414 ()fourefeauall cllín . ly authoritie call and inuite vswhileft v'e hue here, veto the participation and imbracingofthe ineftimable benefit ofour redemption,' thereby wemayattaine vntoeucrlafting life. And thus are we called fometimes fooner, and fometimes later, when it feemethgood vino the Lord : as appeareth in the parableof thehoufeholder, who hired laborers into his vineyard,fome at the dawning oftheday,others at the third, 1ixth, andninth howre, others at the eleuenth hovvre, not Match. io. long beforethe funne fetting,as it is Matth.2o. ., twofold cal- Moreouer, this our calling, is either commune and gene- hng,gen rail, or elfe fpeciall and effeótuall. The generall,calling is, andeffelluall. 'wherebyall indifferently,good andbad,eleei and reprobate, are outwardly inuitedby the minifterieoftheGofpell,to im- brace the benefit of our redemption wrought by Chrift : which outward calling is vneffeeluall to the wickedandre- probates, becaufe being inuited to the (upper of the King they refufe to corne, that is, they either altogether neglect the hearingofthe heauenly ambaflageoftheGofpell,or elfe conternne thofe ineflimable benefits which are thereinoffe- red, preferringbefore them the honors, riches, and pleafures of this life; whereby it commeth to paffe, that the wordof Godfindeth no place in their hearts,but vanifheth away,lea- uingnothing behinde it but the fauour ofdeath, to their more deepecondemnation.' .set .s. The fpeciall and effe&uall calling is, that which is proper toGods ele6t, when as with the outward minif}erie of the Yvhatour ef- word whereingrace and faluation is offered toall beleeuers, elivall cal- lingis, our Sauiour Chrift ioyneth the inward operationofhisholy fpirit ; whichopeneth our deafe eares,inlightenethour blind vnderflandings, and fofrneth and fan6ifieth our hard and corrupt hearts, fo as we attentiuely hcare,truely vnderfland, and by a liuely faith apply,the do6trineof grace and f luati- on which is preached vnto vs: whereby alfoweare feparated from the world, giuen to Chrift and hee to vs, whereupon followeth that ncere vnion, whereby wee being ingrafted intohis bodie,myfticallie doe become his metnbèrs,aud hee our head. That this effeanalI calling is proper to thofe that areele- c`ed
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