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of_o god_n spirit_n call_n whereby_o convince_a we_o of_o our_o sin_n and_o misery_n do_v enlighten_v our_o mind_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n god_n and_o renew_v our_o will_n flesh_n he_o do_v persuade_v and_o enable_v we_o to_o embrace_v jesus_n christ_n free_o offer_v to_o we_o in_o the_o gospel_n i_o artic._n x._o 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 and_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 hom._n ii_o of_o alm_n p._n 2._o the_o good_a deed_n of_o man_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o make_v he_o good_a but_o he_o be_v first_o make_v good_a by_o the_o spirit_n 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to_o consider_v of_o a_o double_a call_n which_o do_v many_o time_n prove_v ineffectual_a as_o 1._o outward_a in_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o rod_n or_o any_o providence_n whatsoever_o which_o do_v call_v man_n to_o repentance_n faith_n and_o holiness_n but_o notwithstanding_o all_o these_o outward_a call_n there_o be_v million_o in_o the_o world_n who_o turn_v the_o deaf_a ear_n to_o god_n and_o will_v not_o return_v to_o he_o by_o repentance_n nor_o come_v to_o christ_n by_o faith_n 2_o dly_a there_o be_v a_o inward_a call_n which_o be_v no_o less_o ineffectual_a than_o the_o former_a and_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n call_v as_o when_o he_o proceed_v no_o further_a than_o that_o which_o divine_n call_v a_o common_a work_n as_o 1._o common_a illumination_n or_o some_o kind_n of_o float_a knowledge_n in_o the_o head_n concern_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o spiritual_a matter_n and_o no_o doubt_n but_o many_o man_n who_o have_v wicked_a heart_n and_o 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to_o the_o elect_n sc_n that_o whereby_o the_o spirit_n do_v not_o only_o call_v but_o enable_v they_o to_o come_v at_o his_o call_n as_o when_o he_o do_v renew_v the_o mind_n and_o change_v the_o will_n sanctify_v the_o heart_n purify_v the_o conscience_n and_o affection_n and_o do_v work_v a_o lively_a faith_n in_o such_o person_n and_o repentance_n from_o dead_a work_n a._n 32._o life_n they_o that_o be_v effectual_o call_v do_v in_o this_o life_n partake_v of_o justistification_n glorify_v adoption_n himself_o sanctification_n and_o the_o several_a benefit_n which_o in_o this_o life_n do_v either_o accompany_v or_o flow_v from_o they_o redemption_n artic._n xvij_o they_o through_o grace_n obey_v the_o call_v they_o be_v justify_v free_o they_o be_v make_v son_n of_o god_n by_o adoption_n they_o be_v make_v like_o the_o image_n of_o his_o only_o beget_v son_n jesus_n christ_n they_o walk_v religious_o in_o good_a work_n and_o at_o length_n by_o god_n mercy_n they_o attain_v to_o everlasting_a felicity_n expl._n 32._o into_o the_o nature_n of_o these_o particular_a benefit_n of_o effectual_a call_v there_o will_v be_v occasion_n to_o inquire_v hereafter_o but_o as_o to_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o thing_n that_o all_o that_o be_v effectual_o call_v shall_v partake_v of_o these_o be_v evident_a from_o these_o ground_n 1._o in_o that_o christ_n do_v purchase_v these_o benefit_n not_o for_o himself_o but_o for_o they_o nay_o he_o have_v never_o lay_v down_o such_o a_o price_n in_o his_o father_n hand_n but_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o believer_n 2._o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n do_v ascertain_v this_o for_o when_o god_n the_o father_n and_o son_n do_v treat_v together_o concern_v the_o redemption_n of_o the_o elect_n it_o be_v upon_o these_o term_n sc_n that_o upon_o the_o son_n undertake_v to_o satisfy_v both_o the_o law_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n and_o upon_o the_o full_a performance_n of_o this_o undertake_n all_o those_o that_o do_v believe_v in_o christ_n though_o by_o nature_n they_o have_v be_v child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o other_o shall_v upon_o their_o believe_v be_v justify_v adopt_v sanctify_a and_o save_v 3._o upon_o their_o believe_v they_o do_v receive_v christ_n and_o he_o give_v himself_o free_o to_o they_o and_o how_o shall_v they_o not_o with_o he_o have_v all_o thing_n else_o they_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a._n 33._o justification_n justification_n be_v a_o act_n of_o god_n freegrace_n wherein_o he_o pardon_v all_o our_o sin_n grace_n and_o accept_v we_o as_o righteous_a in_o his_o fight_n he_o only_o for_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n impute_v to_o we_o righteous_a and_o receive_v by_o faith_n alone_o christ._n artic._n ii_o we_o be_v account_v righteous_a before_o god_n only_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n by_o faith_n and_o not_o for_o our_o own_o work_n or_o deserve_n to._n i._o hom._n iii_o because_o all_o man_n be_v sinner_n and_o offender's_a and_o breaker_n of_o his_o law_n and_o commandment_n therefore_o can_v no_o man_n by_o his_o own_o act_n work_n and_o deed_n seem_v they_o never_o so_o good_a be_v justify_v and_o make_v righteous_a before_o god_n but_o every_o one_o be_v constrain_v to_o see_v for_o another_o righteousness_n and_o this_o which_o we_o so_o receive_v of_o god_n mercy_n and_o christ_n merit_n embrace_v by_o faith_n be_v take_v accept_v and_o allow_v of_o god_n for_o our_o perfect_a and_o full_a justification_n part_v 3_o our_o work_n do_v not_o merit_v or_o deserve_v remission_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o make_v we_o of_o unjust_a just_a before_o god_n but_o god_n of_o his_o own_o mercy_n through_o the_o only_a merit_n and_o deserve_n of_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n do_v justify_v we_o nevertheless_o because_o faith_n
deserve_v grace_n of_o congruity_n yea_o rather_o for_o that_o they_o be_v not_o do_v as_o god_n have_v will_v and_o command_v they_o to_o be_v do_v we_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o sin_n hom._n iii_o p._n 2._o we_o have_v neither_o faith_n charity_n hope_v patience_n chastity_n nor_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o good_a be_v but_o of_o god_n and_o therefore_o those_o virtue_n be_v call_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o not_o the_o fruit_n of_o man_n truly_n there_o be_v imperfection_n in_o our_o best_a work_n let_v we_o therefore_o not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o confess_v plain_o our_o state_n of_o imperfection_n yea_o let_v we_o not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o confess_v imperfection_n even_o in_o all_o our_o best_a work_n to._n 2._o hom._n xvii_o the_o holy_a company_n of_o saint_n in_o heaven_n confess_v constant_o that_o all_o the_o good_n and_o grace_n wherewith_o they_o be_v endue_v in_o soul_n come_v of_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n only_o it_o be_v meet_v therefore_o to_o think_v that_o all_o spiritual_a goodness_n come_v from_o god_n only_o expl._n 82._o when_o it_o be_v say_v no_o mere_a man_n since_o the_o fall_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v clear_o imply_v that_o before_o the_o fall_n man_n have_v power_n to_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o god_n perfect_o but_o now_o since_o the_o fall_n he_o have_v not_o this_o power_n in_o this_o life_n neither_o 1_o in_o his_o corrupt_a estate_n before_o conversion_n nor_o 2_o in_o his_o regenerate_a after_o conversion_n 1_o st_z not_o in_o his_o corrupt_a estate_n for_o though_o man_n unconvert_v either_o to_o christianity_n as_o the_o gentile_n or_o to_o christ_n as_o all_o profane_a christian_n may_v by_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n and_o freewill_n or_o by_o the_o help_n of_o common_a grace_n be_v able_a to_o do_v some_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n which_o in_o themselves_o consider_v be_v good_a for_o the_o matter_n yet_o not_o in_o a_o right_a manner_n because_o not_o from_o a_o right_a principle_n true_a grace_n and_o not_o to_o a_o right_a end_n god_n glory_n nor_o by_o a_o right_a rule_n the_o law_n of_o god_n in_o the_o spiritual_a meaning_n of_o it_o nor_o 2_o d_o in_o his_o regenerate_a state_n here_o in_o this_o life_n for_o 1_o his_o knowledge_n of_o his_o duty_n be_v but_o in_o part_n and_o how_o can_v he_o do_v it_o perfect_o when_o he_o do_v not_o know_v perfect_o 2_o his_o grace_n imperfect_a ex._n gr_n faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n because_o mingle_v with_o more_o or_o less_o of_o the_o opposite_a corruption_n a._n 83._o heinous_a some_o sin_n in_o themselves_o and_o by_o reason_n of_o several_a aggravation_n be_v more_o heinous_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n than_o other_o sin_n hom._n v._o p._n 3._o christ_n say_v woe_n be_v unto_o you_o for_o you_o devour_v widow_n house_n under_o colour_n of_o long_a prayer_n therefore_o your_o damnation_n shall_v be_v great_a you_o make_v they_o child_n of_o hell_n worse_o than_o yourselves_o be_v hom._n viii_o p._n 2._o child_n of_o unbelief_n of_o two_o sort_n who_o despair_n and_o presume_v and_o both_o these_o sort_n of_o man_n be_v in_o a_o damnable_a state_n as_o the_o one_o shall_v believe_v the_o promise_n so_o the_o other_o the_o threaten_n not_o overbold_o presume_v of_o god_n mercy_n and_o live_v dissolute_o expl._n 83._o if_o we_o consider_v sin_n only_o with_o reference_n to_o the_o infiniteness_n of_o god_n majesty_n who_o be_v thereby_o provoke_v in_o this_o respect_n all_o sin_n be_v equal_o heinous_a because_o all_o against_o a_o infinite_a majesty_n but_o if_o we_o consider_v they_o either_o in_o their_o own_o nature_n as_o transgression_n or_o in_o their_o several_a circumstance_n than_o some_o sin_n be_v great_a or_o more_o heinous_a than_o other_o for_o though_o every_o sin_n be_v a_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n yet_o every_o law_n of_o god_n do_v not_o equal_o and_o so_o direct_o and_o immediate_o concern_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n neither_o be_v every_o law_n so_o clear_o promulgate_v or_o make_v know_v beside_o there_o be_v some_o aggravation_n in_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o when_o it_o be_v not_o only_o in_o the_o heart_n but_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n so_o the_o great_a the_o scandal_n the_o great_a the_o mean_n to_o prevent_v it_o the_o great_a the_o person_n by_o who_o and_o against_o who_o the_o great_a the_o sin_n as_o also_o it_o may_v receive_v its_o aggravation_n from_o many_o circumstance_n as_o time_n when_o a_o man_n be_v drink_v upon_o the_o lord_n day_n place_n as_o to_o cut_v a_o purse_n in_o the_o church_n or_o at_o the_o bar_n before_o the_o judge_n company_n as_o to_o be_v debauch_v in_o civil_a or_o profane_v in_o religious_a company_n a._n 84._o deserve_v every_o sin_n deserve_v god_n wrath_n and_o curse_n both_o in_o this_o life_n and_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v angel_n hom._n xx._n p._n 1._o we_o do_v daily_o and_o hourly_o by_o our_o wickedness_n and_o stubborn_a disobedience_n horrible_o fall_v away_o from_o god_n thereby_o purchase_v unto_o ourselves_o if_o he_o shall_v deal_v with_o we_o according_a to_o his_o justice_n eternal_a damnation_n expl._n 84._o every_o sin_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o law_n deserve_v the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n or_o the_o penalty_n which_o be_v due_a to_o the_o sinner_n upon_o every_o the_o least_o sin_n and_o that_o penalty_n be_v death_n not_o only_o temporal_a but_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a or_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n to_o be_v inflict_v upon_o the_o sinner_n both_o here_o and_o hereafter_o obj._n but_o if_o every_o sin_n deserve_v hell_n than_o this_o will_v seem_v to_o take_v away_o the_o difference_n in_o punishment_n answ._n no_o for_o this_o do_v not_o lie_v in_o the_o duration_n of_o the_o punishment_n for_o that_o will_v be_v eternal_a to_o all_o who_o come_v into_o that_o state_n where_o the_o worm_n never_o die_v and_o the_o fire_n never_o go_v out_o but_o it_o will_v be_v in_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o punishment_n some_o belike_o shall_v lose_v more_o good_a and_o endure_v more_o evil_a or_o torment_n than_o other_o chap._n iii_o of_o thing_n to_o be_v practise_v according_a to_o the_o gospel_n or_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o gospel_n particular_o of_o the_o two_o sacrament_n in_o 13_o article_n with_o their_o explanation_n from_o a._n 85._o to_o 98._o a._n 85._o sin_n to_o escape_v the_o wrath_n and_o curse_n of_o god_n due_a to_o we_o for_o sin_n god_n require_v of_o we_o faith_n in_o jesus_n christ_n repentance_n unto_o life_n christ._n with_o the_o diligent_a use_n of_o all_o outward_a mean_n whereby_o christ_n communicate_v to_o we_o the_o benefit_n of_o redemption_n god_n hom._n xx._n p._n 1._o we_o have_v here_o a_o perpetual_a rule_n appoint_v unto_o we_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v keep_v at_o all_o time_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n whereby_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n may_v be_v pacify_v and_o his_o anger_n assuage_v which_o no_o man_n be_v 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