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O
f
the
meanes
whereby
we
may
be
afired
ofour
eleCtiox.
2
faith or any
failing grace in
vs.
Though
therefore we do
floc
after
long
hearing
ofthe
word,
feele
this
affuranceofGodg
roue
and our ele6lion, yet
let
vs
not
giue
it
ouer
but
expeóó
Gods
blefling
upon
it,
and
Waite
his
leafire,affuring our
felues
that
in
the end,hee will
make this his
ovvne
ordinance
effeeivall
for thofe ends,for which
he
hath
ordained
it.
The third
meanes whereby we
may
attaine
to
the
afl'urance
ofour
elevlion,
is
the frequent and religious
vfe
oftheSacra-
The
third
.
ment
of
the Lords fupper,wherby our faith
ismore
and more
mcanes,rhe
confirmed
in
the
truth
ofGods
promifes.For
the Lord
to
the
Tyre
ofthe
Sc.
preaching
ofhis
word which
is
the couenant
ofgrace,4ath
craments.
added
thefefeales
that
we
might
be the more
throughlie al-
lured
ofhis
loue and
fauour ;and therfore
if
we
confcionably
frequent
this holy facrament, the
Lord
wil
bleffe
alto this his
owné
ordinance. Moreouer they
who worthily
receiue
thefe
holy mytleries,do
receiue
Chrifl
Iclizs,
&have
the vnion
and
communion which
is
between
him and
them,
more
&
more
flrengthened
and confirmed, for
bee
that
eateth
hisfielh
and
Iohn
6.54.
drsnbeth his
blood, dwelleth
in
Chris,
and
chrft
in him
As
itis
1°11.6.56.
Now there
is
no
condemnation
to
thole.
that
are
in
Rom.8.
t.
Chri
/lleficsRom.8.r.
and therefore they
need
not
dotíbtof
their
eieeüon and faluation.
The fourth
meanes
whereby
we
may be allured
°fourele-
4.Sel.4,
&ion,
are
the
of
eas of
Gods
predefiination, which
are the
The
fourth
vndoubted
fgnes thereof;
for
the
effeeis
argue the
caufe,as
meanes,
¡be
ef.
the
caufe
the
effe&s,
and
that
not
onlie in
naturali
things,
kazoo
core
-
but
alto in
thole
which
are
fupernaturall
and
fpirituall
:
and
zanch.de
At_'
therfore
as
certainelie
as
we
know
that
there
is
fire
becaufe
it
trib.1.5.cap..z.
cafieth
forth heate,and
the
fun
by his
"calling
forth
of
bright
raies
whereby the
world
is
lightned,
and
that
a
tree
is
good
by the good
fruites which it
bringeth forth,
fo
alfo may
we
as
certainely
be
affured
that
we
are
elect
}ed
of°G
od,when
we
'
finde
in our
felues
the
effeets
and vndoubtcd
fgties
ofour
e-
le6tion.
Neither
are thefe
effe6tsbare
f
gnes onelie
ofcur
ele
&ion,
but
allo
manifef leales
which by
theirplaine
impreflion,
doe
tuidently
affare
vs
thereof
fo
that though
we
do
not
direelly
:and
immediatly know
"Gods
ele6tion,predefiination,& eter-
nail
decree
of
our
faluation in
God
himfelfe,eleeiing,predeb
...
fiinating,