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with a all beleevers, in their fulaeffe, in relations, as head and members, as houfe and inhabitants, as hufband and wife, one with him, as slight and love, and one with him in his inheritance, and in all his glory; and that all beleevers by vertue of this union and oneneffe with God, are the adopted fonnes of God, and heires with Chrift, co-heires and joynt heires with him of the inheritance of all the promiſes of this life, and that which is to come.

41 Thef.1, 1. Joh.14.10.20, & 17.21. b Col. 2. 9,10. & 1.19. Joh. 1. 17. Joh.20.17. Heb. 2.11. dColr. 18. Eph. 5.30. e Eph. 2. 22. 1Cor.3.16,17 fEfa. 16.5. 2 Cor. 11.3 g Gal. 3. 26. b Joh. 17.24.

XXVIII.

That thofe which have union with Chrift, are juftified from all their finnes, paft, prefent, and to come, by the bloud of Chrift; which juftification wee conceive to be a gracious and free bacquittance of a guiltie, finfull creature, from all fin by God, through the fatisfaction that Chrift hath made by his death; and this applyed in the manifeftation of it through faith.

41 Joh. 1.7. Heb. 10. 14. &9.16. 2. Cor. 5.19. Rom. 3. 23. b A&ts 13.38, 39. Rom. 5. 1. & 3.25.30.

XXIX.

That all beleevers are a holy and fanctified people, and that fanctification is a fpirituall grace of the b new Covenant, and effect of the love of God, manifefted to the foule, whereby the beleever is in truth and realitie feparated,both in foule and body, from all finne and dead workes, through the bloud of the everlafting Covenant, whereby he alfo preffeth after a heavenly and Evangelicall perfection, in obedience to all the Commands, which Chrift as head and King in this new Covenant has prefcribed to him.

a I Cor. I, I, I Pet. 2. 9. b Eph. I. 4. CI Joh 4.16. d Eph. 4; 24. Phil. 3.15. fMar 18, 20

XXX.

All beleevers through the knowledge of that Justi-

a 2 Cor.5.19. Rom.5.9,19