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in the leaft degree of it different in the kind or nature of it (as all other faving grace from the Faith and common Grace of temporary and therefore, though it may be many times affailed and weakened, yet it gets the victory, growing up in many to the attainment of a full affurance through Chrift,

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who is both the Author & Finisher of ourFaith Heb. 5.13, 14. Rom. 4 19 20. Mat.6 3038% 10. Job 8.13 t Johnz 9.

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CHAP. XV.

Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation.

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Whereas there is none that doth good, and finneth not, and the best of men may thro the power and deceitfulness of their corruptiens dwelling in them, with the prevalency

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of temptation, fall into great fins and pro vocations; God hath in the Covenant of Grace mercifully provided that Believers fo finning and falling, be renewed through repentance unto Salvation, g 1 Kings 8. 46. Eccl. 7. 20. Jam. 3. 2. Pfal 65.3 & 40 12. Rom. 7.21,23. Jer. 17.9. Heb. 3. 13. © Ma. 6. 13. Luke 22. 31. 2 Sam. 11. 27 Luke 22. 571 58,60. Luke 22. 32,61,62. John 1. 9.

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This faving Repentance is an Evangelical Grace, whereby a perfon being by the Holy Ghoft made fenfible of the manifold evils of his fin, doth by faith in Chrift humble himfelf for it with godly forrow, detestation of it, and felf abhorrency, praying for pardon & ftrength of Grace, with a purpose and endeavour by supplies of the Spirit, to walk before God unto all well-pleafing in all things." Zecb. 12. 10. A&ts 11. 18 * John 16. 7,8,9. Ezek. 18. 30,31 & 36. 31. Pfal. 51.4. 1 John 34. Zech. 12.19. Jer. 31. 18, 19. Joel 2 12, 13. Ifa. 30.22. Amos 5 15. Pfa. 119.128. Ezek. 6. 9. 2 Cor. 7. 11, Pfa. 51. per tot. P/a. 119. 6,59, 1c6. 2 Kings 23. 25. Col. 1. 10.

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count of the body of death, and the motions thereof; fo it is every mans duty to repent of his particular known fins particularly n Mat. 6. 11, 12 Pfa 51. 17 0 Rom 7. 14, 15, £7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 Gal. 5: 17 Pfa & 23, 19. 13. 18, 2

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5.4. Luk 8.1 Tim 19.

Such is the provifion which God hath made through Chrift in the Covenant of Grace, for the Prefervation of Believers unto Salvation, that although there is no fain fo fmall, but it de ferves damnation; yet there is no fin fo great, that it hall bring damnation on them who truly repent, which makes the conftant preaching of Repentance neceffary.

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Of Good Works.

OOD works are only fuch as God hath commanded in his holy word, & not fuch as without the Warrant thereof are devised by men out of blind geal, or upon any pretence of good intentions. 6 Mic. 6. 8. Rom 12. 2 Heb 13 21 Mat 15. 9 Isa 29 13 Rom 152 Feb. 16. 2. 1 Sam 15. 21, 22, 23. 8 G 2

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II.

Thefe good works done in obedience toGods commandments, are the fruits & evidences of a true and lively Faith, and by them Believers maniteft their thankfulnefs (trengthen their affurance, edifie their Brethren, f adorn the profeffion of the Gofpel, & top the mouths of the adverfaries, & glorifie God, i whose workmanship they are created in Chrift Jefus thereunto, that having their fruit unto holinefs, they may have the end eternal life 5 Jam. 2. 18, 22. Pfa. 116. 12, 13, 1 Pet. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Tit, 2.5,9,11,12, 1 Pet 2 12. Phil. Rom 6 22:

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Their ability to do good works is not at all of themfelves, but wholly from the fpirit of Chrift: #And that they may be enabled thereunto, befides the Graces they have already received, there is required an actual influence of the fame holy Spirit to work in them to will and to do, of his good pleature; * Yet are they not hereupon to grow negligent, as if they were not bound to perform any duty unlefs upon a special motion of the Spirit, but they ught to be diligent in ftirring up the Grace God that is in them. Joka 15. 4, 6.

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Ezek. 36. 26, 27. Phil. 2. 13. & 4. 13. 2 Cor. 3. 5. Phil. 2. 12 Heb 6. 11,12. 2 Pet. 1. 3. 5, 10, 11 'lja 64. 7. 2 Tim 1: 6 Als 26 6, 7 Jude 20, 21

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They who in their Obedience attain to the greatest height which is poffible in this life, are fo far from being able to fupererogate, & to do more then God requires, as that they fall fhort of much, which in duty they are bound to do. Luk 17. 10. Neb. 13. 22. Job 9. 2, 3. Gal. 5. 17.

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We cannot by our best works merit pardon of fin, or eternal life at the hand of God, by reafon of the great difproportion that is between them, and the Glory to come; and the infinite diftance that is between us, and God, whom by them we can neither profit nor satisfie for the debt of our former Sins; but when we have done all we can, we have done but our duty, and are unprofitable servants : And because as they are good, they proceed from his Spirit, and as they are wrought by us, they are defi'ed and mixed with fo much weakness and imperfection, that they cannot endure the foverity of God's Judgments." Rom. 3. 20 & 4 2, 4, 6 Epb. 2. 8, 9

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