CHAP. 9. Of Wifedome,&c. 513 tnext, bat is pairedfromdeath to life. g flee that bath the Sonne, hath life. h Wee know that wee are (alreadie) paled fromdeath to life, beeaafe we lone theBrethren. That is the reafon why the Apofile fpcaketh in the prefcnt, or time paff, not in thefuture, whenhe faith, Whom he bath info. fled, thembebathalto glorified. The particularities of this degree ofHappineffe, be- fide our vnion with Chrif},and through him,vcith God, whereof wee haue fpoken alreadie , are thefe that fol- low : Firfi, The loue of God k anew, that now heevouch_ fafeth to call vs friends : As wee reade of e/Ibraham., that bewas called the friend of God , Tames 2. 3 3. Whereof follow three excellent confequences : Firfi, His generali goodneffe in the gouernment ofthe World , doth after a more fpeciall and louing manner extend vnto the Faithfull, and that three manner of wayes : Firft, In an extraordinarie bountie andgoodneffe : In which fence the t Apoflle callethhim theSaner and Pre_ feruer ofall men,but efpeciallj ofthe faitbfull. AndDanid faith, n The God of our faluation lodetb vs with benefit: day by day. Secondly , In a molt Fatherly prouidence ouer his Church and chofen People , ofwhomhee letteth not fo much asp one bone to bee broken,keepeth them in all their wayes , that they fhouldnot o daJh their Foote againff a flew. Way, P the very hairs: of their bead are all nnm- bred. 61 ,And hee that brut toncheth thsm1, rosicheth the apple of his eye.. Whereupon vv ee are willed ` to Gaff our care vpon God:for hee eareth for vi. A Dotrine full of molt fweet comfort, the vfe whereof is large,and reach- ethvery farre, all our life is fubie& to an infinite hcape of euils, whether we looke vpwarAs or downevnto our feet. A thoufaud dangers campaffe vs about , at home and abroad , rifingvp and lying downe , walking and Kk 3 fit.. g i.I06it h I.Iobtt 3.i r i Rom.8.=9; Firft, in the Loue of God anew. k bteb.IS.6. I x.7't/>a.4. tO. ni Pfsl.68.so. n Pfc1.34.20. o Pfal.9l.a. p Luke q Zack :.8. r
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