2 50 Of EleE!ion. --------- ------------- "'-"-"You plainly fee, the one is Exegetical, or Explanatory, or Characteriflical of Bo~K IV. the other, Thrm that love God, them that"" tbe Coltrd acc~rdJng to hu pur- ~ pof~ut you'll fay, Is this that that will infallibly diflinguilb a true calling from another calling of one that is not Elected? Yea, and I will g1ve you the greatefl Evidence for it that the Scripture bath; It is in Heb. 5' 12. compared with the 6th. Cbnpter, Vnj. 4, 5, 9· , o. It is a great inflance, and punctual to the point ofdiff"reoce afore us; and therefore the greater, becaufe m the one, he !peaks the loweft things of thcfe Hebrews that could be fpoken offound Profeffours, For whm for the ume )'e ot 1 ght to be twchers, _)'e have 11tedthat 01u teaclmhyou agmn,which be the fir[/ 'l:riltciples of the Oracles of God, mtd are become {itch M ha\)e 11nd of milk aud 1101 ofjlro11g mrat, [) ou are become fuch J as tf they had been other– wife once : Here's as low as low can be, for men 'that had profeffed Chrifliani– ty for Thirty years as they had. On the other hand hefpeaks the highefl things oftheworkupon, or calling ofamannotElected, Chap. 6. 4, 5'· Who were o11ce mlif!,htued, a11d had tafled of the btavtn!Jgift, a11d were made par– takn·s of tht Ho!;• Ghojl, atJd had taf/td the gcodword ofGod, andthe powers of the Wo•·ld to comt, And at the 9tb Verj. He yet fays of the true Believers amongfl them, But, Beloved, we tlre perjiwded betttr thi11gs ofyou, aud thi11gs that accompauy Sa!vatwn,though we thtu fperlk. Now what Grace is ic that the Apo!\le, to choofe, lingles our to infranee in, as that whch was and argued better thi11gs in tbem, than all that other work upon the others re– hearfcd, Ver(.4 5'· and thiugs accomprmyi11g Salvation, But this very thing oflove? SoVerj.1o. For God u 110t tmrtgbteum tojorgei)'Ottr work, and tabour pflove, wbichye have }hewed tow.Jrds hi. name, "' thfJI)'t havr mimf/redto the Srzi11ts, aud do miwfler. Bm you will fay,How 11~all I know how I love God? Wo11ldyou have me give ~ot< a f/gu ofa Jign ? Suppofe .1ejtu Chri[l were here, what courfe would he take ? I cannot take a better. It Jeftu Cbrzfl were here (and 1 in his ftcad, as you know the Scriprure fpeaks) what courfe d1d CLrift h1mfelf take? He asked Tettr the O!!ei1ion, Tetrr Jovefl tbott me ? Nor did he go and rifle his heart by ligns of that; b11t Peter, lovejlthott me? I bcfcech you but turn over your own hearts in all that bath pafl between him and you; have you never lcund intermingled with other workings on you, any true ilrains oflove to Him ? No difpofitions of Ingenuity towards him? None? Think again; If Chrifl did now himfelfappear, and did put but th1s Q,1eflion feriouily to thee; I koow bts Prefence would awe thee to fpcak what thy heart doth at t~e bot-. tom uit,mately concetve and apprehend, though thou canfl wrangle 11 out, and d.fpme it with Miniflers, ( as your n1anner is) that ) ou have no love to Chrifl, none, Chrifl is now here prefent, and we in Chrifls flead, do pur tbat Qt.tefl:ion to thee. 2. The Second Character averred (for I take only fuch as exprefly and fet– ly annexed) unto a Calling according to Purpofe, in that other, 2 Tim. 1. 9· Who bath coiled u; wzth m.1 holy Ca!lmg, according to his Tttrpofe audGrace. So then, bath God flampecl Holinefs on thy foul ? Hath thy fo~l ag.am and a– gain confidered this, bow he is an holy God; Whofe pr~re ryts c.111 mdure 110 iui– q:tity; and thy heart cleaveth to him under this thought, and apprehenlion of him, though thy heart and life abounds with thlit which humbleth thee, and caufeth tho• to mourn, as contrary to that his holinefs? Doth thy i:e3ft ap– prove of all his Commands in all things as holy and good, becaufc thisHoly God hath (\iven them, though never fo contmry to tny lulls ? ,~nd. IS It thy conflant wi01, Oh that this Holy God would make mt' porrahr ofthis Holi· nefs I and that I might live with this Holy God for ever! J Cwuld have an hap– pinefs in him. Arc there any fuch buddings? any fuch fLcrct pulfes, and firing,, or veim ofheart as tbefe flowing in thee? . But you will fay to me, Holinefs is but a Legc. I thing, a conformity to t''e. Lawof God, and was in the heart of Adam, . who was tmdrr a Co~" ''":t •f Worts; and will you fay that it is a certain evidence thanhe God ofo!l Groce hath favingly Called me? I do not fay th~r IS wuhout Fatth; bur wberc true Ho-
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