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Show · · · 0 f the aduancement of/earning ~ · G·o· D, and ofthe,vorkes ofG 0 D; The nature of G 0 ·n _co nfifteth of three perfons in· vnitie · of G 0 D"'head; 'The attributes of G 0 D areei,. thcr co~tmon to th·e deitie,or rcfpectiue_ro the per- ~ Lons. ; fhe wolkes of G 0 D fummar1e aret\vo , · that of the Creition ·, an~ that of the .Redemption: And both thefe workes,as 1n To tall th cy apperraine to the vnitie of the God .. head:So in tl~eir parts they referre to the thr~e-per(ons : That of rhe Creation · in .the MatTe of~he Matter to the father,in the difpo. ; fiuon clfthefor~e to theSonne)an·d in thecontinu. an~: a?d · ·conferuation oft~~ being to the Holy fptrtt:So thar of the Redempt1o, in the eleCtion and ··. counfc;ll to the Farher,in the \Vhole Ad and conffi .. n1arion~.r~ the Sonne: and in the application to the Holy fp1nt :-for by the Holy· Ghofr waschrificon~ ceiuedin fletb,-and by the -Holy Ghofiare the Elect regeaerate in fp1rite. This worke Iikewife we confi .. der either effechiaHy in the Elecr;or·priuately in the . reprobate, or according to ;Jpparance in the vifible : Church. /' · .- , formanners,the'Doctrine thereofis·contained in thelawe,which difclofeth finn e. The Jawe itfelfe is deuided according to the editionthereof,into the I~ we ofNature)the Ia we Moraii,and th"e lawe Pofi .. tnte; and accordingto the fiile into N egatipe and Affinnatiue., Prohibitions and Coinmanden1ents. Sinn~ in the m·atrer and. (ubiect thereof is deuided .according to the Con1mandements.,. in the form·e ~.t11ereof it referreth to . the three _perfons:in deitie, ... - ~sinnes . . T'he fecond 6ooke. 1 ~~ · Slnnes ofinfirmitie agait1fi the father whoR' rnore fpe~iall attribute is Power : Sinnes 'ot Ignorance aga1nfi the Sonne, .whofe attribute is vviledoJne: an~ finne~ ofMalice aga·infi the Holy Ghofi,\vhofe' .attribute ts Grace or Laue • . In the motions of it, it eirhcr mooucth to the right hand or to tl1e Jcf~. ) e~ther ·to ~lind~ d.tuoti_o~, or to prophane &hbcrune tranfgreffio;etther tn unp.ofing rcfitainr, where G 0 D granteth libertie, or in taking liber-tie \vhcre G 0 D impofeth rellrainte. In the-de .. grees and progrelfc of it, lt.deuidech it (e1fe into thought;· \Votd, ·or Atr. And in'r~ispart I com ... mend tnuch the diducing of the La we of G 0 D to ca!Cs of confcience, for that I take indecde to bee a breaking, and not exh.ibiting whole of the bread of .life • But that. which quickneth both ' thefe D,oC1:rines of £1ich and Manners is the eleuari .. tion at1d confent of the heart, \vhereunto appcrtaine boo"kes _of exhortarion,hoJy meditation,chri. - fHan rcfolution,and the like. · . . For the Lyturgie or feruicc, ·it confillech of rhe · re.ciprocalJ Acts betweene G 0 Dand Man, which on. the ·part of· G 0 Dare the Preaching of the ward and the SacramentS, which are feales' ro the couenant,oras the vifible worde: and on the pare of Mans Inuocadon of the natne of G 0 D,and vn .. derthe la\v:Slcrifices, which \vere as viliblc praiers -' or confeffions, but now the adoration being in (p.irilu.& veritate there re1naineth only vitJtli labioru,?J, · t .. l( . . although . . If' |