Sermons preached

2. As he hath purchased it for us, so he works it in us; partly by the power of his Internal Grace, and partly by blessing and sanctifying External Means and Helps for such an End and Purpose.

First, I say, by the Power of his Internal Grace, changing our Hearts and Minds. Tit. 3. 9. He saved us by the washing of Regeneration, and renewing of the Holy-Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And he acteth in us as Christ's Spirit, and as we are Members of Christ. It is the Spirit enlightens the Mind, so that we begin to see the Evil that is in Sin, the Necessity to get rid of it; After I was instructed, I smote upon the Thigh; and also to overcome the obstinate Heart of Man, and turn it to God, and to fix the Inclination of the Soul against Sin. In short, by his preventing Grace he doth convert us, by his exciting Grace sanctify us, by his assisting Grace he makes us persevere in turning us more and more from Sin to Holiness.

First, I say, by the Power of his Internal Grace, changing our Hearts and Minds. Tit. 3. 9. He saved us by the washing of Regeneration, and renewing of the Holy-Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Iesus Christ our Saviour. And he acteth in us as Christ's Spirit, and as we are Members of Christ. It is the Spirit enlightens the Mind, so that we begin to see the Evil that is in Sin, the Necessity to get rid of it; After I was instructed, I smote upon the Thigh; and also to overcome the obstinate Heart of Man, and turn it to God, and to fix the Inclination of the Soul against Sin. In short, by his preventing Grace he doth convert us, by his exciting Grace sanctify us, by his assisting Grace he makes us persevere in turning us more and more from Sin to Holiness.