Ofour Vocation. 3T3' thofewhocomevnto Godlyhim ; becaufe he euer fuueth to malZe intercefonfor them,as it is Heb.7.25. Co we neede not doubt Heb.7.z 1. ofhiswill,feeinghehath redeemedvs with fo dcareaprice : for ifhewouldnot lofe vswhenwe were his enemies, much teffe will he filler vs to perifh when weare becomehis fub- ieets, yeahis fpoufe, ray membersof his owne bodie : and therefore we may allure our felues that ifour Sauiour, our fpoufeand head bath once redeemed vs, then he bath allo obtainedetermll redemption Pr vs, as the Apoftle affirmeth Heb.9.i 2. So that though thediuell ragelike a roaring lion, Hch 9,I=4 and the flefhbetray vs andharbour whole legionsofvnlaw- full lufts which fight againP ourfoules,and the world force time frowne, and fometime faune, and all of them byall meaneslhbour to deflroyvs; yet our omnipotent redeemer, our louing and careftrl_l fpoufe andhead, will not fuller vs to be loft whom he hath fo dearelybought, but will giue vs the poffefflon and fruition of that heauenly inheritance, and thofe vnfpeakable ioyeswhich hewithhis ownemolt preci- ous bloodhathpurchafed for vs. CHAP. XVII. Ofour vocation. Nd thus muchconcerning our redemption; ,the §,Seas. next caufeofour faluation is our vocation: for, whomfoeuer theLordhath eledted vnto euer- laítinglife, thofealfo he hath redeemed out of the hands oftheir f:irituall'enemies;and whom hehath redeemed, thofe in his good time he effectually cal- leth,andapplicth this great benefit oftheir redemptionveto them, by feparating them from the world, and ingrafting them into thebodyofChriít whereby they becomehis, and hewith all his benefits becommeth theirs.: In freaking hereof,Iwill fliew Ertl what this calling is,and Y'/bat our cats afterwardsanfwere Satans temptations, whereby he labo le;rgis. reth to make it fruítrate and vnprofitable vnto vs. For the firft, our vocation or calling is an effect of Gods election, whereby our Sauiour Chrifl,God andman,dothby hisking- ly
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