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6

8

Golpel

lem

f

siona

and

difjiofition

in their

hearts,

to call upon the Name

of God

for afliftance,

direction,

and

a

blefiing on

all

they undertake

;

they

delight

now

to

repair

unto

God

and

call upon him

;

as

God

calls

unto them,

fo

they

call unto him

;

for that

is

the

gib

-way

of

God

according

to his

work

in

the foul,

he puts

a

gra-

cious

frame into

the

foul

anfwèrable to it

:

As in

Election

thofe whom

he

elects, when

God

calls

them home he

puts a

gracious difpofition in

their

hearts for

to

elec`}

him

;

as

God

choofes

the

foul

from the

world,

fo

the

foul choofes

God

above

all

things

in

the world,

the

foul

anfwers to

God

:

God

fers

his

heart

on

the foul,

and

fays,

I

will choofe

thee

for

me

;

the

foul

again

Pets

its

heart

upon

God,

and fays,

I

will

choofe thee for

my

God

;

as

God

calls the

foul

to come and

live

to

him in the

ways

of

grace,while

he lives in

this

world

;

fo

the

foul calls

on

God

for

his

allîftance, that he

would give

his help

in

unto him

on all occafions

;

and

therefore the Scri-

pture

gives us

this expreflion

for

the whole

Worfhip

of

God,

Rom.'

o.13.Whofoever

calls

on

the

Name

of

the

Lord

(hall

be

faved

;

that

foul

that

is

acquainted

with Gods

call, that

foul

calls on

God

again

:

And

by

the

way,

thofe that are

thus

cal-

led,

are

fitteft

for Church-

Communion

I

mention this, be-

caufe

the

word.

tranflated

Church

comes

from

a

Greek word

that

lignifies

to

call

out;

that

which

in

Scripture

is

ufually

called

a

Church,

liignifies

nothing

elfe

but

this,

a

Company

of

People

called

out

of

the

ways

of

fin

to the

embracing

the

ways

of

godlinefs

;

fo

that

the

Church

fhould

confift

of

Peo..

ple

called out

of

the ways

of

.fin,

by

the powerful

and

effi-

cacious voice

of

the

Spirit

of

God

;

and

they that

are thus

called

have

their

fins

pardoned

;

you fay,

you

hope

God

bath

juftified you

;

you read what

God

fays,

and

what

bath

been

prefented unto

you

;

they who are

called

they are

juftified

;

then

Calling,

in

order

of

nature,

goes before

Juftification

;

this

you

will find in

your

own

hearts,

and

if

not,

this

you muff

do,

when

ever

you

come before

God

to

hear

the outward

call,

you muff come

with

a

waiting frame

of

heart

to

hear

the inward

call

,

and call upon

God

with

fuch

a

difpofition

fay, Lord

I

have been

taught that there

is

an

outward

call

of

thine

in

the

Word,

and

an

inward call,

and

I

am

going

t'Kis

day