48z how*e rya,}' knots' whet herwe beofeguall; c2llcd. found confc ,uence,thatthofe hauehis word abiding in them who beleeue in him, whom God hath fent euen our Lord and Sauiour- Iefits Chrift. So that wekeepe the word ofour Sauiour- when.wee beleeue inhim, refling and relying vpon him alone for our faluation, and truely. repent vs ofourfins, forrowing andgrieuing that by the n v e haue offended and difpleafed our lowingGod and mercifull father, hating our fumes becaufe they are finnes, purpoIwg and labouring to forfákethem, and indeuouring according to themeafure of flrength andgrace receiued, to ferue the Lord in holineffe and newneffè oflife. And therefore if wee can find in our (clues this faith,and this repentance, wee mayvndoubtediie be affied notwithflanding our manifold falles and great corruptions, thatwe haue kept the word ofChrifl, and ther- foreare giucnveto himofthe father ; and confe.quently,that We are effe6tually.cal'ied,and- fhalbe eternally glorified.Forit is the will oftherather,that who!oeater (eleemeth in his (on lefts.; C-12rigjhortldhas:: euerlailing lifc,as our Sauiour teftifieth,Ioh. John6.p. 6.1.o. As for our corruptions they (hall be warned away with thebloud ofChrifl, and our imperfeaoris;fhall beecoucred With the rich robeofhis perfea ri ghteoufileffefo that in him We fhall appeare perfea before. Ctod$: judgernent feate,an4 there be acceptedas iuft and righteous.; §.Se:51. 9. the third part of our of e&wall calling is ourvnion and ofthe,third communionwith Chrifl, wherebyhe becommeth our head, pzrrof ortr andwee his members, ofwhich whofoeuer can be affured, ell-eóiuæil cal. they need not tomake anyqueflioin ofthcireffe6tual calling; t.s. but alI thofe wh:o are-indued with faith; are.vnited unto Chrifl, for it is a propertie thereof to applie veto our flues Chrifl aodall hisbenefits, it is thehandofthe foulewhereby wee lay hold vpon Chrifl, it is the mouth of.the forrle where- bywe spiritually feede vponhim,andheetbat eatethhù fZefh, anddrin eth/vi.11guddrell°;thín Chri, rand Chris?inhim. As Iohn himfeife fpeaketh,Ioh.6.56. So allo whofocuer. are indued with Gods fpirir,andhaue fubmitted themfelues- to bee Ied andgouerncd therch T, they are ingrafted in the bodie'of Chrif},for the fpirit is the bande ofthis vnion, and therefore Gi,g9Z.z, ifwee can difc,erne the fpirit ofGod invs byany oft fruits thereof; ;,.
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