67 6 'ligaments topBoue thecertaintieofourpertuerrnce, the fecond part ofthis reafon, namely, that all the faith.. ¡full are eleCted, is alfoof moll vndoubted truth; for who1, foeuer haue a true faith they are iuflified, whofoeuer are iu.. 1lifed are alfo effeótualliecalled, ele&ed, and (hall beglori- fied ; What faid I ? fhall be?nay are alreadie.glorited, as the R01Th3.3e Apoflle affirmeth,to note the vndoubtedcertaintie of their faluation,Row.8.30. Moreouer,the Apoftlemaketh faith an infeparable fruite ofour election, and proper and peculiar Tic, r°., unto theeleet, calling it the faith of Gods.eler;I, Tit,i.j, And Aft 1300, A6l,r3.48. itisfaid,thatasmany a uwereordainedvetoeternall life 6eleeued, where hee makethGods eleálion the caufeof faith. Andcontrarivvife our Sauiour telleth vs, that they be- doh.t ®.te° leeue not, ,who are not his íheepe,Ioh.ro.26, .So that it is manifell that thofewhobeleeue are elected, and thofc who are ele6led (hall be faued. §. Seri 5 The fecond reafonmaybe taken from his will reuealed ira Theletond his word ; for whatfoeuer God thus vvilleth,that íhall mol} i °sa certainelie come to pa%: but God willeth that all fhould reuealed. haue euerlafling life whomhebath giuen toChrifl,inwhich 10.6.39.40.. number are all thofe who are effeCluallie called, as our Sa- uiour teflifieth,Ioh.6 eArnd this is the fathers will which bathfent me,that ofdwhich hehath giuenme 1 fhould lofe no.. thing,butfhouldraifrit TIP againeatthelagday ,Andhe willeth likevvife, that he that beleeueth in thefonnefhould befaued, as it is verf.4o° And therefore thofe who are efl°eClually called andbeleeue inChrifl,cannot pofiibly perifh, but(hall mofi certainely haue cternall life. .c ,6, The third reafon may bee taken from the conflancie and The thirdred- immutabilitieofGod, both inhis loue towards vs, and alto fon, taken ftom in his gifts. In the former refpe61 wee may thus reafon G:7 s imnnsta- Whomfoeuer the Lord loueth with a confiant and immtt- Queeinhir, igu. table loue thofefhaI, aoflcertainelybefaued ,feeingitisthe e, nature ofloue todefire the good of the partie beloued, and to feeke his welfare as much as it can; but the Lord loueth his faithful] ones with a confiant and perpetuall loue,ashim- ler. 31.3. felfe tefiifieth,Ier,3 1.3. I haue loued thee with an euerla¡ling loge, therefore with rnercie haue Idrawee thee. So Ioh,13 . i. F rain ch íuheviedhis owne.u'hich*erein the.tverld,vnto the end Iahá a3. i,
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