V. And of all the effects of sanctification, these are most notable. I. To feel our wants, & in the bitterness of heart, to bewail the offence of God in every sin. II. To strive against the flesh, that is, to resist, & hate the ungodly motions thereof, & with grief to think them burdenous & troublesome. III. To desire earnestly and vehemently the grace of God, & merit of Christ to obtain eternal life. IIII. When it is obtained, to account it a most precious jewel. Phil. 3.8. V. To love the minister of Gods word, in that he is a minister, & a christian, in that he is a christian: and for that cause, if need require, to be ready to spend our blood with them. Mat. 10.42. 1. Joh. 3.16. VI. To call upon God earnestly, & with tears. VII. To desire & love Christs coming, and the day of judgement, that an end may be made of the days of sin. VIII. To fly all occasions of sin, and seriously to endeavour to come to newness of life. IX. To persevere in these things to the last gasp of life. Luther hath a good sentence for this purpose, He that will serve God, must (saith he) believe that which cannot be seen, hope for that which is deferred, & love God, when he showeth himself an enemy, and thus remain to the end. Now, if so be all the effects of the spirit are very feeble in the godly, they must know this, that God trieth them, yet so, as they must not therewith be ⟨image 163⟩dismayed, because it is most sure, that if they have faith, but as much as a grain of mustard seed, and as weak as a young infant is, it is sufficient to engraft them into Christ, & therefore we must not doubt of their election, because they see their faith feeble, & the effects of the holy Ghost faint within them.
V. And of al the effects of sanctificatiō, these are most notable. I. To feele our wants, & in the bitternes of heart, to bewaile the offence of God in euery sin. II. To striue against the flesh, that is, to resist, & hate the vngodly motions thereof, & with griefe to thinke thē burthenous & troublesome. III. To desire earnestly and vehemently the grace of God, & merit of Christ to obtain eternall life. IIII. When it is obtained, to accounte it a most precious iewell. Phil. 3.8. V. To loue the minister of Gods word, in that he is a minister, & a christiā, in that he is a christian: and for that cause, if need require, to be ready to spēd our bloud with thē. Mat. 10.42. 1. Ioh. 3.16. VI. To cal vpon God earnestly, & with teares. VII. To desire & loue Christs comming, and the day of iudgemēt, that an end may be made of the daies of sin. VIII. To flie al occasions of sin, and seriously to endeuour to come to newnes of life. IX. To perseuer in these things to the last gaspe of life. Luther hath a good sentence for this purpose, He that will serue God, must (saith he) beleeue that which cannot be seene, hope for that which is deferred, & loue God, whē he sheweth himselfe an enemie, and thus remaine to the end. Now, if so be al the effects of the spirit are very feeble in the godly, they must know this, that God trieth them, yet so, as they must not therewith be ⟨image 163⟩dismayed, because it is most sure, that if they haue faith, but as much as a grane of mustard seed, and as weake as a young infant is, it is sufficient to ingraffe them into Christ, & therfore we must not doubt of their election, because they see their faith foeble, & the effects of the holy Ghost faint within them.
