Y8z ofEffectual Calling. S s c T. X1Y, painby fire : and then they work, together; though this or that particular asst; dionof itfelf may feem tomake thee worfe, to caufe thy Sunne to toe many degrees backwards, Yet all together promote thy good ; Theydo that in a Con- ttellàtìon,whicha (ample afpedwould not do. So that this true and faithful lay- ing if imbraced by all acceptationof believing, isenough to make a man in a con- tinual transfituration. Such a beleever may truly fay, Soul,take thyfj,iritual eafe, foehere is muchfJeeritualgood treafuredupfor thee ; but this bread is only given to children; This pearl is notcall to dogs and fwine ; for in thenext place we are told who they are,to whom this priviledge belongs, and they are let out, r. By their Dutyor Grace, They loveGod. 2. By Gods mercyvouchfafed to them,They arecalledaccording tohie purpofe. Whereupon the Apoftlemakes a golden chain ofall thecaufes ofSalvation, infe. parably linked together, that none may be taken away one from another. It was a Paying that A man might foonerwreft Hercetle 'Clubout of his hand, then divide one of Homer) verles from another, the Matterwas to dependant and con - nexed together; but certainly all thefe caufes are fo divinely joyned together, that nonecan part them. And the firftRound in this Chain is Gods fore-know- ledge, or rather Gods fore - acknowledging ; For by fore- knowledge is not meant anyprefcience or previfionof fuch as would ufe their free-will and natu- ral power well.No, that,to repugneth the whole currant ofthe Scripture,which makes all good worksthe fruit and effelkof Predeflination, not the motiveor caufe of it, otherwifeit wouldbe Poftdeftination. rather thenPredeftination; butto fore-know is as much as toapproveof, and to love, accordingto that rule, Words fgnif}ing ads of the underftanding, aremanytimesput for the conco- mitant and fubfequent affeétions and effeéts thereof. Thus the fimple word To know, is many times putfor approbation, careand love. ThusPfa1.1. TheLord knewerh the way ofthe righteous. John s O. I!nowmy Sheep ; and the compound to fore-know alto is ufed in this fenfe, Rew.1r. Godbath not callaway the people Whomhe fore-knew, i, e. did approve and love. So r Pet. a. a. Elefl according to thefore-knowledge of God; And fo it is applied to Chrift verf..ao. in thatChapter. Upon this fore-knowledge fucceeds Predeltination, and theee are alts of God from all eternity; and from thefe as the fountain, ftreams the firft effeft in time, and that is Calling, whom he loathpreebftinatedhe hath called. A two-fold There is a twofold calling,oneExternal only, conûfting in the tender and of Calling. fer of grace,invitingofmen to come in; inwhich fenfe our Saviour faid, Man) are called, but few asedeafen. The other internal and efficacious alto, when God with the outwardoffer changeth the heart,makingit to imbraceCbrif ;and in this fenfe it is faidhere Called ; upon this follow two further benefits , Juftified and Glorified. Itis not my purpofe to infili on them, nor to difpute the order, WhetherCalling orNibficationprecede; or, Whether Sanétiícationbe inclu- ded in this word Calling. Thefe things are not within mycompaffe; onely take notice of this, That thephrafe in the Preterperfed Tenfe, He bathjuFlified,doth not imply a Jollification from all eternity, no more then thatweare called and glorified from eternity; but the Apofile fpeaks in the pall time, either to Phew thecertainty of it; orelfe becaufe we are glorified already in Chrift our Head, and have the fiore pledges ofit in this life ; or elle becaufehe had begun in that Tenfe when he fpake of Predefiination, and could qfeno other,he continued the fame expreffion in the other priviledges. The Texí thusopened, Icome to that particularbenefit I intend, viz.Ca/led; and for the fence of the word, youmatknow it fignifies to have a being and exiftence, yet fuch, as that it is celebrated and publickly taken notice of. Blef- fedare the Peacemakers, for they/hall becalled the font of Gad ; Matth. 5.9. And, behold What love be hathfhewn, that We fhouldbe called thefansofGod, r Joh.3.r. And wereactor three-fold Calling; ;'Firlt, That external and civil condition of lifo which a man lives in; in which
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