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Sixthly, The principle of Regeneration, and seed of grace, which God lays into the soul of every penitent person at first conversion, is a universal principle, a principle that spreads it self over all the faculties of the soul,¹ and over all the members of the body, Psal. 45.13. The Kings daughter is all glorious within, her clothing is of wrought gold. In regeneration there is infused the habits or principles of all grace,² which like a divine leaven spreads it self over the whole man. Look, as Absalom's beauty was spread all over him,³ even from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet; so grace spreads it self over every faculty of the soul, and over every member of the body. Look, as Solomon's Temple was all glorious both within and without; so that grace which a man receives at first conversion, makes him all glorious both within and without.⁴ Look, as Adam's sin spread it self over the whole man, so that grace which we receive from the second Adam, spreads it self over the whole man. And as that grace which was in Christ, did diffuse and spread it self over all of Christ; so that grace which is in the true penitent, does diffuse and spread it self all over the penitent. Now, look as heaven is contrary to all of hell, and as light is contrary to all darkness, and heat to all cold; so that divine, that noble, that universal principle of grace, which God at first conversion infuses into the penitents soul, is contrary to all sin; and therefore the penitent turns from all sin. But,

Sixthly, The principle of Regeneration, and seed of grace, which God layes into the soul of every penitent person at first conversion, is a universal principle, a principle that spreads it self over all the faculties of the soul,¹ and over all the members of the body, Psal. 45.13