A radical Change-Nature of.

many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Jn. 16:7 If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not

on me.

Ac. 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Rom. 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

497. Regeneration, a radical change.

Ezk. 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Rom. 2: 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

2 Cor. 5: 17 Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Gal. 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. [See 541.]

498. Nature of regeneration.

Jn. 3:6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

Ep. 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful Justs; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

Divine Agency in.

499. Divine agency in regeneration and sanctification.

Dt. 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Ps. 51: 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Jer. 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ezk. 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Jn. 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

15:5 Without me ye can do nothing.

Rom. 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Divine Agency in.

1 Cor. 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth: but God that giveth the in

crease.

4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Ep. 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. 8 For by grace ye are saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Col. 1: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

Tit. 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Jam. 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

500. Particular holy exercises the gift of God.

Ac. 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand ♪ be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, ane for giveness of sins.

Rom. 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed: because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Divine Agency in-Effectual Calling.

Ep. 2:8 For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.

2 Tim. 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.

501. Saints as dependent on the Spirit as sinners for holy affections.

Ps. 51: 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

1 Cor. 15: 10 But by the grace of God. I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain ; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

502. Regeneration includes effectual calling.

Ac. 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Rom. 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8:30 Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are witho.it repent

ance.

1 Cor. 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto to them which are

Illumination.

called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

1 Th. 2:12 Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

1 Pet. 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

503. Regeneration brings out of darkness into light.

Ps. 25: 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Pr. 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth learning to his lips.

28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seck the LORD understand all things.

Ec. 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Dan. 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Jn. 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

2 Cor. 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Ep. 5:8 For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.

Col. 1: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into kingdom of his dear Son.

1 Th. 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that