. mightie in operation sharper then anie two edged sword entreth through euen vnto the diuiding a sunder of the soule the spirite of the ioints and the marrowe and is a discerner of the thoughtes and the intents of the hart Neuerthelesse though wee walke in the flesh 2 Cor. 10. ℣ 5 6 7. yet we war not after the flesh For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall but mightie through God to cast downe holdes casting downe the imaginations and euerie high thing that is exalted aboue the glorie of God bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ And hauing readie the vengeance against al disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled Is not my worde euen like a fier saith the Lord Ierem 23 29 and like an hammer that breaketh the stone Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snowe from the heauen Esay 55. ℣ 10 11. and returneth not thither but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring foorth and bud that it may giue séede to the sower and bread vnto him that eateth So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth it shal not returne vnto me voide but it shall accomplish that which I will and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it 1 Cor. 14. vers 24 25. But if all prophesie and there come in one that beléeueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all and is iudged of all and so are the secretes of his heart made manifest and so he wil fal downe on his face and worship God and say plainely that God is in you indéede These places then considered it will appeare that they which neglect and despise the hearing of the worde preached cannot be saued though they trust neuer so much to secret reuelations they shall shall assoone come to heauen as hee to Fraunce that will passe the sea without a shippe 6 That for euerie thing that a Christian man doth hee ought to aske councell at the worde of God and make that the rule of al his doings TAke héede therefore that yée doo as the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut 5 32. turne not aside to the right hande nor to the left Whatsoeuer is not of faith that is of knowledge from the word is sinne Rom. 14 verse 23. And when they shall say vnto you enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination Esay 8. verse 19 20. at the southsayers which whisper and murmur Should not a people enquire at their God From the liuing to the deade to the lawe and to the testimony if they speake not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Wo to the rebellious children saith the Lord that take councell but not of mée Esay 30 ℣ se 1 2 couer with a couering but not by my spirit the they may lay sin vpon sin which walke foorth to goe downe into Egypt haue not asked at my mouth Examples of Dauid Thy word is a lanterne vnto my féet Psa 119 105 and a light vnto my path Also thy testimonies are my delight Psal 119 24 my councellers 7 That the worde of God conteineth all things necessary vnto saluation THe Law of the Lorde is perfect Psal 19 7. conuerting the soule And that thou hast knowne the holie scriptures of a child 2. Tim 3. ℣ 15 16 17. which are able to make thée wise vnto saluatiō through the faith which is in Christ Iesus For the whole scripture is giuen by inspiratiō of God is profitable to teach to improue to correct to instruct in righteousnesse That the man of God may bee absolute being made perfect vnto all good woorks Receiue with méekenes the word that is grafted in you Iames 1 21. which is able to saue your soules Search the scriptures Iohn 5 39. for in them yee thinke to haue eternall life Then if eternal life saluation of our soules bee obteined by the scripures and doctrine of the worde conteined therein much good doe the Papistes with the rest which they get more by the meanes of traditions and vnwritten verities 8 Of Magistrates and first what men are to be chosen MOreouer prouide thou among al the people men of courage Exod. 18.21 fearing God men dealing truly men hating couetousnes appoint such ouer thē to be rulers ouer thousāds rulers ouer hundreds c. 9 That Magistrates are to execute Iustice vprightly towards all ANd I charged your iudges that same time saying Deut. 1 16. Heare the causes of brethren and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother the stranger that is with him ye shal haue no respect of persons but shall heare the small aswell as the great ye shal not feare the face of man for the iudgment is Gods Ye shal not do vniustly in iudgement Deuitie 19. verse 15 thou shalt not fanour the person of the poore nor honour the person of the mighty but thou shalt iudge thy neighbor iustly Thou shalt not estéeme a poore man in his cause Exod 23.3 Iudges officers shalt thou make thée c. and they shall iudge the people with righteous iudgement Deut. 17 18. 10. That Iudges and magistrates must take no rewardes nor bribes nor wrest the Lawe ANd he set
not as many which make marchandize of the word of God 2. Cor. 2.17 but as of sinceritie but as of God in the sight of God speake we in Christ O I would to God that all our ministers could thus in truth speake 17. That ministers and pastours ought to be examples to their flockes in holy conuersation and godly life otherwise they are a slander to the ministrie BE vnto them that beléeue an example in word 1. Tim. 4.12 in conuersation in loue inspirit in faith and in patience In all things shew thy selfe an example of good workes Titus 2 7. with vnedrrupt doctrine with grauitie and integritie and with the wholesome word which cannot be condemned that he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauing nothing conrerning you to speake euill of Féed the flocke of God 1. Pet. 5 3. c. That ye may be examples to the flocke Ye are witnesses and God also saith Paule how holily iustly 1. Thess 2. ℣ se 10. and vnblameablely wée behaued our selues among you that beléeue We giue none occasion of offence in any thing that our ministrie should not be reprehended 2. Cor. 4.6 Brethren be ye followers of me Philip. 3. ℣ se 17 18. and looke on them whiche walke so as you haue vs for an example For many walke of whom I haue told you often now tell you wéeping that they are the enimies of the crosse of Christ whose end is damnation whose God is their belly whose glorie is to their shame which mind earthly things 18. That the pastors and ministers of Gods word are to bee esteemed greatly of to be reuerenced and to be obeyed in their message otherwise reproch is offered to God LEt a man so thinke of vs 1. Cor. 4 1. as of the ministers of Christ and disposers of the secretes of God How bewtifull are the féete of them that bring glad tidings of peace Rom. 10 15 〈◊〉 bring glad tidings of good things Now we beséech you brethren that ye acknowledge them 1. Thes 5. verse 12 13. which labour amōg you and are ouer you in the Lord and admonish you that ye haue them in singular loue for their workes sake Obey them that haue the ouersight of you Hebr. 13 17 and submit your selues for they watch for your soules as they that must giue accompts that they may do it with ioy and not with griefe for that is vnprofitable for you Verely Iohn 13 20. verely I say vnto you if I sēd any he that receiueth him receiueth me and he that receiueth me receiueth him that sent me He that heareth you heareth me Luke 10 16. and he that dispiseth you dispiseth me and he that dispiseth me dispiseth him that sent me Example And the trial of one which was in my flesh ye dispised not neither abhored Gal. 4.14 but ye receiued me as an angell of God yea as Christ Iesus Receiue him therefore that is Epiphroditus in the Lord with all gladnes Philip 2 29. and make much of such 19. That the people or parishes which haue Gods word preached diligētly faithfully vnto thē are bound in conscience liberally to susteine and nourish those that preach vnto thē BEware that thou forsake not the Leuite Deut. 12 19. as long as thou liuest vpon the earth The Leuits were appointed to teach the people which came of Leui Iacobs son Deut. 33 10. And into whatsoeuer house ye enter first Luke 10 ver 5 6 7. say peace be to this house c. in the house tarrie still eating drinking such things as shal be set before you by them for the laborer is worthie of his wages My defēce to thē the examine me is this 1. Cor. 9. ver 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14. haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister as wel as the rest of the Apostles as brethren of the Lord and Cephas or I onely Barnabas haue not we power not to worke who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost c. If we haue sowne vnto you spirituall things is it a great thing if we reape your carnal things Do ye not know that they which minister about the holy things eat of the things of the temples they which the altar so also hath the Lord ordeined that they which preach the gospell should liue of the gospell The elders that rule wel are worthy double honour 1. Timoth. 5. ℣ se 17 18. that is double reward specially they which labour in the word doctrine For the Scripture saith thou shalt not mosel the mouth of the are that treadeth out the corne the labourer is worthie of his wages Let him that is taught in the word Galath 6.7 make him that teacheth him partaker of all his goods be not deceiued God is not mocked 20. That the not hauing or to bee depriued of faithful Pastors Ministers is a signe of Gods wrath and displeasure against a people and to haue them is a signe of mercie SVrely I will no more spare those that dwell in the lande Zachar. 11 ℣ 6 15 16. saith the Lorde c. And the Lord said vnto mee take to thée yet the instrumentes of a foolish shepheard for loe I will raise vp a shephard in the land which shall not looke for the thing that is lost nor séeke the tender lambs nor heale that which is hurt nor féede that which standeth but he shal eat the flesh of the fat and teare their paws in pieces The daies of visitation are come Osei 9 v. 7. the daies of recompence are come Israell shall knowe it the prophet is a foole the spirituall man is mad for the multitude of thine iniquities therefore the hatred is great We sée not our signs Psal 74 9. there is not one Prophet more nor any with vs that knoweth how long Behold the daies come saith the Lord God Amos 8 11. that I will sende a famine in the lande not a famine of bread and a thirst for water but of hearing the word of the Lord. For loe Esay 3 v. 1 2 the Lorde God of hostes will take away frō Ierusalem c. The iudge the prophet the prudent and the aged Beholde Esay 24 ℣ s 1 2. the Lorde maketh the earth emptie and hée maketh it waste hée turneth it vpside downe and scatteresh abroad the inhabitants thereof and there shall be like people like Priest like seruant like maister Turne againe Ierem. 3. ℣ se 34 15. O ye disobedient children saith the Lorde for I am your Lorde and I wil take you one of a Citie and two of a tribe and will bring you to Zion And I will giue you Pastors according to mine heart which shall féede you with knowledge vnderstanding 21 That parents ought to instruct their children and bring them vp in the feare of the Lord
thrée places Paule setteth foorth the power of the Holy ghost in begetting of faith by the outward ministrie of his preaching In the fift chapter to the Galathians Paule saith Galat. 5.22 The fruit of the spirite is loue ioy peace long suffering gentletlenesse goodnesse faith meekenesse temperancie Qu. What men are meet for the planting of faith An. Those onely that haue a féeling of their owne miserie and woe due from Gods instice for their sinnes For those onely dooth Christ call in the eleuenth of Mathew saying Math. 11 28 Come vnto me all yee that are weary and laden and I will ease you In the second of the Acts we read that those that were pricked in their harts and said vnto Peter and the other Apostles Acts. 2. â„£ se 37 38 39. Men and brethren what shall we do immediatly after beléeued Qu. To what head or point of religion do you refer this sorrow and trembling conceiued of the sight of Gods displeasure for sinne An. To the point of Repentance Acts. 2 â—7 as a foregoer thereof in the elect Qu. What is Repentance An. Repentance is a turning froÌ„ sin vnto God What Repentance is that is to say a framing of our whole life to obey him And the word that the Scripture vseth most commonly to expresse it by doth signifie a change or alteration of the minde That new birth which our sauiour Christ speaketh of in the 3. of Iohn vnto Nicodemus is nothing but RepeÌ„tance Iohn 3 3. It is called Regeneration Regeneration or Repentance hath two parts represented in baptisme that is Dying vnto sinne called mortification termed in the Scripture circumcision of the hart And newnesse at life Both these partes of repentance are in sundrie places of the Scriptures expressed As in the 2. chapter vnto Titus in these words Titus 2. â„£ se 11 12. For that grace of God that bringeth saluation vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs to deny vngodlines and worldly lusts this is Mortification and to liue sobeâ—ly righteously and godly in this present world this is Newnesse of life In the 2. to the Collossians these two parts are also expressed where the Apostle saith Coloss 2. â„£ s 11 12. In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisioÌ„ made without hands by putting off the sinfull body of the flesh through the circumcision of Christ in that ye are buried with him thorough baptisme Ephes 4. â„£ se 22 23.24 in whom ye are also raised vp together through the faith of the operation of God In the 6. of the epistle to the Romans Rom. 6.4 and in the 4. of the first epistle of Peter both these parts are manifestly expressed 1. Pet. 4. â„£ se 1 2. the one procéedeth of the force of Christs death the other of his n = * Phil. 3 10. resurrection Qu. How is repentance wrought in mans hart An. By the holy ghost in preaching of the lawes and the gospell John 3 5. Except a man saith Christ be borne of water and the Holy ghost he caÌ„not enter into the kingdome of God Againe Paule saith in the 6. of his first epistle to the Corinthians 1. Cor. 6.11 And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus by the spirit of our God And againe in the 3. chapter of the secoÌ„d epistle to the Corinthians 2. Cor. 1 12. But we all behold as in a mirrour the glory of the Lord with open face and are chaunged into the same image from glory to glory as by the spirit of the Lord. Qu. You haue proued that Repentance is the worke of the Holy ghost Now proue that it is in the ministry of the law and the gospell An. In the 1. chapter of Titus it is commaunded Titus that he should sharply rebuke the Cretians Titus 1. â„£ se 12 13. because one of their own prophets witnesseth that they were alwaies liers euill beasts slow bellies that they may bée sound in the saith Rom. 3.20 The whole Scripture both the law the gospell saith the same Apostle in the 3. of his 2. Epistle to Timothie 2. Timoth. 3. â„£ se 16 17. is giuen by inspiration from God and is profitable to conuince to correct and to instruct c. thus much for the ministry of the lawe For the gospell Our Sauiour Christ saith in the fiftenth of Iohn Nowe are yee cleane through the word that I haue spoken vnto you Iohn 15 3. Also Peter saith in the 1. chapter of his first epistle Being borne againe not of mortall seede but of immortall 1. Pet. 1.23 by the word of God Lastly in the twenty and six of the Acts it is witnessed that Paule was sent by Iesus Christ by preaching the gospell vnto the Gentiles To open their eies Acts. 26 18. that they might turne from darknes to light and from the power of Satan to God that they might receiue forgiuenes of sinnes inheritance among them that were Sanctified by faith in him Thus it is plaine that Repentance is the worke of the Holy ghost by the ministry of the law and the gospell Qu. Whether is faith before Repentance or Repentance before faith An. The question is busie there is no doubt but faith repentance are very nigh adioined as touching their beginning as is the cause and the effect Let it suffice vs to know that when a sinner thorow the preaching of the lawe is throwne downe to the sight of his deserued damnation by the auenging iustice of God that theÌ„ if he be Gods elect faith in Gods promise of saluation in Christ is wrought in him by the preaching of the gospell whervpon followeth an hatred of sinne and care to auoid it a loue of righteousnes and care to doo it which are especiall effects of repentance in token of thankefulnesse for saluation by Christ The Scripture in sundry places doth ascribe sanctification and purging of the hart vnto faith As in the twentie and six of the Acts Acts. 26 18 That they may receiue forgiuenes of sinnes and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in mee Againe in the 15. He put no difference betweene vs and them after that by faith he had purified their harts Now Sanctification regeneration repentance being all one it followeth that they are effects of faith Further because without faith as the Apostle saith in the 11. to the Hebrewes it is impossible to please God Hebr. 11 6. in another place Rom. 14.23 What soeuer is not of faith is sinne We haue most warrant to think that faith is before repentance Notwithstanding some writers are of mind that some part of repentance goeth before faith and some part followeth as an effect therof Qu. When ceaseth repentance in men An. When men cease altogether to sin But sin doth not cease to be in the