Of EleClion. ~ 2. Tilofc words h,ub called, taken JS the effect of Grace as the Caute, note Bon~-: IV. om 3. difference of calling tor tne ktnd of xr, and rh at thele are fome orhen rh:u ~hare a Calhng diff't·rem; an_d this ddfuencc we ul i.O have in 2 Tz.m. 1. 9 . expreily, H11hmt!cd 1<1, [ wzth an buly cat/z,g]lt IS a Dtfcnmmatton that too which !ikewife doth implicitly note rilat there <He Other~ calkdlbm not wt!h mt bof)•c,zl/h;g; and fo llill [VS] not Others, is the voice ol bntit thtfe !\po. files, and is to be underllood in tile reolity of it, to be Pew·', tntcnt10n, N >w the privilcdge prcmifed to the (VS] here, who are thus called is that we lhould be perfected, flrcngtlmed, (!)c. which notes out tlli! d;lfcrc'nce from rhofc others in the Jlfue and Event of calling, that others, t houo h called ) et are not pcrfetl:cd, but lefi in the end to their own wills and wa; s:.u fall a:va~; for 'tis a cllling according to Works, and accordingly it is m'r.··;;.~u. · And whereas it may be fa id to. be intended with a Commotton et <Lfference fJOm all others of t he World. I grant) ou may rake them in alfo as a further amplification of the gra~e of God wwards us, yet I would further add, I. That this difcriminating Grace is more confpicuou{]y feen by thofc o– thers that are called , as well as we, whom yet God leaves re fa!! awa,·, And indeed, if you unde-rfland it only in the way ofthe btfore·mentiOn<d DiOindi– on ( "'hat h been faid) then fo conceived there needed no fuch diftinctioo, as in tile word Ct~I!Wf. is intimlted; forthe generality of the Wodd are of fuch as ncv<'r were, or !hall be lo much as called; it mufl therefore Le mainly in– tended of thofc others that have had fome work of callmg upon them, as well as this [VJ J t hemfclvcs. Moreover, fccondly, his Scope being to forti lie and comfort this [VS] from fears of falling aw•y, and the fears of falling away being occalioneJ b) , and uling ch ,efly and moftly to arife from the Examples of others, that are in their apprehenfwns called, as well os themfelvcs, whom yet with their own eyes they daily fee to fall away; whom 010uld he in this cafe, by way of difcnmi– nation, intended (if he intended any at all) other than thdc'l In the !aft place, although [VS] feems to come in without any Emphafis at all, and to fervc but only as a Noun that follows the Verb batb catl~d, as if denoting barely the perfon; yet elfewhere you find, when it is (as here ) joyned with Calling, t hat there is a fpecial Emphafi• fet over the head ofV.S, Rom. 9 24. Evm VS whom be bath cat!td, 11ot of tbe 1ews ou!y, 6Mt t~f{o of the Ger:tdt.r. Where obferve, I. He fays not barely who hath called VS, but even VS whom he hatll calkd, the accent is let over the head of the VS; and the etfect of 'Peter's Speech here comes all to one wirh that there: For it is no lefs than as if be had placed his words alfo thus [VS] whom 1 be Godof all grt~ce hat/; called. And fccondly, To what purpofc is it that the Accent, the Emphaiis there over VS, but to fl1ew the infinite vall difference which Grace and Mercy puts between that [VS] whom he hath called, and others ? Tis as if he had laid, even VS, and not others, through difcriminating Grace ; for which reod the words afore, and you will acknowledge as much , Verj." 22, 23. Wb,;t zj God wdlitJg to /ltw hri w r.-llh, a11d tomalu hi; powrr ktJOWII, n;dttrtdwithmtich loll,(·(tlffn ing the VeJ!ils of wrath fitted to def1mc1ioTJ? And that he mzght make r.toWIIthe rzcbes of buglory 011 the vef{els of mercy which he had afore prepmwlzmtoglol)' ? And if any lay, That this difference there put, is but that which is between t he Eletl:, and all or i.crs of Mankind that are the vdfels of wrath. I anfwcr: Read r,nd annt x Verf, 1), 16. He faith to Mo[es, I wi!J bavt mercy 011 whom l Wtll IMve mercy, and I will h,,ve compa!Jio1l on whom] ~Jit bave compaJlio:T: So thtu tt is 11ot of him that.wiUtth, 11or of h111J that rttll· 11rtb. lt:l of God that Jbewnbmtrc)'· So th2t from that [VS] there rhus indigit atcd t"hqt are called allo, that attempt to wtll and nm, and to obtain Salvation thereby, it is apparent that there is \nrended a more fpte!OI fort of men, from w.hom even [VS] by a true Calling arc diflinguifht, unto the greater magnifying of God's grace thereby. Aod
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