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E readinthe former Chagter, Zob:2. 23. When Je+ Jolin 2.2%: 
ſus was at: Jeruſalem, at the feaſt of the Paſſ, Nicodem 
many believed in bi; Name when they ſaw the mirg-"## 127 
cles which be did: Amongſt thoſe many, here is one | 
of them (ſaith A»ſftin;) what one? of all men the detees Gore 
moſt unlikely is a Jew, of all Jews a Ruler, of all & progiecs 
Ralers a Phariſee; Huve any of the Rulers,or the Phariſees believed 
0 him > But bowloever it ſeem thas uolikely unto'us, the Spirit ®$-Trett.- 
of God bloweth where it liſteth ; Here isamongſt wary believers T7 7 
one Nicodemm , and he is a man of the Phariſees. Ruler of the * © 
7ews; a Jew, a Ruler;a Phariſee, Godiz abje tven of theſe tones (0 Verſ,, 
raiſe up children unto Abraham;yea;we ſee here (be they .neverTo Luks 
ſtony) our Saviour mel#one of them-with- a miracle, | 8nd by a 
new birth he wilt make ima ſon of Abrahamindeed: A miracle 
brings him co Chriſt and Chriſt brings him-co a new birth : The 
firſt Nicodemu confefferhr, Rabbi, (faith-he to onr Saviour ) we Yeh 25... 
know that thenart aT eacher come from God,for no man can do theſe of 
wiracles that thou doſÞ, exrept God be With him. The-ſecond our ' 4 
Saviour affirmeth, as if he bad anſwered; to fay, / aw. ſewer from 
God, and-not to be. bers again, will never help thee to Heaven; .. 
thy confeſſion is right, that / aw ext from God; but thy conver= 
ſation-is wrong,that-art not born «gin : thou comeſt to-me wi 
coafeſlion of thy fairh, but here is « further Catechiſm, anot! 
leflongand. cherefore (as thou calleſd me Rebbs) if thowwi 
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In proſecution of which words(all tending to this one point, 
the new birth

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Ghoſt, wheres Cy rY 

* 7, The neceſſity of it, no going to heaven without it, £xcepe, 

2. The generality of it, every man is bound to it, a war. 

3- The manner of it, how a man is wrought in it, he muſt be 
borne again. . =_ 

4. The iſſue of it, what effe&s are annext to itzthe Kingdoms 
of God, ani fit br of thit King dons 3" 4 man that is born again {ball 
ſee the Kingdome of God; and, Except a man be borne again, he 
ſhall not ſee the Kingdom of God, 

Theſe bethe branches, and of _ of them (by Gods affiſt- 

ance) we ſhall gather ſome fruit for the food of your/ſouls. 
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Wyeceny ſhould go to heaventn another world, but by the ſe- 
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and ſo they were ſaved,” 
You may obje& , If all men that go to heaven muſt be-new 
born, what ſhall become of infants, that die ere they be born ? 
Can 4 man enter the ſecond time into his mothers wombe, and be 
born ? ((aid:Nigod:mwus.) But can a man enter into the ſecond 
birth in his nfrhers womb, (\1y you) and he born again, before 
he.is once born ?. / ' | 
I anſwer [To be born again] ſuppoſeth to be once born in- 
| deed, therefore according to the letter, our Saviour ſpeaketh” 
of a-man already born into the world that he muſt be born again: * 
Butif we ſeek out the ſenſe [ T> be born again ] (as our Saviour *. 
interprets) is fo be born of Water andof the Spirit ; and ſo may + 
Infants not born into the world,be $0r1 again. Thus we read of + |. 
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of 7obn the Baprtiſt,the Angel of the Lord ſaying of him, that He 
ſhould br filled nith the Holy Ghoſt , even from his-mothers womb, 
Luk. 1. 15. By theſe examples we ſee what the Lord can do;yea, 
what he doth indeed , although we know not how , nor can it 
be obſerved by us. 

You may yet objeR, | ro be born again]Jis (faith-our Savi- 


it our) | to be born of Water and of the Spirit: ] now water is the 


outward Baptiſme, and the Spixit is the inward grace (thus* all 
Ancients have conftried this text., ſaich Hooker) bur children 


lib. 2. de effes -qgt born (howſoever they are ſanAified by the Spirit)they can- 


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not be baptized with water, and therefore they oaxnot ſee the 
Kingdom of God. g 
Tanſwer : In caſes of extremity , or impoſſibility , if actual 
Baptiſmiebe wanting, vocal is enough;and thus far tome of our 
adverſaries:grant us; Though it be manting-indeed(faith Aquinas) 


a yet Baptiſme in deſire is [ufficient to ſalvation : And to this end 


he cites A»/fmm,ſaying, Sanftification maybe without Baptiſm, and 
Baptiſm without Sanftification'; if Santlification be , thowgh Ba- 
priſms be 'not , it avails to ſalvation ; but if Baptiſm be, and Santi» 
ficarion-be not, it avails nothing at all. Our concluſion-is this, 
Allmen (or all mankinde_) young men and maidens , old -men and 
children , 'all muſt be regenerated , or they can never /ee the 
Kingdom of God, A 03s 
Secondly, as all mer, ſo all man] all the'members af his bo- 
dy,all the faculties of his ſoul. SaxTificatio» ( if ſavrg!) -muſt 
be'perfels and entire though not ingeſfect of degrees,yet jp veſpott of 
parts; every partand power of body and ſoul muſt haye irs part 
of ſanRification,though no part his full perfeion., before che 
diſſolution-of our earthly tabernacles: Hence(fay Divines)chere 
is 4 regeneration Or ſandification (it is all one) inchoata and con- 
ata; RR inthis life.co-/ammara, perfefted in that 
other : and of thisfaithour Saviour, Aatth: 19.128. Verily I fay- 
' wnto you; that ye which have followed me in the regenener ation, when 
the Son of 'man Joall fit in the throne of his glory, ye alſo ſhall ſit wpon 


tirebve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Iſrael: we ſpeak not of 


this. Regeneration, but-of that which brings to this;for we muſt be 
re gonene -here;or rave no parcthere with God: in his glory. 


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body muſt be regenerated, his ſou/muſt be © 
renewed iwe will begin with the body; As you bave yielded your 
member: ſervants to wncleanneſſe,and to iniquity unto iniquity,even paw 5. 4 9. 
ſenow yield your members ſervants to right conſneſſe, unto bolineſſe, | 
Rom. 6. 19. As every member ofthe o/d man is full of fin,ſo eve- _ | 
ry member of the new 5-1» man is to be renewed by grace . To ry 
inſtance in ſome of them; The bearr,that in the old max is full of yy. 5.19 
evill tbovghts, murthers, aanlteries , fornie tions, thefts, falſe wit- Gs: 
neſſe, blaſphemies ; in the new man it is the member that maſt 

firit be renewed, here grace firſt ſeats it ſelf,and after is diſperſed 

over all ; as in natural generation the heart is-firſt framed, {o in 

ſpiritaal regeneration the heart is firſt reformed.Some call it the 

firſt mover of all mens a@ions,for as the firſt mover carrieth all * 

the ſpheres of heaven with it, ſo doth the hear: carry fc 


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members of the body with it: and therefore it is , that the $ewv 

man begins firſt with his heart ; for if that fountain be right all 

the ſtreames of his deſires, purpoſes, affeftions, ſpeeches, ations, 
conver/atvxs, run ſweet, and clear, and pleaſant. Again, the eye 

that in the o/d man is the Broaker, that goes between the heart 

and the objeR,to make up the finful bargain,that which our Sa- 

viour calls anevil{eze, Peter, an adulterow eye ; inthe new man Mars. 23. 
it muſt be exerciſed on other objets, 1 made a (ovenant with Pct, 1.14, 
wine eye,((aith Job)Why then ſhould 1 think upon a maid? 1 will lift 10? 31-1 
up mine eyes nnto the hills ( ſaith David ) from whence cometh pſ1, 1, 
mine help. Again, the ear,that inthe 9/d manis fopped againſt the Plilyz3. 5, 
voice of the Charmer, charme he never ſo wiſely ; or if ic be open, 


the ne man it muſt be che gate of life, or the door of faith;there- 


ear, as we (ee in the man poſſeſſed with a deaf Devil, A4ark g; Mar.9-2.5« 
25,who poſleſled that ſenſe, as the moſt excellent,tohinder him 
from hearing. Again , the tongue, that in the o{1 max is a world 
of iniquity that defileth the whole body that ſetteth on fire the courſe 
of nature, andis ſet on fir on you in - = mew ty muſt be the "» 
trumpet of divine praiſe, or (as Pavidcalls it)? of a ready \6. NY 
my 2h uttering onely thoſe things which the nd ego So in ik o' a 

fincerity and truth. To ſumme up all in one;the hearr is it, where 


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Prov. 23. *6, pive me-thy; be 0v.23-26. and therefore prayes David, 
#IM51-10% Create ine ants bear, Plal. 51.10, and therefore wills Sec 
” Prov.4.23- domon oeKeep thy heart With all dili gence, for ont of it are the 5ſ[nes + 
| of life, Prov.4. 23. Would any man that is regenerate enccun- 
ter fin in his here. it were impoiiible to. break out into action; 
would the heart of any man that is born agaiz,. but meet fin with 
this Dilemma : 1f 1 commit this ſin , 1 muſt either repent , or not 
repent for it ; if 1 de repent , it will coſt me. more beart-break, 
and ſpiritnal ſmart , then the ſenſual pleaſure can be worth; If 1* 
never repent , it Will be the death +nd damnation of my [oul : ture 
this thought conceived and rightly followed in the heart of the 
£ regenerate', would be enough to cruſh fin at the firſt riſing of 
> John 3. 9.  it;and ſo it is,for if he be regenerate, he doth * not ſin,hoſoever 
= Conſuetudna= is born of God doth not commit fin,1Joh.3.9,He is moulded anew, 
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and deriſion to them that 
Pl. 79.4 Aareronnd about them : But be that isregenerate bates ſin, andin 
: whomſoeverfin rules or reignes, hecannot but hate them, Do | 
: net I batethem,0 Lord;that hate theed (faith David) and, Am 
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wot I grieved. with thoſe that riſe wp againſt thee * Not thiie Philtzo.at 
David, or 2ny Saint of God; haceenhe Bo ns of any one, by "2 
finin the perion , or he is ſaidco hate them for ſins ſake thar- F 
is in them.; in this-reſpe& he bids them dehiance in the verſe S 
enſuing, 1 hate them With aperfett hatred, 1 aunt them mine ene» Verle 24... 
mice, Hial- 139-22. 1 know there 1s a perpetual combate inthe * Wi 
mecrate betwixt the fleſh and the Spirit, and. thexefore we 
A* underſtand. this barred, which David calls 4 perfeft haved, 
according to the perfection in parrs, but not in degrees: Never. 1n:ev/7u-8, wa 
any but Chriſt hated fin to tchefull, with all his ffrengrti. and exreafr ds * 
with all hismight , but in ſome meaſure-his ſervants hatcedis 
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to ſalvation, not to be repent- 
edef, > Cor.7 10. It is not every ſorrow, but godly ſorraw ; 1 
reoye? ((airh the Apoſtle) not that ye were made ſorry, but that ye 
forroWed to repentance : And would you know who /orrows. to 
repentance ? ic is he, and onely he that groans and ſighs-under 
the beavy werght and burden of his fins,thatiizof a broken and 
contrite heart, thc eremble ar Gods Word,that prieved at his. 


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** _ enofmities, that forſakes all ſins, and that reſignes up bimſelf in 
all holy obedience to Gods bleſſed will ; this /orrow is a bleſſed 
ſorrow that brings forth joy and immortality : Therefore com- 
fort ye, comfort ze all that merern in Sion, what though for a 
night (in pangs of che.vew birth) you lie ſorrowing and w 
ing for your ſins? marke a while, and the day will dawn,ride on, 
beeanſe of the Word of trmth;and a day-ſtar wil ariſe in your bearts 
that will never ſet;nay weep & weep again, till you can ſay with 
mc 6.6 David, All the night make 1 my bed to ſwim with my tears, 8& pre- 
ſently the Sun of righteouſneſs will appear, & he will dry away 
your tears,and ſhine upon you with everlaſting light, Certainty 
thus is it with every regenerate man be lowes,and hates and hopes, 
and fearr,and joyer,and ſorrows, and all theſe paſſions are renew- 
edin him : To giye inſtancein one Davidtor all the regenerate; 
_ this ave appears, Pſal.119.47. My delight ſhall be in thy com. 
1% Eizndments which I have loved: his hatred appears,Pſal 130.22. 
1 I hate tbyenemies With a perfett hatred. His hope appears, Pſal, - 

62.5, My ſoul, wait thou onely upon God, for my expeftation is from 

him. His fear appears Pſal. 119. 120, His judgements are terrible, 

I tremble and quakg. His joy appears, Pſal.11 9.16. T by Teſtime- 

niet are my delight , I reoyce in them as one that findeth great 

ſpoiles, His ſorrow appears, Þſal.r 19.1 36.4ine eyes guſh ont with 

rivers of water, Here is Love, and Hatred, and Hope, and Fear, 

and fo, and Sorrow , and all are ſet upon their right ſpiritu- 

al. obj 

ja now a pourtraicure of the »:w4»n,which ſhould be 
the caſe of all men; my text ſaith indefinicely 4 man} im- 
plying every ma», and every part of 994; every man 
ſhould be regenerated,every part of man ſhould berenew- 
.ed ; and whereas man conſiſts on two pa'ts,the body and 
ſoul fall the members of his body, the Heart, the Eye, the 
Ear,the Tongne in ſpecial ; all the powers of his ſoul, che 
Underſtanding, the Will, the Memory , the Conſcience, the 
AffeFions in general, all muſt be renewed, and the whole 
man, born agatn. 
And yet (beloved) ] mean not ſo , a« that a man renewed 
is never overcome with ſin; I know there is in him a contingal A 
fight betwixt the fleſh ana the ſpirir, each of which ſtriveth to N 
make his part ftrong againſt the other, and ſometitnes Amaleck 


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Prevails,and ſometimes Iſrael prevails; ſometimes his heart falls 
a luſting, his eyes a wandring, his ers tickling, his roygue's 
ſpeaking idly; ſometitmes his wnder ſtanding errs,his wilrebels,his 
wemory tails,bis conſcience ſleeps, & his affe&5ons turn the ſtream 
after ſenſual objeRs; but(that which differs him from the unre- 
generate man )if he ſin,it is with a gracious relu&ation, be refiſts 
it to the uttermoſt of his abilities, and if gt laſt he commit fin 
through the violence of tentation, ſubduing the infirmity of the 
fle(b, heis preſently abaſhed, and then begins he to ſet repent- 
ance a work in all the parts and powers of his body and {foul ; 
then begtns his conſcience to trouble him within, and wilt never 
be ar quietuncil the ciſtern of his be«r:(being overcharged)harth 
cauſed his eyes, the flood-gates, with moiſt finful humoars, to 
overflow the cticeks with tears of contritionzand thus he is we/h- 
ed, juſtified, ſanttified, and reſtored to his former integrity apaip. ,Cor.s.s 
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he cannot be happy : Except u ” (e- 
* -+rvery\manevery part of man)þe born again,be cannot I Ing- 
*.. domof God: - _— 
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He children re brought 1o1he birth, and. leſt the ſaying be 
*A -- 4 true of us, there 5s no ſtrength to bring forth: 1 ſhall now 
(by Gods afliſtance) proceed co the. birth it ſelf. Here we have 
the mannerof it,and we may obſerve a double manner, 
Firſt,of che words containing the new birrb, 
Secondly, of the new birth contained in the words, 

. The manner of che words appearsin the original $jon35 ayover ] 
xwowords.and cither of chem bath its diverſe reading. yjunoy 
Yala would rather have to be geniew,begotten ; Except aman be 

begotten.) Others uſually ſay natw, born; Except a man be 
--: born] And as $p1v4, ſo «192 , ſome would bhaveto be drudw 
5p S2g:b32r, above, or from heaven; Except a man' be born from 
#bone.”] Others uſually dv@2w 70 Tx, again; Except aman be 
born again, JChryſoſt ome Cites both theſe,and of each reading we 
| ſhall, gather ſomething for our own inſtruction. 

alm.amet. - Except a mas be regeterated , or begotten (ſaith Valla.) As 
loc. man that ir born of a woman 1s

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Father; Son, \and Holy Ghoſt, all ſanRifie , all work the 
ſame work : but as ig the Godhead there'is but one Efſence;and 
yer thtee manners of being of the ſame.one Efſence;ſo in Gods 
outward operations,all the Perſons work rem eandem,one thi 
but all work not.oedem modo,atter one manner: Forinſtar oP -- 
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works of Creation, Redemption, and SanQifcation, arethe_ 
common works of God the Father, God the Son, and God the - * 
Holy Ghoſt, yet every one of theſe works common to all three, © .**- 
are terminated in-ſgme one ofthem : So the Father is ſaid $0 : Cor:s.,s. 
create, the Sonneis ſaid to create, the Holy Ghoſt is ſaid to Joho x. 16.” 
create ; ſo the Father is ſaid ro redeem ; the Son' is faid to re< 19Þ 26.1 347 
deem, the Holy Ghoſt jis ſaid ro redeem; fo the Father is faid'to © © © 
ſan&ifee, the Son is ſaid to ſanRifie , the Holy Ghoſt is ſaid to 
ſanRifie:Thus all there concur to every gfe of theſe works,and 
yet every one of theſe works, is terminated ſpecified, & formed 
(asit were)in the very laſt a& by one of theſe three : The work 
of the Creation is terminated immediately in God the Father, 
the work of Redemption is terminated immediately in God 
the Son, the work of Regeneration is terminated immedia 
ly in God the Holy Gholt. And it is memorable, that as t 
community of theſe works (ad extra) depends on the unity of * 
Gods Eſſence, ſothe diverſity of their determinations depends 
on the diverſe manners of Gods exiſtence,or ſubſiſting: the Fa- 
ther is of himſelf, neither made nor begorten, and therefore it 
beſt agrees with him to make all chings of nothing, which is'the 
work of Creation; the Son is of the Father alone by refle&ion 
of his intelleR, and ſo called the repreſentation of his Fathers 
Image,and therefore it beſt agrees with him to repreſent his Fa- 
thers mercies to mankinde,by ſaving them frow death and hell, _, 
which is the work of Redemption ; the Holy Ghoſt is of the Fa- 
cher and the Son, proceeding (and as it were breathed) from 
them both by the a of the will, and therefore it beſt agrees 
with him (that btoweth where be {'/Feth) to blow on our wills, 
and by his breath-to purge and purifie us, which is the work of 
Regeneration. To ſumme up al{in a word,this work of Regene- 
ration ( or Sanitification, or whatever elſe you will call it) in re- 
ſpe of the work,it is of the

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Spirit with the word of 
2741b, he comes ar laſt to the birth : So weread, Except a man 
be born. ] And this [ ſuppoſe to be fuller then the other, becauſe 
a begettmg may be, and no birth follow, as many that are ſtifled 
iv the womb, are begorren,not bor»; but if the bixth be, it doth 
cluppoſe a begerring , and fo-it implies it : Except a wan be 
be that is, except a man be begotten and born, he cannot ſee 
ods kgngaoms. If you ask of whom born? I anſwer,as God is the 
Faiber, io the Church is the Aforher of every childe of God : 
to this purpoſe ſaith the Apoſte, Jern/.ulems which #s above, u free, 
which u the mother of 9 all, Gal. 4,26. what is Jeruſalem but 
the Church ? for as that City was the ſeat of David, P/al. 122, 
5. fois this Church the throne of Chriſt , figured by the king- 
dom of David, kevel. 3.7. and theretore of both theſe God 
thus proclaims ,. Here ſhall be my reſt for ever, here will I dwell, 
for | bave adelight herein, Plal.1 32, 14,And rightly is theChurch 
called our mocher, firlt becauſe ſhe is the ſpoute of ourF ather,be- 
troatl ed, Hoſea 2.19. coupled and made oe, Cant. 6.3.1 am my 
Welbeloveds, and my 6!beloved is mine; and lecondly, becauſe we - 
are children horn of her;this ceacheth us to honour our mother, 
and likelittle children to hang at her breafts-for our ſuſtenance; 
Suck and be [ati: fied with the breaſts of her conſolations , milk out, 
and be delighted with rhe abundance of her gtry. It is tbe Church. 
ihat.brings forth children coGod by the-miniſtery of hisword,. 


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and if we are children of this noheve muſt ſeed on il 
which flows fron her two breaſ!s,the Old and New 1 eſt4ment; Mt 
Ar new born babes, (ſaith the Apoſtle) defire the ſincere with of 
the Word,that ye may grow thereby,1 Per.2.2.1n a word,out of the i per 4, v4 
Church theres no ſalvation : #/ho have not tbe Church for their - 3 
mother,cannot have God for their Father was the ſaying of old;& 
good reaſon, for out of the Church there is no means of Satva- 
tion, no Word to teach,no Sacraments to confirm, but allcheſe, 
and all other meanes are in the womb of the Church : ir is here, , 
and hereonely, where the Spirit of invmortall ſeed begets grace .. 
in the beart , and ſo a man is boyn again. 

This Zew34r}] ſome read #22roder, from heaven, ] and fo the - Dll 
words run, Except aman be born from above. JFrom above it be that © 
every good and perfett gift cometh: A man can receive nothing gxcepr John 3. 27 
it be given bim from heaven, John 3.27. But how then faith our 94 2 


Saviour of the winde (to which he compareth every one that n+ 
born of the Spirit)that we know not whence it comerh,aud whither > 
it goerh ? 1 anſwer, this [whence] reſpeRs more the cauſe then Verl# 
place,we know the winde comes trom the South, or North,'or 
Eaſt, or Weſt, but why ſo and ſo, we cannot ell; we know the 
Spirit i is above, & the new birth or regeneration comes om the 
Spirit:But 7# 4457 why it is ſo, or what moves the Spirit'to do ſo, 
beſides his :vſuctier, the good pleaſure of his will, we cannot tell. <2 

Or if we read a'yw34y 3 2217, as others do, the words tHets Reda 3nd 
run thus, Except a man be born again. ] To this Nicodemm*s te- P3r.4ph« iti E 
ply ſeems more dire&, How cay 4 mah be born tvbew hs 12 old ? cam "A 
he enter the ſecond time into bis mothers Womb ? No queſtion he 
rook Chriſts 4»:9y pro 24a, only thus he miſtook , that the ſev 
cond birth ſhould be after the manner of the firſt birth,8 there- 
fore he ſaith, Can a man that is old(ſuch as he himſetf was )be born 
again? No, faith our Saviour,that which is boyy of the fleſh, is fleſh, 
& there 1s but one 65-th after this manner; but to: be born again] 
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whole world) all 
is but miſcry ! this was 4/oſes praiſe, that heeſteemedthe reproach 
» 24+ of Chriſt above all the treaſures im Foypt; rather would he be the 
| n of God, then to be called the ſon of Pharaohs daughter, Heb, 
Sam16.23. 17.24.N0 queſtion it is a great dignity to be called the ſon in Law 
—_ *ntag go 4 King, but nothing in compariſon of being the ſon of God: 
&8,37, thisſonſhip is that degree, above which there needs no aſpi- 
Bs 10.47.  ring,and under which thereis no happineſs;no heaven, no king- 
Ax 16. 14. dom:Except aman be born again | he cannot ſee the kindom of God, 
bb. 2+ Fo Thus far _of the manner ot the words, which contain the 
new birth; it appears in them,the Father of it is God , the 
| ſeed ofitthe Word , the mother of ir the Church, the 
;& place of it, whence? from heaven ; the time of it, when ? 
PF after a man is once born, then he muſt be again born; Ex- 
cept a man be born, | _. 

Secondly, as you ſee the manner of the words containing the 
ew birrb; ſo now ſee the manner of the new birth contained in 
the words, 1

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third ſtep.is Sorrow for {»', and this ismore peculiar to 
Gods childe;rhere is a ſorrow,which is a common work of grace, 
which an hypocrite may have; and thereis a ſorrow which is 2 
work of ſpecial grace , and this likewiſe precedes the exerciſe | 
of faith. | hy 

But ſome object, Chriſt muſt work this ſorrow, or it is good | 
for nothing; now if Chriſt be inthe ſoul working ſorrow, then 
there is faith, therefore faith muſt go before -ſorrow. : 

I anfwer,although it is true that Chriſt cannot be in the ſoul, 
but inthe ſame initant there is the habit of faith; yet it follows 
not that faith is before ſorrow, for the habits of theſe graces are 
both togerher,and at once in the ſoul; or howſoever, it follows 
not that the ſoul is inabled by an a of faith to apply Chriftto 
it ſelf afſoon as Chriſt is inthe ſou}, or aſſoon as the habit of 4 
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bur which it acts firſt for our apprehenſion ? Surely ro us it firſt 
ſorrows for ſinne , and then-it afts or exerciſeth faith by com- 
.ing to Chriſt, and relying upon].Chriſt tor ſalvation, &c. Ob- 
—» {erve,this ſorrow is ſometimeg taken largely,for the whole work 
of converſion, ſometimes ſtriatly,for conviRtion,contrition, and 
A humiliation;in like manner repentance is taken ſometimes large- 
— I ly, and ſometimes ſtrictly ; By. this diſtinRion it may eaſily ap- 
pr pear how /orrow.goes before repentance, and bow repentance 
goes before faith, Indeed, for the Jatter is thegreat controver- 
fie, but ſome reconcile ttthus: Repentance bath two parts, the 
averſion of the ſoul from Sin,and the converſion of the ſoul ro 
God ; the latrerpart of its onelyan effet of faith, the former 
art of it, viz.. the turning of the ſoul from Sin is alſo aneffeR, 
= not only an effeRt; for.it is begun before faith , chougbir, be 
' not ended rill our life end. Some objeR, that God works re- 
pentance and faith together : But we diſpute not how God works 
them, but how the 1oul as them; not which is in the ſoul firſt, 
but which appears our .of the ſoul firſt : neither is it any new 
thing in Philoſophy to ſay,T hoſe caules which produce an ef- 
fe, though they be in time together, yet are mutually before 
one another in order of nature in divers reſpects to their ſeve- 
* ral cauſalities. Thus a man muſt have repentance before he have 
ſaving and juſtifying fa:th; and yet a man muſt have faith be. 
fore the work of repenrance be perfeftin the ſoul. As we main. 
tain repentance to be a precedent work;ſo we deny it not to be a 
ſubſequent eff:& : Ard that Sorrow is before the birth ro0,'the 
£orgac., Apoſtle intimates,” 2. Cor. 7. 10. Godly ſorrow works repentance, 
that is . ſorrow prepares a man for repent ance.it £0es afore it,and 
prepares for.it. And now itis, that Gods Spirit begins to renew. 
his heart, as God himſelf proclaimech., / will put a new. ſpirit 
| within them, and 1 Will take the ſtony heart ont of their bodies, and 
Exck;11.19., Will give them a heart of fleſh, Ezek..31. 19. his heart that before 
| was bard as flint, now begins to relent, and ſoften, and break 
I 2.37. | 18 pieces : How. ſo ?, itis GodsSpirit that pricks the heart, and 
ehis pricking ſoftens it, Dum pangat, wngit,, ſaith Jeremy Com- 
puodtion ſokiegs and. ſupplesthe heart , ſachat bs itoever ſo . | 
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ſtony, preſently it becomes an heart of fleſs; you. know thofe- -. - 
thatare apt to'weep, or yern, or ſorrow , we call then renger- 
hearted; you may be fure then he char: is pricke , til] bis hearr: 
bleed inwardly , be that weeps blood (which every heart doch 
that is pricke on this manner ſure bis heart is render indeed ; I 
fay,tendes,for as the very word imports, (zaeiv an 73 xad's) his 
heart weeps, why ? his heart is brogen : David joynes thele to- 
gether, ef broken and a Contrite heart, O God thos Yvilt not deſpiſe, | 
Plal. @17. And no wonder if an hgart that is broken, and Phl 51,27% 
rent, and wounded, and prickt, falls a weeping blood ;' well 
might David ſay when he was broken, P{al.35, 5. (1 have wept; Plal.38.8... 7 
nay more ) / have roared for the very grief ( or diſquietneſle) of ne 
wy heart : and again, y ſoul (or my heart) meliech (or drop- ; 
peth) for very heavineſſe. Not that his heart dropt indeed , but Phlarg, 
becauſe the teares which he ſhed, were nor drops of water run- 2 
ning onely from bis eyes,(an onion 'may cauſe to much)bur iſſy+: "I 
ing trom bis heart; which heart being grieved,and ſore grieved, 
it 1s ſaid to be wownded; and (0 his tears coming fromit', they 
may be called no lefle then very blood, drops of blood iſſning from: 
awonnded heart, Thus it is with the man now labonring in his: 
new birth, his beart grieves, his eye weeps; whence the Proverb, \c 
T he way to keaven 1: by weeping croſſe ; the way to Gods King- "_a 
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in theſe 
pangs ſhall mourn, and mourn; There ſhall be a great monrning; 
as the mourning of H adadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,Zach, 
12. 11. What elſe >: He cannot look-on a Saint, that ſailed not 
firſt through the Ocean of tears-, and therefore he-falls on his Gm. 17.177. 
facewithe1brabaw, he wreſtles with God like Zac: b-, he roars Gen,3 3240: | 
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The ſixth ſtep is, An hnngring deſire after Chriſt and bis merit; 
and to this ſtep bleſſed are they that arrive; Bleſſed are they tha « 
hunger and thir#t after rightecuſneſſe,for they ſhall be filled, Matth; wag, be. 3 
5. & Filled? how ? 1 will give wmo him that is athir# , of the * 
fountain of the water of life freely , Revel. 21. 6. This is the ſtep Rev.z16. 
(as if it were in Zacobs /adder ) thatraifeth him on high towards 
heaven ; it is ſucha token- of true faith, that he who hath ir, 
needs no more dgybtthat be belicveth , then he that breatheth 
needs to doubt t liveth ; and why: his thirſt of worldly 
things is cooled, bis thirſt of heavenly things inflamed. 

Objeft, But Chriſt ſaith , He that drinks of the water that 1 

ſoall give him, ſhall never thirſt, 

Sol, Not after the world," but he ſball thirſt more and more afier _ 
{hriſt: No hungry man did ever with more appetite wiſh for: © 
meat,nor thirſty man for drink,nor covetous man for mony,nor 
ambitious man for glory, then he now longeth to be reconciled, 
nnto God in Chriſt; in this caſe, had he the pleaſures and pro- 
fits ofa thouſand worlds , willingly would he partwith all for 
the application of Chriſts ſufferings; it is that ſovereign blood 
that can only heal his ſoul ; it is that bitter paſſion which can 
only quench his thirſt ; give him but the merits of Chriſts death 
(whereby God and he may be at one )and he cares not though 
he ſuffer death and hell again, yea he will venture goods, lite, 
all; orif that be not it which the Lord requires, he will do what- 
ever behoves him, even /e/ all, -all that he hath, part with all fin 
thathe loveth, yea were it his 1sght hand,or his right eye, nothing 
ſhall be dear to him, fo that he may enjoy his Saviour.O here's

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our Lord, Rom: 8, 35,39,:9. Thus it is with / 

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the man labouring in this birth: What? (ſaith he)doth Chrift call © 
'v#he heavy -laden ? why, Lord, {aw ftupetaces with @ weight, 
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with thee will 1 reſt for ever. Nor is. this any wonder, experi» 
ence tells us; the hunted beaſt flies unto hiyden , che wounded 3 
man hies unto the Surgeon, and fo the poor-man broken. and | & 
bruiſed with che weight of ſin,how ſbould be otherwiſe but caſt , mee 
himſelfe willingly into the [weet compatllionate inviting armes a 
and embracements ofChrift, whoſe promiſes run, I wil caſe him, "0 
I will refreſhbim ? You may (ce ſometimes a littleanfant, upon Max. i1,.28; * 
apprehenſionand approach of ſome ſuddendanger,how haſtily # * 
he runs into his mothers armes : even ſo a truly wounded ſoul 
(purſued by the terrors of the Law,and frighted with the angry 
countenance of Almighty God) it flies with ſpeed into the bo- 
ſome of its bleſſed Redeemer, there ic clings unto hisblefſed 
wounds , there it reſts upon his meritorious death , there it 
graſps about his crucified body, there ic hides it ſelf in the 

clefts of this Rock, yea there ic ſticks with this tul] reſolution, 
"that ſhould all cerfors, all- temptations, all men,all devils com- 
bine together ro caſt him into hell, they ſhould tear him, reac 
him, pull bim, hale him from the bleeding wounds, and tender 
* bowels of his heavenly Saviour: This was 796: caſe, who in the> 
ditrereſt of his pangs could cry it out, ſaying. 7 howgh the Lord ſlay. 
me, yet will { traſt tn bim, Job 13.15. And i muſt tell you, :64 Ss 
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meant the kingdom of grace , or the king- 
domot glory, Happy are the eyes that ſee theſe things. | 
But whoſe eze- are they? if we examine the unregenerate,he 
| ſeesno whit into the awful Majeſty of God the Father, he ſees 
-no whit of the beauty, mercy and pity of his Saviour, he fees no 
whitinto:thatglorious highneſſe of Gods Spirit in heaven, nor 
yer of his nigbneſle ro his brethren on earth : Hence it is, 
that when he comes among the Congregation of Gods Saints, 
his ſoul is not delighted with their prayers , praiſes, 'Pſalmes, 
and ſervice ; he /ees no comfort, no pleaſure, no content 
in their ations. But the #ew man is'of better igbr , the graces 
of the Spirit, and the ward-robe of Gods glory, are all produ- 
.ced ro his eye, as ifthe Lord ſhould ſay, Come, and/ce: fo Me- 
ſes, Stand ill, and ſee the ſalvation of God: fo Chriſt to his | 
Apoſtles, /z is given to yrmr eyes to ſee theſa things, to others but by Vanity, > 4666 © 
parables, He that is born again bath a ſpiritual eye, and a cele. dee. Us 
ſtial objeRt ; The exe of his underſtanding is enlightened (faith Plal 46.8. 
Paul: anointed ( ſaith Fobm : ) To cb. end ? hat he Exod 4.1% 
may know What is the hope of bis calling , avid whagtho1 Epheſ.r. 28. 
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dark, even darkneſ{e it ſelte, Epbeſ. 5. 8. And therefore it is no 
wonder, what is {aid by our Saviour, that be cannot , cannot ſee]: 
the $i gdowe of God. ; 

The ſecond priviledge is theobject of this ſight , here called - 
the kingdome of God. ) By which ſome underſtand Heaven, ſome 
the way to Heaven; moſt of the Ancients ſay,that by this Xing- 
down is meant Heaven : Calvin is of minde, that not heaven, bat 
 Cakin in loc. a F ritual life is thereby nnderſtood : Aretina ſaith (and Iam of 
F' Arerius i 10G je minde) that whether we underſtand the one or the other, It 
| Parimrefert. ters not much : Sure we are , that both thefe (Grace and 
| Glory) are- annexed to the new birth,, and both very. well 
way be implyed in this word, the kingdom of G4 |] 

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is meant paſſive righteonſneſſe, to wit, thr right eoreſne[/e in { by:ſÞ, x Cor. 1.z0. 
no ſooner is a mas bornugain, but he is clothed with this rizhte= © * 
$w/neſſe.; the other (God knows) is but weak and full of im- i 
ecion, and therefore to ſpeak properly , /t is the righreouſe, Extra nozeſt, © > 
| neſſe inGodthat makes #s appear righteous befire God: would you 15/92,70%.m "4 
{ have a plaincaſe ? as 7aco6 to procure the blefling of his father, _ —_ | 
hid bimſelf intotke apparet of his brother, and ſo received it td g;m,, - ” 
his own commodity, under the perſon of another : thus the yew 
man puts on the righteouſneſs of Chriſt, with which being clad 
as with a garment,God accepts-him in his ſtead, his faulrs beirig 
covered with his Saviours perfe&ion, 
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a Sea of comfort, a ſenfible- 
taſte of everlaſting pleaſures,as if the man had already one foot. 
in-heaven. But I hear ſome objeR; They have felt the pangs,caſt 
themſelves on Chriſt, reſolved againſt all fin. and yet nocom- 
fort comes. It may be ſo, though not ordinafily ; certain it is, 
whoſoever bath this -joy, 15 »ew born; yet not every Onenew born 
bath this joy; if any then be in ſuch caſe, let him hear what the. 

Spirit ofcruth ſaith , Since the beginning of the World men have » 

not heard, ner perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye ſeen, O'God, 

| beſides thee, what he barb prepared for him that waiteth for bim, 

Ifa.64.4+. Waiah 64. 4. #/aiting patiently (faith a Modern) for the Lords - 

coming to comfort us, cutber in temporal or ſpiritual difireſſes , is a. 

right pleaſing and acceptable duty and ſervice unto God, whic __ 

is wont-Jo crown with multiplied and over flowing refre ſhings when - 
bs comes.. Tothis end ſaith the Prophet; T hey that wait wpon + _ 

the Lord, ſhall renew their ſtrength , they ſhall mount: up-with + 

wings as Eagles + they ſhall run, and not be Weary ; and they ſhall 
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and reſolve truly npon ne wniverfal obedience for the time t9 1 
come, he ſhall certainly be ſaved; becanſe the Holy Ghoſt [aith, b 
Bleſſed are aft they that wait for him, Iſa. 30. 18; Or if this will 16,30.183-] 
not ſatisfy his deſire, ler bis deſire quicken and ſer on work(with = 
extraordinary fervency) the ipirit of prayer, let him have re- 
courſe again and again unto the promiſes of Scripture towards: 
the poor, heavy-laden , penitent ſouls; and when the time's - 
come (ifit will come) which God hath appointed , then ſhall : 
he feel this joy unſpeakable, the joy of rhe Holy Ghoſt; and this + 
is the head, the height, the top, the higheſt ſtep in this kingdom: 
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for ſo great a reward do {o lictle a ſervice?and what is Gods ſer» 
vice but perfett freedomithe yoke is eaſe , the burden 1: light, but 
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andperſwates, I conclude with my ſpeech to thee (whoſoever 
thou art) into whoſe hands this Book is fallen : the truth is, 
thework is weak, and anſwerable in that kinde to the Authour 
-of it : many and many a ſtitch. in myſide, many a pull at my 
ny agripein my ſtomack(beſides the pangs of my ſoul, 
endeavouring to pretiſe what T have writ) have Lſuffered.and 
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';the deſires of my beſt friends) ro run through this ſhort work, 


by taking a longer time;as my continual diſeaſe would nowand; 

hen ſuffer:me. If (when I am gone) thou reapeſt any.ſpiritual 
-good by this my ſurviving pains, it is,next to Gods glory,all my 
defire;;' YetI live, but to-ſave thy ſoul I care not how ſoon I 
Might die, yea on that condition I could be willing (if God 
ſo pleaſed)the lines that thou readeſt were writ with : warm- 
eſt blood 4n-my heart : willing ſaid I > yea, 1.could be willing 
.andglad(as little blood as 1 have in my body) to let itrun and 
Ton, for thy. ſpiritual good, to the very laſt drop in my,veines. I 


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