of God Eph. 2.22 It being a Worke of God to build the Church the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost building the Church not instrumentally but efficiently with the Father are therefore equall in Power and Operation with him CHAP. XVIII The raising the Dead is a work of the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost TO restore a lost habite was judged by Phylosophy a thing impossible and if impossibilities might admit of degrees the raising of the Dead was thought more impossible theÌ„ other things But the Pihlosophy of Christians not contradicting but transcending reason hath learned out of the Scripture another Lesson and their faith grounded on Gods word maketh them to believe the resurrection of the Dead And surely there is no impssibility in that which God promiseth He will assuredly effect that which he undertaketh and he will doe all his pleasure Isa 46.10 If he worke who shall let it Isa 43.13 this worke therefore is great is difficult but it is to man not to God He can as easily raise the Body out of something as he did at the first create it out of nothing The Lord challengeth this as his worke I even I am he and there is no God with me I kill and I make alive Deut. 32.39 This Worke is a Worke of one God yet he is distinguished into three Persons which effect this great Worke. First the Father raiseth up the Dead John 5.21 not onely these that are spiritually dead in sinne but also those that are corporally Dead through sinne Secondly the Sonne raiseth up the Dead He promiseth to raise up those that beleeve in him Joh. 6.40 54. Joh. 11.25 He changeth our vile bodies that they may be fashioned according to his glorious working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Phil. 3.21 yea he raiseth all both Good and Bad they that have done good to the Resurrection of life and they that have done evill to the Resurrection of damnation Joh. 5.28 29. Thirdly the Holy-Ghost raiseth the Dead Rom. 8.11 He quickneth our Mortall bodies by the Spirit that dwelleth in us The Sonne and Holy-Ghost are equall with the Father in Power and Majestie and doe Worke together in these Works which doe concerne the Church of God in generall The fourth Section CHAP. I. The Workes of God which doe concerne the faithfull in particular are the Common and essentiall works of the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost AS the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost doe Co-work in these Actions of theirs which doe concerne the Church in generall so likewise they co-operate in those workes which concerne the faithfull in particular As namely 1. in Election 2. in Redemption delivering us First from sinne Secondly from Satan Thirdly from the wrath to come 3. in Justification First in the remission of sins Secondly in the imputation of the Righteousnesse of Christ 4. in faith 5. in Hope 6. in true saving or sanctified knowledge 7. in our Union and communion with God 8. in Adoption 9. in sanctification both in the beginning progresse of it both by drawing us to himselfe and quickning us as also by giving and multiplying graces in us 10. in his attestation giving Testimony to us we are his 11. in sealing us 12. in giving us Christian libertie 13. in salvation or glorification These are wrought for us and in us by the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost The Scriptures doe manifest Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to be God equall with the Father by ascribing to them these Workes equally with the Father CHAP. II. Election is a Worke of the Father of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost THere is a two fold Election First there is an Election to a Ministeriall Office or funâ—â—ion thus Judas though a Devill was chosen to be an Apostle Joh. 6.70 Secondly there is an Election to life and glory thus Judas though chosen to be an Apostle was not chosen to eternall life Joh. 13.18 I speake not of all I know whom I have chosen The former I have already shewed to be an Essentiall Worke of God I shall endeavour to make manifest the latter to be a Worke common to the Trinitie The foundation of God standeth sure having this seale The Lord knoweth who are his 2 Tim. 2.19 Election is there stilled a foundation First in regard of the immutabilitie and firmenesse of it Secondly because it is the beginning and first principall of our salvation and the meanes thereof it being built thereon The Lord knoweth them that are his He knoweth them not onely in scientia cognitionis sed scientia dignationis Psal 1.6 He knoweth wicked men all their wayes but he will not own them Mat. 7.23 He is ashamed of them Mar. 8.38 but he acknowledgeth and rewardeth the Righteous he passeth by the one but he chooseth the other This Election is a Worke of one God in three Persons First God the Father Electeth Ephes 1.5 He chooseth us in Christ before the foundation of the World All the Sonnes elect are the Fathers Joh. 17.10 His good will and pleasure as it is the ground of other graces Jam. 1.18 Ephes 1.14 Luk. 12.32 so it is of his Election of us likewise Eph. 1.5 11. Secondly God the Sonne Electeth Joh. 15.19 I have chosen you out of the World John 13.18 I know whom I have chosen Joh. 6.64 He knew from the beginning who believed not and in regard of this the faithfull are stiled his elect Mat. 24.31 Mar. 13.27 All the Fathers elect are his likewise Joh. 17.10 his will and good pleasure is the ground of our eternall happynesse Joh. 17.24 I will that they whom thou hast given me be with thee where though he prayeth as our Mediator yet he willeth it as our God equall with the Father Never any humble Supplicant would pray thus I will this or I will that Besides the Booke of life in which the Names of the Elect are written is the booke of the Lambe Rev. 21.27 Thirdly God the Holy-Ghost electeth the eternall Counsell of God is ascribed to him Isai 40.31 who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord or being his Counsellour hath taught him If the Father or the Sonne choose without the Spirit they should direct him in his work but he worketh according to his own will and good pleasure for he divideth his gifts and graces to every man severally as he will 1 Cor. 12.11 Thus Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost doe Co-work in our Election CHAP. III. Redemption is a work of the Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost and that first in not onely keeping but also delivering us from the evill of sinne REdemption is a Work wrought of the whole Trinity as the first cause and therefore Redeemer is a Name usually ascribed to God Isai 44.24 Isai 34.4 Isai 41.14 Isai 48.17 Isai 49.7 Isa 54.58 Jer. 50.43 but more immediately was the Worke wrought by Christ our Goel Job 19.25 our kinsman The neerest kinsman in the Leviticall Law had power to revenge
determined to be done Act. 4.27 28. Secondly the Sonne gave himselfe for us Tit. 2.14 He gave himselfe for us to redeeme us from all iniquitie Gal. 1.4 He gave himselfe for his Church that he might sanctifie it and clense it Mat. 20.28 1 Tim. 2.6 He gave his life a raâ—some for many Heb 9.14 He offered up himselfe Col. 2.20 He loved me saith Paul and gave himselfe for me Joh. 10.17.18 He laid down his life of himselfe Thirdly through the Holy-Ghost this Worke was done Heb. 19.14 Christ through the Eternall Spirit offered himselfe He sent him to doe this Worke Luk. 4.18 19. This Worke though it was consummated perfected and terminated by the Sonne of God when his soule did make an offering for Sinne Isai 53.10 So the Translators render it in the Margent it being terminatively wrought by Christ yet inchoactively it was the Worke of the whole Trinitie and so Isa 53.10 The Lord shall make his soule an offering for sinne And thus the Translators render it in the Text the Originall will beare either neither of them is contrary to the Analogie of faith for Christ suffered and dyed for the sinnes of the World by the common decree of the Father the Sonne the Holy-Ghost which was their essensiall and common Worke Act. 2.23 He was delivered by the determinate Counsell and fore-knowledge of God whom the Jewes tooke and by wicked hands crucified and did slay It being a worke of love to Man in God but a Worke of malice to Christ in the Jewes CHAP. VII The raising of Christs Body from death was a Worke of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost THe Resurrection of Christ or raising up of his Body was a Worke of God Act. 3.15 Rom. 10.9 Act. 10.40 Act. 2.32 Rom. 4.24 Act. 4.10 It required a Divine power to effect this Where the Lord Jesus may be considered either First essentially as he is one Essence with the Father and the Holy-Ghost so he raiseth and is not raised Secondly Personally and that First as he is the Sonne of Man and so he is raised Mat. 17.22 23. Luk. 9.22 and raiseth not Secondly as he is the second Person in the Trinitie which was made flesh Joh. 1.14 and thus he is raised Luk. 9.21 and did rise againe Luk. 18.33 yea did raise up himselfe Joh. 2.19 The resurrection of Christ from the dead is attributed to the whole Christ and yet is was actively wrought according to his Divinitie and passively according to his Humanitie This Doctrine was mightily explauded by Philosophy who thought Paul to be a Babler and setter forth of strange Gods because he preached Christs Resurrection Acts 17. but Christians doe know by the Word First the Father raiseth him Gal. 1.1 1 Thes 1. last Rom. 6.4 Rom. 8.11 Act. 13.33 Secondly the Sonne raiseth himselfe Joh. 2.19 1 Pet. 3.16 2 Cor. 13.4 1 Cor. 15.12 Joh 10 17 18. I have power to lay down my life and I have power to take it up where he seemeth to compare his life to a garment that he can take up and lay down at his pleasure It was not possible that Death should hold him by force Thirdly the Holy-Ghost raiseth him Rom. 1.4 The Father therefore raiseth the Sonne by the Sonne and the Sonne raiseth himselfe by the Spirit of Sanctification whereby he is declared to be the Sonne of God where therefore the Scripture ascribeth the raising of Christ from the dead to the Father it excludeth not the power of the Sonne and Holy-Ghost but sheweth the Identitie or samenesse of Will Power Operation in them Where if Christ had not dyed we could not have lived and if he had not risen againe we had slept for ever but loe the Dragon is vanquished and the Lamb is victorious the Lord of life grapling with Death foiled him in his owne Territories He brake all the Prisons of death and unfettered all his fellowes If when Christ was borne old Simeon was willing to dye Luk. 2.27 how willingly ought we to dye that know Christ is risen from the dead and become the first fruites of them that sleepe 1 Cor. 15.20 Seeing that the first fruites differ onely in maturity from the time of the Harvest Let an Infidell sorrow immoderately for his friend that is dead as for a man without hope and let an unbeleever bewaile the misery of his dying soule but we have not so learned Christ Eph. 4.20 Christ who is the Key of our resurrection hath raised himselfe and opened a way for us to follow Heb. 10.20 CHAP. VIII The lifting up of Christs body into Heaven or his ascention was the Worke of Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost THe Ascention of Christ or the lifting up his body into Heaven is a worke of God None but the Lord did receive him into glory 1 Tim. 4 16. and did set him at his owne right hand in heavenly places First it was a Worke of the Father not onely to raise him from the dead but by lifting up his body to to set him at his owne right hand Eph. 1.20 Secondly it was a worke of the Sonne to ascend into Heaven so the Psalmist foresheweth Psal 68.18 and the Apostle affirme Eph. 4.8 1 Pet. 3.22 and Christ himselfe witnesseth Joh. 20.17 Joh. 3.13 Joh. 16.15 As man he was taken up into heaven Mar. 16.19 Act. 1.9.11 and was set at Gods right hand which posture of his imployeth First resting from his labours Secondly raigning as a King Thirdly judging as a Judge but as he was also God so he lifted up his owne body Psal 68.18 He assended by his owne power He that did at the first make Joh. 1.3 and doth still support all things by his power Heb. 1.13 did likewise exalt himselfe and ascend above all things by the power of himselfe who used a cloud rather to magnifie his Divinitie Psal 104.3 in his riding theteon Psal 68 4. and commanding it then for any assistance he received from it He supporteth the cloud the cloud of itselfe could not support him Thirdly it was a Worke of the Holy-Ghost He led Christ into the Wildernesse Mar. 1.12 Mat. 4.1 Luk. 4.1 He translated the bodies of the faithfull from place to place 1 King 18.12 Act. 8.39 He who formed Christs body in the Virgins Wombe Mat. 1.18 20. Luk. 1.33 who raised up his body out of the grave Rom. 1.4 did also exalâ— his body into heaven who was exalted by the right hâ—nd of God Act. 2.33 Now the Spirit of God is called the Finger of God Luk. 11.20 with Mat. 12.28 The Hand of God Act. 11.21 Ezek. 8.1 Ezek. 1.3 Ezek. 3.14 yea Peter Act. 2.33 doth distinguish this right hand of God from the Father and therefore it cannot be taken personally for him where if it be used Essentially the Holy-Ghost is necessarily included but if Personally the Holy-Ghost is then there described to be him by whom Christ was exalted Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost doe co-operate as they are three
first and the last Rev. 1.11 Rev. 22.13 Rev. 2.8 Rev. 1.17 Who is the first though not the first alone because the Father is with him He is the beginning the ending Re. 22.13 He is the everlasting Father Isai 9.6 who though born in Bethlehem in regard of his humanitie yet in respect of his Divinity his goings forth hath been from of old from everlasting Mich. 5.2 Or as the Originall will beare it from the dayes of eternitie His Kingdome is everlasting Isai 9.7 Luk. 1.33 Rev. 11.15 His Throne is for ever and ever Heb. 1.8 Psal 45.7 He is without beginning or ending Heb. 3.7 He liveth for ever Rev. 1.18 Heb. 7.25 He is before all things Col. 1.17 18. He is eternal life 1 Joh. 5.20 1 Joh. 1.2 As he is the Sonne of Man he is a Priest after the order of Melchizedeck Heb. 7.15 But as he is the Sonne of God Melchizedeck is said to be like unto him that abideth a Priest continually Heb 7.3 The heavens and all other creatures shall faile but his yeares faile not Heb. 1.12 Yea the Jewes knew that the Messiah must be eternall John 12.34 John the Evangelist proveth the eternitie of Christ First because he had his being before any creature was created 1 Joh. 1.12 Secondly because he was begotten of the Father Joh. 1.18 Joh. 3.16 he was not created not made as creatures are and John Baptist sheweth Christ to be after him yet before him Joh. 1.30 After him in his Humanitie yet before him in regard of his Divinitie Yea the beloved Disciple John speaking of Christ he repeateth was foure times Joh. 1.1 2. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and that Word was God The same was in the beginning with God He was was was was where can wicked blasphemers shew he was not Thirdly the Holy-Ghost is eternall He is the eternall Spirit Heb. 9.14 and the everlasting God which gave Commandements by the Prophets Rom. 16.26 That this was the Holy-Ghost is manifest For he spake and commanded by them 2 Pet. 1.21 Eph. 3.5 Nehem. 9.30 Isai 6.9 10. with Act. 28.25 26. 2 Sam. 23.2 he abideth with the faithfull for ever John 14.16 The Father the Son and the Holy-Ghost are consubstantiall coeternall of one and the same Substance Essence and Nature being one eternall Lord God which hath being in and by himselfe alone There cannot be more infinites nor more eternals then one as God is who is one in essence though distinguished into three Persons Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost which are not before or after each other in regard of any prioritie of Nature Honour or Time but onely in Order who are before or after each other onely in order of subsisting and working Thus the Father is before the Sonne in order who is begotten of his Father and doth nothing but what he seeth the Father doe Joh. 5.19 And the Father and the Sonne before the Holy-Ghost in order who proceedeth from them Joh. 15.26 and who speaketh not of himselfe Joh. 16.13 but receiveth of the Father and of the Sonne and sheweth that unto the faithfull Joh. 16.14 15. that neither is the Sonne before or after the Father in time neither is the Holy-Ghost after either of them but being Relatives are together by nature CHAP. IV. The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost are Omnipresent OMnipresency is a propertie peculiar to God he is ever with us ever before us he alwayes overseeth us though our eyes see him not His essence is immeasurable He filleth all places Act. 7.49 1 Kin. 8.2 7. Isai 66.1 He is a God at hand and a God afarre off Jer. 23.23 God alone is every where Psal 139.8 9. Amos 9.2 3 4. He is not in loco definitivo in any place definitively as Angels are much lesse is he in loco circumscriptivo in any place circumscriptively as corporeall creatures are But he is every where present whom the Heaven of Heavens cannot containe 2 Chron. 6.18 He is in Heaven reigning in Glory and Majestie He is in earth ruling by his power and providence he is in Hell tormenting with his wrath and justice First in regard of all Creatures the immensitie and greatnesse of God is seene working in and by them Act. 17.28 and present with them And so First the Father is present in all places his eyes are upon the children of men and he heareth the prayers of his servants in all places Joh. 16.23 he dwelleth in th faithfull Joh. 14.23 Secondly the Sonne is present in all places when he was on earth in regard of his humanitie was also in heaven in regard of his Divinity Joh. 3.13 And now though ascendâ—d into heaven in regard of his humanitie Act. 1.9 10 11. Act. 7.55 yet in regard of his Divinitie he is ruling by his power both in heaven and in earth and in all places under the earth Phil. 2.10 The Lambe who is in the midst of the Throne and of the foure Beasts and in the midst of the Elders Rev. 5.6 yet also walketh in the midst of the seven Golden Candlesticks Rev. 2.1 yea where two or three are gathered together he is in the middest of them Mat. 18.20 he is with all the faithfull to the end of the world Mat. 28.20 yea he dwelleth in them Ephes 3.17 And surely where God the Father is he is in the unity of the essence with him Joh. 1.1 being in the Father and the Father in him Joh. 14.10 11. filling all things Ephes 4.10 At his ascension he ascendeth where he was before Joh. 6.62 he ascended with his bodie into heaven where he was before in his Deitie Joh. 1.18 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost is likewise every where David demandeth whither shall I goe from thy Spirit or whither shall I goe from thy presence Psal 139.7 Thus the Spirit with the Father and the Sonne are present every where The Holy-Ghost abideth at all times and in all places of the earth in the hearts of all faithfull men Joh. 14.16 17. he remaineth amongst the people of God Hag. 2.5 He dwelleth in them Rom. 8.11 Rom. 8.9 2 Tim. 1.14 1 Cor. 3.16 the beleevers are his Temples 1 Cor. 6.19 this one and the same Spirit worketh all gifts and all graces in all the faithfull 1 Cor. 12.11 2 Cor. 11.4 and is in all the hearts of the faithfull Gal. 4.6 and abideth in them for ever Joh. 17.16 1 Joh. 2.27 yea the Spirit of the Lord filleth the World and containeth all things Wisd 1.7 he proceedeth both from the Father and the Sonne Joh. 15.26 Joh. 16.7 and is with them which are mutually at the right hand of each other Psal 110.1 5. he being alwaies where they are Psal 139.7 David joyneth Gods presence and his Spirit together The Father and the Sonne being one in another Joh. 10.38 and he in both and they in him Zac. 7.12 he is the Lambes eyes who is in the midst of the Throne Rev. 5.6 he is before the
his Brothers bloud on the Murderer out of the Citie of Refuge and also to redeeme his inheritance being lost through povertie The Lord Jesus being our flesh Heb. 2.14 is our Goel our Kinsman he is the revenger on Satan that Murderer Joh. 8.44 and a Redeemer of a better Paradice for us then that which Adam lost by sinne he is the next and immediate principle of our Redemption who as he was the Sonne of God in regard of his Divinitie became the Sonne of man in regard of his Humanitie for he that was the Sonne of God became also the Sonne of Man that we which were the Sonnes of men might be made the Sonnes of God It seemed fit to the Lord that he which was the Image of God should restore to man that Image which man by sinne had lost That he which had created the world should as it were recreate it That he should take our humane nature on him on earth that he should carry with him our humane nature into heaven that he which was our God by creation should be our Lord by Redemption The first cause of our Redemption was the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost God challengeth it as his Worke Isai 44.5 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his Redeemer the Lord of Hosts I am the first and I am the last and besides me there is no God and Isaiah sheweth Isai 45.11 There is no God besides him a just God and a Saviour there is none besides him It is the Lord who First keepeth and delivereth us from the evill of sinne Secondly comforteth against Satans assaults and delivereth us from him Thirdly and principally he freeth us from the evill of sinne and of punishment and delivereth us from the wrath to come First the Lord our Redeemer ke peth and delivereth us from the evill of sin and therefore we pray in ihe Lords prayer Lead us not into tentation but deliver us from evill Mat. 6.13 First the Father keepeth us from the evill of sinne To this end Christ prayed to his Father Joh. 17.15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the World but that thou shouldest keep them from the evill As man he prayed to his Father to support his Disciples with his grace but as God he himself is prayed to by his Disciples for grace 2 Thes 2.16 17. 2 Cor. 12.8 9. and he doth support them therewith Secondly the Sonne keepeth from the evill of sinne Judâ— 1. we are persecuted in Christ Jesus when â—aue had besought the Lord Jesus for grace he received this answer from him My grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.8 9. yea so sufficient was his grace to Paul that he acknowledged he could doe all things though Christ that strengthened him Phil. 4.13 This was the end that he gave himselfe for us to deliver us from this present evill world Gal. 1.4 yea it is God our Saviour that keepeth us from falling and presenteth us faultlesse before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy Jude 24.29 vers Thirdly the Holy-Ghost keepeth us from the evill of sin It is through the Spirit wee mortifie the deeds of the body Rom. 8.13 It is he that guideth us into all truth Joh. 16.13 It is through the Holy-Ghost that any can say Jesus is the Lord and no man speaking by the Spirit can call Jesus accursed 1 Cor. 12.3 The Father the Son and the Holy-Ghost doth redeeme his Jsrael the Church from all their iniquities Psal 130.8 CHAP. IV. The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost comfort us against Satans assaults and deliver us from his power IT is God alone that comforteth us against Satans assaults and delivereth us from his power he can put a hooke into the nose of this Leviathan and bore his jaw through with a thorne Job 42. He is the God of consolation Rom. 15.5 He it is that comforteth those that are cast down 2 Cor. 7.6 He bringeth Satan under our feet Rom. 16.20 And he maketh a way to all tentations that we may be able to beare them 1 Cor 10.13 He cureth all those wounds which Satan maketh in the Soules of his people neither Angels nor Principalities nor Powers shall be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Rom. 8.39 wee are through him more then conquerers Rom. 8.37 First a Conquerer enjoyeth the benefit of his conquest but for a while but we enjoy an everlasting benefit in our conquests Secondly He conquereth only corporal enemies we conquer spirituall Thirdly He overcommeth Men we overcome Devils Fourthly Worldly Souldiers subdue their enemies by killing but the Lords Souldiers overthrow all their enemies by dying yet it is not of our selves but through him that loved us we may say of our spirituall enemies as Jehoshaphat said of his Corporall 2 Chr. 20.12 O God wee have no might against this great company that commeth against us neither know we what to doe but our eyes are upon thee The comforting us against Satans assaults and the deliverance from his power the Scripture ascribeth to the Father the Son and the Holy-Ghost First God the Father comforteth us The Apostle prayeth to him to effect this 2 Thess 2.16 and giveth thanks to him for effecting it 2 Cor. 1 3.4 And he delivereth us fâ—om the power of darknesse Col. 1.13 Secondly God the Son comforteth us 2 Cor. 1.5 Our consolations abound by Christ He is the consolatioâ— of Israel Luk. 2.25 He calleth all that are heavy laden and promiseth to ease them Mat. 11.29 Paul therefore prayeth to him for comfort for himself 1 Cor. 12.8 9. and for the Thessalonians 2 Thess 2.16 And in regard of the light of Grace and Consolation he himselfe giveth us the Holy-Ghost is stiled in relation to him another comforter Joh. 14.16 we overcome Satan by the blood of the Lâ—â—b Rev. 12.11 It is Michael and his Angels that fight â—gainst the Dragon and his Angels Rev. 12.7 In vain might even the Angels fight for us if they had not the Lord Jesus for thâ—ir Captaine Neither Angel nor man ever prevailed without Christ They that fight under this head are safe those thâ—t fight without him cannot but perish It is the Lord Jesus who by his death destroyed him that had the power of death that is the Devill Heb. 2.14 He spoyled Principalities and Powers Col. 2.12 He is our Goel or kinsman Job 19.25 that revenged us on Satan Thirdly it is God the Holy-Ghost who is a comforter to all the faithfull he is oft by the Lord Jesus stiled the Comforter Joh. 14.16 26. Joh. 15.26 Joh. 16.7 He it is that worketh spirituall joy and comforts in the hearts of the beleevers Act. 9.31 Gal. 5.22 by the sword of the spirit which is the word of God we are armed against Satan and his adherents Eph. 6.17 and well may the Word of God be called the sword of the Spirit The Spirit is the Author of it 2 Pet. 1.21
that God dwelleth in him and he through Christ in him And there is no wonder that the Lord bestoweth this and all other mercies on his soule when as it pleaseth him to adopt him to himselfe to be his sonne which also is a worke of God CHAP. XII Adoption is a worke of the Father of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost ADoption is a work proper to God He alone adopteth children to himselfe who both can and will and also doth make them Heires of God even joynt Heires with Christ in Glory Rom. 8.17 Which grace of adoption is the undivided worke of one God in three Persons who as he is our Father so we are his children by adoption who of his owne will begat us Jam. 1.18 we being begotten by counsell and not by nature â—or so the Lord Jesus is the onely begotten Son of the Father â—oh 3.16 18. Joh. 1.14 18. 1 Joh. 4.9 the Father being his proper Father Joh. 5.18 and he his proper Sonne Rom. 8.32 First the Father adopteth us He hath predestinated us to the adoption of children by Christ Eph. 1.5 It is our everlasting happinesse that we are so neerly admitted into the presence of God that his onely Sonne standeth betwixt us and him and that the Lord Jesus calleth us his brethren Heb. 2.11 by the Fathers choice of us in him Secondly the Sonne adopteth us As many as received him he gave power to become the Sonnes of God even to them as believe in his name John 1.12 Thirdly The Holy-Ghost adopteth us and therefore he is called the Spirit of Adoption Rom. 8.15 He it is that maketh us children of God Rom. 8.14 As many as are led by the Spirit nf God they are the Sonnes of God The Spirit leading us as a Father leadeth his childe Adoption therefore is a worke of the Father of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost being stiled our Father as in the Lords Prayer where the name Father is not taken personally but essentially namely for one God distinguished into three persons And surely the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost have this Name Father ascribed to them in Scripture as I have shewed and they are with the first Person a Father to us not onely in regard of Adoption but also in regard of Regeneration or Sanctification as I shall shew CHAP. XIII Sanctification is a worke of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost SAnctification which in Scripture is sometimes called Regeneration Renovation Conversion Repentance New Life New obedience c. is the Worke of God Joh. 1.13 If to create man be in the power of God alone then surely to re-create him is in his power onely For the former is called the worke of Gods fingers Psal 8. but the latter is ascribed to the strength of hiâ— armes Luke 1. And surely none is able to repaire the depravations of nature but the God of nature He it is that taketh from us our hearts of stone and giveth unto us an heart of flesh Ezek. 11.19 Ezek. 36 26. The Lord challengeth it as his worke I am the Lord that sanctifie you Levit. 20.8 Paul prayeth to God to effect this grace throughly in the Thessalonians 1 Thâ—ss 5.23 He giveth men repentance 2 Tim. 2.25 He quickneth those thae are dead in trespasses and in sinnes Eph. 2.1 5. He bringeth to the birth and he bringeth forth Esa 66.9 He saith to them which lye weltring in the blood of their naturall unclâ—annesse Live Ez k. 16. Secondly they that are sanctified are the children of God Joh. 1.12 13. borne of the Spirit John 3.5 and borne of God 1 Joh. 3.9 Although the Scripture usually ascribeth sanctification to the Holy-Ghost who doth peculiarly terminate this worke yet it is not to excludâ— the Father and the Sonne from it First the Father sanctifieth us Joh. 17.17 The Lord Jesus prayeth to his Father to sanctifie his Disciples noâ— onely to the office of an Apostleship but to a fuller me sure of grace as 1 Thess 5.23 The Father begetteâ—h us agâ—ine to a lively hope 1 Pet 1.3 He maketh us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light Col. 1.12 which is done by sanctification For without holiâ—esse no man shall see God Heb. 12.14 The Lord will have none to dwell with him in happinesse which will not h ve him to dwell with them in holinesse Yea Jude â—leerly manifesteth Jude 1. that we are sanctsfied by God the Father Secondly The Sonne sanctifieth us If he wash not us we have no part in him Joh. 13.8 we are sanctified in him 1 Cor. 6.11 1 Cor. 1.2 He sanctifieth and cleanseth his Church Eph. 5.26 Mal. 3.2 He is to them as a refiners fire to try them and not as a consuming fire to dâ—stroy them He purifieth to himself a peculiar people zealous of good workes Tit. 2.14 they being a peculiar people to him must yeeld peculiar obedience to him He presenteth us holy and blamelesse Col. 1.22 He that sanctifieth saith the Apostle Heb. 2.11 and they that are sanctified are all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren The Lord Jesus sanctifieth us two wayes First as God equall with the Father so he sanctifieth by the power of his Deity even by faith in him Acts 26.18 Secondly as he is God and man our Redeemer so he sanctifieth us by the merits of his humanity Heb. 9.9 10 14. Heb. 10.10 washing us with his blood 1 Joh. 1.7 Rev. 1.5 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost sanctifieth us 1 Peter 1.2 2 Thess 2.13 1 Cor. 6.11 Rom. 15.16 For which cause all the graces in us are called the fruits of the Spirit Eph. 5.9 Gal. 5.22 we are borne againe of the Spirit John 3.6 8. For as Christ the head was conceived by the Holy Ghost Matth 1.18 so the mysticall Body of Christ is regenerated and borne againe of the Spirit Joh. 3.5 and renewed of the Holy-Ghost Tit. 3.5 We are changed into the Image of the Lord by the Spirit of the Lord 2 Cor. 3.18 who is the Spirit of holinesse Rom. 1.4 who is holy in himselfe and also worketh holinesse in us gradually cleansing us from all impurity Things are purified two wayes from naturall corruptions first by fire secondly by water And thus in the Leviticall Law things legally uncleane were lâ—gally purified Num. 21.33 And surely the Holy-Ghost in regard of his cleansing us from spirituall corruptions is usually compared to these two Elements first to fire as Mark. 9.49 Matth. 3.11 Secondly to water as Eze. 36.25 with 27. 1 Cor. 6.11 Esa 44.3 Joel 2.28 Sanctification is thetefore an essentiall worke of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost which is signified to us in our Baptisme being baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost Mat. 28.19 We are washed therefore and cleansed from sinne by the joynt yet undivided worke of the three persons of one Essence who are not divided in working