aP+ef7enmd part ofer.ref- {tGlualé cal- ling,to mi-t, our reciprocal' do- . natipn. E.fa.9.6. lvh. 16. otn. 8.;s. lohn : loh 1039. 3t$ OfoureJeEist ai7cailiszg. only-begotten fonne,truely and egea:ually to all hisele&,to be their head, redeemer, andSauiour; and alto wherebyhee giucth his eleáI vnto Chriíl to become his members, that fo theymay bee faced and redeemed by him ; whereuponall Oodseledmay truely fay, that this Chriíl Iefus, God and man,ismine head,my Sauior and redeemer;andall hismerits obedience and benefits,purchafcd byboth,arebecome mine by this right, as-being amember ofhis bodie ; andour Saui- our alfo,ìnay as truelie fay of Gods elec`I, that they are his whom he bath right to redeeme and face, becaufehe is their headand theyhis members. Ofthis mutuali donation and gift,the Scriptures fpeake euidently; .and fire that Chrfl is giuen vntovs ;- Efa.9.6. Vnto vs a child isborne,anduntovs afonne isgiuen. Ioh.3.16. So God lotted theworld, that hegaue hisonly-begottenfonne, that whofoeuer beleetseth in himfbould notpen/b, but haue euerlaflinglife.Rom.8.3 2. Secondly, that weare giuen.vntoChriíl,-it is-manifeil, Iohïry 6. Ihauede- claredthy name vnto the men which thou gautfi me out ofthe world, thine theywere-and thouga4efl themme,&c.'So,Ioh.to. 29. Myfather tzhichgaue themme isgreater thenall,andnene is able to take themoutofmy fathers-hand. >By which places it plainely appeareth, that Chrií is giuenvnto vsby Godhis father, andwevnto Chrii+. But in what manner is this mu wall donation made ? furelynot grofely andcorporally; but fpiritually and after a celefliall maner : for themeanes where- byit isbrought to paffeon,Gods part, is hisdiuineandholy fpirit,andonour part atrue and liuely faith. .Se`.5. The thirdpart ofeffe6luall calling, is the union and com- , Ofthe third munionwhich- isbetwixt Chrifl and Gods ele& : which fol- part vimur loweth vpon the donationbeforefpoken of, whereby Chrift ., tion with Iefus andthey are myilicallie coupled together into onebo- ehrtar' dy,hebeconxning theirheadand they becomming his rnem- bers.Ofthis theApofile fpeaketh Eph.4.i 5.16. wherehe ex- -1E014445. horteth the faithfull,togrowvp-into himwhich is the head,that ss Chrifl,by who;n all the bodie being roopled together by euer, And 14o. -ioynt &c. receiueth increare.And chap.5.30. We are members ofhisbodie, ofhisflefh,andofhisbones. Andofthis our Sauioaar riftfpezketh párable -axle .where N
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