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 Twelfthly, If ye be come unto Christ, then ye will find his Spirit convincing you of sin.

Thirteenthly, If ye be come unto Christ, then ye will find his Spirit ruling and commanding you, casting down all things exalted against Christ's kingdom.

Fourteenthly, If ye be come unto Christ, then ye will find his Spirit in you by supplication, leading unto sense of sin, and apprehension of the necessity of mercy, which makes fervency, letting the soul see God only appealed in Christ, and sealeth the truth of God's promises and records.

Fifteenthly, If ye be come unto Christ, then ye will find faith in you, that will be your stay in all estates, actions, temptations and afflictions: This is hard to find out, yet it may be found out, if ye have a desire for it, ye may have it.

Sixteenthly, If ye be come unto Christ, then ye will find an admirable change in you, a new Spirit without guile, a new judgment, new desires, new affections, love, hatred, sorrow, joy; new senses, eyes, smelling, ears, taste, feeling. Now find ye these, or any of these marks really in you, then doubt no more, misbelieve no more, all is sure, ye are come unto Christ, and seeing ye are come unto, press ay for more and more of his likeness, for progress in sanctification. Remember, I John ii. 6. 'He that faith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk even as be walked.' And this leads us the third thing in the opening up of this point,  wit, To declare who are his people; they, as we were saying, who are righteous, and live righteously. Now these who are righteous, are these who have unto Christ, and they indeed live righteously. to make it more clear, we shall in short tell you, who they are who live righteously: These, to wit, a word, 'Who walk as he walked.' Omnia nos Christi vita docere potest: that is, The life of Christ  teach us all things.