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6

'et

a

pool

°

ano

f

am.íip

hook.

foundation

(or

obligation)

of,

God

flandeth

five

,

having

this

feat

;The

Lord

knoweth,

them

that

are

his

;

and,

Let

every

one

that

nameth the

name

of

Çhrifß

depart

from

iniquity :

God

knoweth whom

he

will

convert

and

fave

from eternity ;

But when men Believe

inChrifi

and

Depart

frominiquity,

then

they

have his

Peal

of

EleFlion on

them,

and

by it

they

may

know

themfelves

that they

are

his.

S.

I

cannot

deny

what

you

fay

,for

it

if

plain.

P.

I

pray you

tell

me

further

.,

Have

you not read

or

heard, that

one

fort

are called

in

Scripture the

Children of

God, and

Paid

to

(i)

have

his

Nature

,

and

his

Image

?and

therefore are

faid

to

be

Regenerated

and born

again,

and

Born

of

God, and begotten

by

incorruptiblefeed

to

a

lively

Hope,

and

a

never

fading

Crown

in Heaven,

and

are

made

Holy

as he is

Holy

t

And the

other fort

are

called

(k)

the Children

of

the

['evil,

and

faid

to

be

of

him,

and

to

be

ruled

as

Captives

by

him,

and

to do

his

works

and

will

?

And

dare you think that

God and the

Devil

are

fo

like,

as

that their Image,

and

Nature,

and Works, and

Children,

cannot

be

known

one

from another

?

S.

,dare

not

think

fo.

forbid.

P.

And

have

you not heard

in

Scripture

abun-

.dance

of

particular

Marks

laid

down,

by which

we

may

know

whether

we

are the Children

of

God

?

And

can

you think that

they are

all

laid down

in

vain?

S.

No

;

none

of

the

word

of

God

is

in

vain.

P.

And

do

you

not

hear exprefly that

by thefe marks

(i)2

Pet.I.4.I

Pet.I.ÿ,,15,IÓ,I.

(ÌZ)Yoh.8.

4*iO

°

..

,

2

risr

.2.25,26.I

Job.

3,8,9,ICmf11, 13.10.

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