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5

to

the

Godly,

both for this

life and

that to

come

;

and

terrible threatnings

to

the ungodly?

To

what

ufe

and

pur-

pofe

were all thefe,

if

no one

could

know whether he

were

Godly

or

Vngodly

?

Who

could

take any

comfort

in the

protnifes,

if

he could not

know that they

belong

to

him?

S.

Not

unlefs

he

have

force

guefs

or

hope,

P.

And

do you not

hear

in

z

Pet,

i.

To.

that

we

muff give all diligence

to

make

our

Calling and

Elation

fure

?

And

2 Cer.

13.5.

Examine

your

(elves whether

you

be

¡nth;faith

or

no

:

Prove your

felves.

Know you

not

your

own

f

elves,

that

yefus

Chri

ft

is

in

you, except

ye

be

reprobates

?

Do

you

think God would

bid men

try

and

examine and

make

fure,

if it

were

impollible

S.

No,

Pure;

we

mutt

do

our

bell

:

But

who

can tell

who

are

Eluted

and

who

are

Reprobates, which

are

Gods

fecrets

?

P.

You

cannot

know before

they

are

Converted

,

whom

God

will convert and

whom

not. But when he

Converteth

a

Sinner, he

fers

his name

and mark,

upon

him

;

not

outwardly

only

as

you do

on

your

Sheep

or

goods but

inwardly,

as

the

(h)

Parents

convey

their

own

nature

and

likenefs

to their. Children

:

That

is,

He Regenerateth

and

fan$ifieth

them

:

He

putteth

into

them

a

Holy

nature

;

a

new

mind,

and

a

new

will;

and

turneth

them to

a

new

life

:

And may

not

all

this

be

known

?

Cannot

Gods

Elea

be

known

to

them-.

felves,

when

he

bath

given

themthe

Spirit

of

Chrif}

and made

them

new

Creatures,

and

fer his

certa

in

mark

upon them

?

Did

you never

hear z

7°im, 2.

19.

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Cor:'5.17.

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