Hon' we sad), knowwhether tale be ofeElualy called. 477 whofoeuer hath found powerfully working in thetnfelues for That all vvho their conuerfion after the manner before fpoken of, they imedeth ér may mot+ certainely affure themfelues that they are effe- powerfrollcrt &uallie called, and are alreadie partakers of' Iefus Chrift them are of aid all his benefits. If therefore the Lord whileft wee did fettually cad. lie frozen in the dregs of our finnes, without all defire of led. grace or meanes toefcape out ofour miferie, hath vouchlá- fed vnto vs the minifterieofhis holy word; if by thelaw hee hathrevealed our fumes vnto vs, and the punifhments due unto them ; and if by theGofpell hee bath fhewcd vs the way how we may comeout ofthis miferie; ifby the inward cooperation ofhisholy fpirithebath opened our deafe eares, and with this pretious eiefalue hath anointed the blind eiesofourvnderftandings,fo that we haue attentiuely heard, and in forne meafure vnderftood thofe principles of our Chriflian religion, whichhaue in theminifterie oftheword been deliuered unto vs; ifour hearts hauebeen foftnedand pearced, and our confciences wounded with the fight and fenië of our finnes; ifdefpairing in our owne f}rength,righ -. teoufneffeandall other meanesofour owne, we haue gone out ofourfelues, and refted and relied vponChrift Iefus a- lone for our iuftification and faluation, then are wee without all doubt effectuallie called and are in the number ofGods Church andpeople to whom the promifes ofgrace doe ap- pertaine. Secondly, we may come to the knowledgeofour effe&u- g.Sec`.5. all calling, by confidering the feuerall parts thereof. The That wemay fiirft is our fele&ion and feparation out ofthe corrupt maffe know that,give ofmankind,whereby it commeth topaffe, that thoúghwee "ee ÿcony be in theworld, yet we are not ofthe world, and therefore fdering the Pe- weeneither loue it, nor the world vs; and this our Sauiour uerallparts fheweth, Iohn 15.19. 1f(faith he) yee were of the tborld,the Thereof. worldwouldloue his owne, but becaufe yeeareflot ofthe world, I°hn'3'19' but 1hauecho f nyou out ofthe world, therefore the worldhateth you. And the Apoftle John affirmeth, that ifany man loue the world, the lout' ofthe father is not in him, z .loh.2. z 5. and the Apoftle lames telleth vs that the amitieoftheworld ù enmitie Iaal 4 4. withGod, and therefore whofoeuer will bee a friend ofthe world nsaketh,
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