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CHAP. XX. There is a real change of our state in justification,

CHAP. XX. There is a reall change of our state in justification,

Yea, clearly before God, there is an excellent change in the state of the Saints, from ungodliness to justification, so as they were not from eternity, nor before they believed, justified and godly, 1. because the Lord saith, ^aIn time past the Gentiles were no people, and obtained no mercy, and now are a people, ⟨p. 23⟩and have obtained mercy. Jerusalem ^bwas once polluted in her own blood, and the Lord looked on her so, and he washed her, and adorned her. 2. The Apostle was once to God ^ca blasphemer, a persecutor, and God saw him so, else neither was the Apostle so, nor could he speak truth in saying so, but he obtained mercy. So in other Scriptures ^da most real change is holden forth, and that in Gods eye.

YEa, clearely before God, there is an excellent change in the state of the Saints, from ungodlinesse to justification, so as they were not from eternitie, nor before they beleeved, justified and godly, 1. because the Lord saith, ^aIn time past the Gentiles were no people, and obtained no mercie, and now are a people,