Of Eleflion. his ef\oti;g u>into glory, in refpe6 of right, andthat other of our poffeffion ~ of it. Such Temptations, as mno appearance mtght, and were likely, yet Chap.6. r would pm the poileffion of ir, fo long }et to come, mto all hazards, difcou· ~ ragements, arid mifadvemures, and yet he defigns it thus to i!lufrrate hi& grace the more. . . . I !hall give but one Parallel ln!l:ance ofthe-like de1ling, which doth illu!l:rare this by w•y of Sim1litudc, and iadeed was intended as the Type of this very thing. God fent Samtul to 'D<Jvtdwlulfl he was yet young, l<eepmg of lheep, and anointed him King, I S.tm,t6.q. in the open vie·n of all his Brethren; o,nd by that one folemn aC.l:, inveiled him into a vtfible, and yet irrecoverable right of the Kingdom of Judah and Jjrae!; and it was .the outward part of 'D.JVzd's {ure mercie,·, wt1ich was the pawn of all the rell, and of his right to the Kingdom of Heaven. And thus God did, as then, fo long after, al– though he fufpeC.l:ed thepoffeffion of it many yea(s,yetgave it him in the right; and when God had done this, and therewith ingaged himfelf to make it good, and fware not to repent of it, Then faid God, let S,JUI.. and all. the Power of Ills Kingdom, and that whole People that were his SubjcC.l:s (who wefe gene– rally wtcked, and took part with SauJ) let them do their \Vorfl; and thereup~ on God cxpofe~ this Flea , this Parridge upon the Mountains, that skipt from place to place upon SauPs h_unting ofhim Wtth all the Power of that Nation,. and with all the intere!l: he had in it;) et flill.he keeps him and prefervts him in open de[l1nce of him and his Beujamites, and the men of KiJah, and the refl; ol that Rabble, and they might all go call: their Caps afrtr him, but take h1m Qnd de!l:roy ,him they could nor. Th< lleatheu rag.ed, rmd the People imagin– ed a v,,;, thing, and yt I have Jet my lGug upo11 my holy Hi/J, as the Pfal-. mill: hath it. And ju!l: rhus it is that God fcrves the Devil and all our Enemies· within us, and worldly enemies without us; he firfl anoints us by his Spirit in that great folemn all of Calling us into glory, and then it is that-· he pourcs. l)i<.Spirit richly on us, ~ad creates us he.rs of eternal glory, •·• it follows there, Tit. 3• 7• He gives his Spirit comrpillion to dwell in us, to look to us , but re-' fc(ves our pofleffion of ir unto a further time, and the attaining thereof fh all be a work of time, and in that interim or fpace he lets loofe all. thofe Enemies upon us, leaves us to the harde!l: \vre!l:Hngs and fightings with them,and thole– accompanied )Nith innumerable hazards of our beiag overcome ; and yet fo waking_ and 01l)hipotcnt is the eye and hand of Godover us and upon us, that {\ill he either !l:rengthcns us at the inflan. , or re!l:ores us if we be led Cap· tive. · , Now Jet us fee \vhat Arguments and 'Powerful Tnf<rences of Security this one T opick will afford us, Fir!l:, Allgrant that ifwe were in Glory and the poffe"ilion of it, that then fin and Devils could not difpoffefs us, ror .iGdanger us. Now in. truth , it comes all to one,_as 19 point o.f c<;_rtainty.and fi:curity .(although right to, and· l'offeffion of that Glory; are infinitely di!l:ant, as to.rhe matter of Joy and Injoyment; ) for by giving Us the right , God bath inga&ed all that is in him,to bring us to rhe poffeffion, and not to fuffer an act wbich was done by him, as a God of all Grace, ever to be fruflrate. . , 2, Arg11mmt. If '>t fir!l: he.gives the greatefi and utmofi, (the greate!l:. that con be given, as right to Glory is) then certainly he gives all that ferves to the attainment, um0 the uttermo!l: .he .;an giv.e; ; and-ihe reafon thereof further is ,; Becaufe all that whichconduceth to bring us. thjther, is lefs -than t.he right to that Glory.,_ Now as in 2 T.heif. 2. q, 14- Bdoved of the Lord,6i!. caufe God hath.f•·om thebegilmi11g cho(r11 ro" to SalvatJon , through Sanfli, (lcatio11 of the Spirit, mzd 6tJief of' the Truth ; wheremzto he caOed yo11 bj c11r Gofpet , to theob.tauzing of the GJory of our Lord Je[11& Chrif1• . Faith an~ Holinefs theyare the Means; Glory and Salvation tl\eend of thofe.Means• .God c,haofes to carry lis rhroitgh tjlofe Means ;. unto this , .as the end of all, No\V if God , belides his choice of us from the beginning umo the end, will b~ pleafed to inllate us into the right of that Glory, by caliing us, this being iri– finiiely ~greater matter, and a priviledge far beyonQ.,the giving us thofe ~ijeaos. Oo £ ihim:
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