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joyful found,

in

their hearts,

and

that

(hall

have

the

Spirit

of

God tivitnefs

unto

their

[Pirit

;

that

as

I

have

heard,

fo I"have

felt this

day,

that what

figns

of

forgivenefs

of

fin have been

delivered,

I have felt

them

in

my

own

foul

;

Well

then

What

are

they

?

to

infift

upon

them.

The

Firft'is that

the

Apofile

gives in

Rom.8.

3o. li-?oreovei

whom he

did

predeftinate,

them

he

alfo called

;

and

whom he

call-

ed,

them

he

alfo

juftified

:

Juffi

cation confiits efpecially

in

the

remiffion

and

pardon

of

fin

:

Now

the Holy

Ghoft

fa

s,whon%

he

loath

called,

them

he

bath]

uj

ified

;

would you know that you

are juftified, and

that

your

fins

are

pardoned,

the

Spirit

of God

(hews

you,

it

is

not

a

note

of

mine,

but it

is

that which

comes

from the

Holy Ghoft

;

whom he 'lath called, them he

bath

juftified

;

Vocation

is

a

certain Evidence

of

fufiification

;

this

Vocation

or Calling

is

the fecond link

that

does unite

thofe

two

links

of

that golden

chain

together

mentioned in

that

place, the

firft

link

is

the foreknowledge

.of

God,

Gods

Pre

-

deflination

;

and

then

there

is

Vocation

the

next

,

after

that

fufli

fication,

and

then Glorification

;

the firft

chain

in

the

link is,

that

God

from all

Eternity

predeftinates

force

per-

foils

to

have

their

fins

pardoned

;

but

there

is

Vocation

comes in

between

Predeftination

and

"unification

,

and after

that Glorification

,

fo

that while

I

am

giving

Evidences

of

"unification

here,

in

this

Text,

I

(hall

give

Evidences

of

Predeflination

and

Glorification too

;

for there are

link'd

all

to-

gether

:

Many People look only after

"unification

,

they

hope

their

fins

are

pardoned,

but

they

look not to any

other

link of the

chain,

as

Calling

and

Vocation

,

whom

he

bath

called,

them he

bath

¡unified

;

but

the

queffion'

then

is,

What

ù

this

Calling

?

What

do

you mean

by that

,

how

(hall

we know

whether

we

be

called

or

no

?

In

z

Pet.

r.

io.

he

bids

them there

togive

diligence

to

make

their

Calling and

EleClion

fare

:

Mark,as here Predeflination

and

Calling are

put

toge-

ther,

fo

their Calling

and

Eledion

;

fays

he, Give

diligence to

make

your Calling

and

Elea-ion lure

:

Ete

&ion

is

firft

fure

in

refpe

&.of

God,

but

Vocation

is

firft

in

regard

of our feltes

make

that fore and

then

you

make

Election

fure, juflifica-

don

fure,

and

Glorification fure

too;

then what

is

Wra=

Y

z

tion