1owweemay kin tt whetherwebe pfeí`Iua& celled. 48; thereof, wee may bee affìared that wee are the Members ofChrifl, andconfquentlie eff c ua'lie called. Lalllic,wee may be alfured that wee are ingrafted in the'bodie of Chrif} byour works of fan; ification, either appertaining toGods feruice or Chriflian righteoufiles towards our neighbour,for it is iwpoffible that wee fhouldbring foorth any ripe grapes ofgodlineffe, ifwee were not ingrafted in the true vine Iefiis Chrifl, ashimfelfeaffirmeth, Iohn 154. Abide rnmee, and I Iohn t5;44. ¡rayon : the branchcannot bearcfiruiteofrtfeifc,except tt abide the vine, no more'can yee,except yeeabtc`ein rnee : 5. I am the vineye are thebranches, he'that.a6ideth in me, and, I in him,the fame brinçeth forthmuch fr,rttes,forwithout ?neeyee candoe no- And therefore ifwee make confcience of our waies, and exercife our felues in force meafure, in thofe good woorkes which the Lordhath commanded, inobedience to his will, and to this end, that his name may be glorified,we may affure ourfelues that we are ingrafted into the true vine Chrifl Iefus, forofour felues we are altogether vnrruitfull andcould doe nothing. But here Satan will obie&t,that this argument maketh4.Sea.ro. agaiiif{ our felues, for we therebymake it manifef} that wee That ovemay arcnot ingrafted into Chrif}, becaufe our fruitesofholines bevnited veto and righteoufiieffe are commonlie ,exceeding ftnall, and chrilt,thouglì fomtimes noneat all,whereas theliuel branches ofthisvine vveatvuates areexceeding fruitfull, and abundantin goodworkes. To fma!frui ! ail we arc to anfwere, that all the branches ofthevine do andforìutim& not bring forth fuites in like abundance but force more and "Jr fomeleffe; and yet nott,-ithf}anding this doth not prooue that thofe are not true branchesas wel as the other, although theyreceiue leffe fappe and liuelie iuice from the roote and hocke : and fo alfo it is in this niyflicall vine ; if the branches be not altogether barren and fruitleffe, though their fruits be not info great abundance, yet Thee bee right andof the fame nature with theother, theymayaffure themfelues that They alfo are finely branches of true vine Iefus Chrif}; neither is the cluanritie and mull f our fruites'fo'tnuch in this regard to be refpeelc d ; for ifaccording to the quantity offap andgood iuice whichwe receiue from our roote wee Ii . bring
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