Of EleEl'ion. had fuch a righreoufnefs to throw away , and trample upon. to glonlic thts ~ of Chni\'sin juflilying of thee.. And fo as this thy valuation, and aifeC:hng to Chap+ ~ have this nghteoufnefs made thme, IS not only or meorly bccaufc It favcs r,;e 0 : ~ but becn1fe the wa y of thine, and a Sinners Juflification, by it alone, tends[~ greatly to glorific God, and his Grace: Now findcfl thou an Hearr fuited to; and thus hearnly affeCl:ed towords It, under thefe 1\pprehenfions about it or luch like ro thefe? Here is a fpiritual acting towards that object:: And ;s a liberal. Man will devife liberal things, fo a fpiritual Man will be devifing fuch fp1nrual thmgs as thefe, and Ius Heart wdl worl1 alter them acc~rdingly. Yea, rake fin,as it is fer out in the SpirituJI N>rure,and as a Man confiders fin, as it is contrary to the purity and Holmefs of the Great Cod , and contrary to his righteous Wdl , and he finds withal fuitably a contrariety in .Jus Heart; not only in his Confciencc , but in his Heart againfl that fin. upon the account of this contrariety. to God arid his Holincfs, this is a fp~tltual "cting towards that Object:. The 7th Chapt. ID the Rama1ls' from the 14th v.. r to 'he end . confirmeth this; Doth he fpeak of a godly Man there under the p<rforl of J, im: felf? Yes, vet he abflrad:s in that viewof hts Heart there fer fi>rth the work. ings of Sanctification againll: fin from Faith in Chrifl: The ilfue indeed is to drive the Soul to Chrifl, Vfr{: ttlt. but yet in all the foregoing pdTage he h•d barely viewed and conlidered ji11 and Holine/I in his H art, as they oppofed each the other; and his own "'ords tell us his Eyes were fixed tilcreon alone , Jfee, (fa)She)and!dowhlt!hate; anditisuot I, 6tttfhuh.ttdwt!hthitJ mt; I fee, ( fays he) in my mind, a Law contrary tot he L' w or·lin; that is; rake ftn as ftn, I have the comran Law tn me enacted mmy w'wlr: M<~.n. Have you the like! This is from the Spirit of GrJce; c, is i~ Gr.1ce wrought in a true Calling. So that my Brethren, from all the~e Tnflances fer rog;ether, I collect: and ga• ther,that from the lirfl to the lafl, from bortom ro top, there rs a drffcrcnce ia nil and every Spiritual acting whatfoever, fince tn thcfe forementioned there is. Only this t again add, that till Faith blr,oms, or blows, 1s you fay of a Ro(e, we cannot have firm comfort in any ottno(e tbtngs; Yer hO\Vl:vcr ruch a diffc· reoce there is in the things rhemfelve' : Alfo where thbfe Wit h rhefe differen.· ces are lound, there Faith upon Chrifl is alwavs in the bu,d, rh·>ugh 1t flwuld nor be fully bloomed: Alfo though there is ,,,is difference, yet If we reil iri thefe things without acting Faith on ..;hiifl imm"diltely everv dw . there's fo much Legality; and the Apoflle liad much 1d > ( and we all m•.1ch m >re) to get our ofhimfelf, and was all his life rime je.Jious of hi<own K.1g a"oufnefs, and of his own heart, lefl it fhould at any tirrie turn iri to that fl.•gh teoufnefs he detefled , arid Jell hi> heart fo mucl11is for anvone n1 >m"nt;fl]ould be rakea and found out of the exercife of pure and clear faith on Chrill, as you read ' Phtl, 3· 9.--And be fou•ld ilt him 1101 h.lvl11g rrm1e vW1l Rtg&teouftte/st whtch zs of the Law, lmt that whtchis thro~t.~h thej:lllhofi.Jjf'tf/, the Rtghuou(ne(s whteb i4 ofGod6y{<1itfi. Thus mJch a, tu a general Anfwer, whatd,fference there is iri Callings. i. If you ask me Particular differences, I fhall give you two, which I find annexed unto fuch a C>lling, as is according to Gods Purpofe, and the proper effed thereof; and lhall add a third. You know I mentioned two plac ., for this diflinction ofbeing·called accord– iug to hM pt<rpo(t, R.om. 8. 28. 2 Ttm. r. 9· We will have recourfe to borli ihtfe places, and only rake thofe C haracters, which we there find ; Firfl, Rom. 8. 2~. We know tha·t all tlii11J.r work togeth<r forgood tothm• rh.1t are the (ttlltd ,tccordwg ro his purpoje; fo tar we cited i<for ou1· purpofe >fore; butobferve wh.atcorries beiween· as a Character, wh rebv we ma y beablo re: dil1inGuith, [to them tht<t love Godl to thim.th,tt are ihr Cltlledaccordmg ta' hts purpoV , , So that, i. True anafin cere love td God is a ~ropcr nrire, and fruit, ond cf ... feet of being c>ll'ed: The ApoGie you fee puts that in when he would make i oiUi'nchon; and abfolmdy pi'tches it there; They a're thole that love God : K'];; You'
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