Hotly Satan perfvvadeth the vveaI e Chriftia;,that be is not called. Hovvvve vvi:hftastd the former tenta- tions. 474 Howwe may 1`>,ow ibbetherwe befeí'1-ually called. themerits ofChrií}, and the fweet promifes of the Gofpell, for vnto fuch appertaine the fearful' threatningsofthe Law, as being Hill the children ofwrath, dead in their fumes, and fubiecì toGods heauie wrath and difpleafure. CHAP. XXXVIL Hoywe may knowwhether webeeffeaNally called or no. Nd fo much concerning thofe reafòns whereby the humbled and repentant firmer may gather 1 t unto himfelfe certaine affurance of the pardon and remiflìonofhis finnes : ofall which confo- lations Satan earnefily indeuoureth to fpoile the affli .ted _foule, by iuggefiing into his mind diners fubtill and dan- gerous tentations.Asfirl,that all thefe gratiouspromifes and lweete confolations of the Gofpell,doe onelybelongveto thofewho arecalled, neither to all in this number, for many arecalledbut feware chofen;but veto thofe alone whole cal- ling is effedtuall, that is to fay, who are feparated from the world, giuen vnto Chrií},and Chrií} vino them, andwho are ingrafted into him,and becomeliuely members ofhisbody: but thou,will he fay to thehumbled fanner, art not thus effe- &ually called, and therefore do not flatter thy felfe with the hope ofGods promifes ; for though in themfelues they are molt certaine,yet theybelong not vnto thee, but vnto thofe alone whole calling iseffectual(. Againfi which temptation ifwee would firengthen our felues, wee muliexamine our callingwhether itbe effedivall or no ; and that bothby confidering themeanes whereby all are effectually callcd,and allo the parts of effeóluall calling, makingapplication of both vnto our owne particular. For the firfl,wee may thus reafon againfi our fpirituall eneinie: Whofoeuer can finde the meanesofeffeaual calling,power- full y working in himfelfe,andconuerting him veto God, he is effectually called : but I haue and doe finde thefemeanes :thus working in me, and thereforeI doe notflatter my Idle with
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