ofPredefiination andReprobation.' 505 departing from thy courfe of iniquitie. So faithPeter, f Give diligence to makeyour cal- ' 11' .Ip lingandele Lionfore. For though it be tuoft LO' fureand firm in thepurpofe ofGodeleing, yet therecan be nocertaintieofthe Eleóion of any particular man, but onelyofhim that doth well. Laftly , Ephef. i . ( where the do&rine of Predeftination is profeffedly handled) the Apoftle teacheth both there points, viz. That God t ehofe his before the t Epbef. foundation ofthe world; and, That wehave I*4 not the affurance of this Eleátion fealed in y.13. our hearts till after that we have received the Gofpel into our hearts and believed in Chri fl. If thou obeyeft Gods call , thou mayeft rightly conclude that thou waft from all eternitie predeftinated: If thou perfevere in thyunbeliefand impietie,dream thoumayeft or furmife that thou art prede- flinated , know or believe thou canft not. Away therefore withall raft prefumption ofPredeftination, which is never begotten by the right unfolding of this dotrine but by the foolifh imagination of carnali men or the pernicious fuggeftions of the devil. Now let us weigh the inference which fuch prefumptuous men do ufe- to make : Live ,,s1 will, fay they, f nce I ampredef ina- ted i (hall be laved. I will not further nand to examine the raflneffeof this prefumpti- Ii 4 on,
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