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Q 3. What is that Change wrought in a Man by God's Holy Word and Spi∣rit, before he can safely conclude himself to be passed from Death to Life?
BY one man sin entred into the World, and Death by sin, Rom. 5.12. Sa∣tan was a Murderer from the be∣ginning. He slew Adam by the first sin: And slew all mankind in that first Adam. Spiritually considered, we are all Dead born. Dead in sin, and Dead for it. Dead in respect of Corruption, Dead in respect of Condemnation. Con∣demnation to the Prison of Hell, to the Torment of Fire, to the Duration of Eter∣nity.
But God hath so loved the World, that he hath given his only begotten Son to redeem us from so great a Death, John 3.16. He desires not our Death to be Continued, and Ruin to be Compleated. He re∣veals