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8phefranr,Chap.I,
VE
R,4.
they
have
them;
many who have them
in
force fort,
fall
from them;
many
who
have
them,
fo
as
they
!hall
not
faite,
yet
may
miffe
injudg.
ing
of
their ellates,asPeter;Jf
allJhóild
farJàke
thee,¿rc.
To
this
1
anfwer;
Fiat,
though
a
mandreame heeate, or be
in
this
or
that
condition,
and
be deceived
;
yet a man
who
is
that or that
waking,
doth
know
it,
and
is
not
deluded
:
So
here, though the dreaming man, who
is
afleepe
in
finne,
maymocke himfelfe
;
the
man
who
is
awake and walked) with
God,is notmiftaken.To the fecond,I anfwer.
Many
who
have tempo-
rary graces,fall from
them;but this lettethnot,but
a
man
who
hath that
grace which maketh
the heart
honeft, may know
that
his
grace
(hall
a.
bide,
and
is fuch
as
(hall
be
accompanied with perfeverance:
Becanfe
force thinke counterfeit money good
flyer,
it
followeth not, but that
we
mayknow
that which
is
good,from'that which
is
otherwife.Finally,
though
a
true
fanctified man
maybe
deceived
in
judging
of
his
meafure
of
love
or
ftrength, it followeth not, that therefore
he cannot judge
at
all
truely
of
his
eftate.
I
may be deceived
in
judging how
wife I
am,
how ftrong, but not
in
judging
that
I
live, have
fenfe,
move,
fo
it
was
with
Peter. But
this
is
by
the way.
The
Vfe
of
this
Dolrine
is
to letus
fee, that wemay cometo
know
our Election.
If
we
find
that
our hearts have that faith on
Chrift,
by
which they are purified, he
who
may know he bath
that faith, which
is
the
faith
of
the
eleâ,hc
may knowhe
is
elected
al
fo;Wherfore let
tot
;rive
to make
arrr
eleliion
fare.
We
will dive into
the affeáions
of
men,we
can-
not
beat
reft,till
we
know how they
are minded
towards
us.
What
be-
feetneth
a
child more then
to
labour,
that
he may know his
fathers
goodneffe
to
him
e
We
fhould feeke
to God
to
witneffe
to
us
by
his
fpi-
rit this grace,to make
us
underftand it,through the word; we
fhould trie
ourfaith and fanétification
;
this
is
the counterpanewritten
our
by
the
originali copie, that will
of
God
Within
himfelfe, choofing
us
to holi-
nefle.
The
want
of
this
paines maketh fome
that they
come to
callin
queftion Gods love,
eleûion,
yea, whether ever they had grace, yea or
no. Should
any
corporation choofe
us
to
any place
of
dignity
and
profit,
we would quickly
learn
it,
and
if
we had
but an inkling, we would not
reft till we
had
found
thewhole matter.
I
would faithfull foules were
as
wife in this
matter.
They
arehence
rebuked, who
thinke
that thole that
are
ele.t,
cannot
be knowne,
that
it
is
prefumption to goe
fo farre
:
But
!hall
we
give
thankes,as
P,rul
doth,
for that we doe not know
e
befides, arewe bid
to
bcleeve
the Gofpell,
a
part where this
is
a
we
muff
not
be proudly
arro-
gant,to thinkewe
can fearch
thefe things to the full;for to
fee
things
un-
vifible,and fearch
things unfearcbable,arealike unpoffible:We
muff not
therefore
be
arrogant
above
that
is
written, nor yet
unthankfully
negli-
gent,fo
farre
as
to neglc
l
that which
is
written for
our inftruetion.
In
hins.]Obferve,in what order
we are
chofen :Thisgrace
of
election
beginneth
firft
with
Chrift
our head,
and
defcendeth to
us in
him
;
it
no-
teth the order,in
Which
we
areeleFited,not
the
caufe
ofelecìion ;we
mull
not thinke that we
are
firft
elected, and
that Chrift thenby occafionof
our