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f
the
meane
whereby
we
maybe
of
sred
o
f
our
eleEfiott.
2
2
y
Ignorance,
without
the knowledge
ofGod,
and
his Sonne
Chrifl,we
can
gather
no
afhurance
vnto our
felues
ofour
ele-
&ion;
for
ifthe
foreknowledge
of
Cod
had
fhined vpon
vs,
the
beanies
thereof
would
haue
illuminated our hearts,
fo
as
Vve
fhould by their
light
haue
knowne
God
alfo.
The likemaybe
faid
of
Gods
eternall
loue,wherewith
be.Gas
form
bath
lowed
vs
in
Chrifl; for God
lowing
vs,
hath imprinted
cafe
of
am
the image
of
his
loue in our
hearts,whereby
wee
loue hitn
a-
lc".
gaine
:
and when.this heauenly beate
of
Gods
loue
hath de-
fcended
on
vs,
and warmeth our
cold
hearts, frozen
in
the
dregges
of
Panne,
then doe
wee refle& fome
of
thofe
beanies
ofGods
loue
towards him againe. And this the Apofile
John
plainelie
fheweth
a
.Ioh.4.19.where
he
faith
that,
re
loue
God
T./oh
4.19;
6ecauf
bee
lotted
vs
fare`?;
that
is,
by
that
eternall loue
where-
with God
lowed
vs
in
Chrif
},there
is
imprinted
in our
hearts
the
loue
ofGod.And
hence
it
is
that
he
faith
verf.7.thatloue
Verfeo
commeth
from
God
:
becaufe we
can
neither
Ioue
God,nor
our neighbours
aright,till
his
loue towards
vs
hauing fhined
vpon
vs,
hath
inflamed our hearts.So the Apoffle
Pau/faith,
Rom.5.5.
that
the
loue
ofGod
is
fhedakroad
in
our-
hearts;$y the
RotniVT.
holy GhoJl which
isg
iuen
veto
vs;
whereby loue towards
God
is
begotten invs.Iftherfore
the loue
ofGod
be
in
our
hearts,.
we
maybe
affured
thatit
is
but
an impreffion
which
is
made
in
vs,
by
the
Peale
ofhis
loue towards
vs,
but
a
little
fparke
kindled by
thisheauenlie
flame,
and
a
(mall model! or
little
counterfeit refembling the
infinit loue
of
God,
wherewith
from
all
eternitie
he
bath loved
vs
in
Chrif
}.Thus
allo
Gods
eternalelc&ion,whereby before
al
worlds
he
hath
chofen
vs
in
Chrifl,
dothmake
an
iinpreflìon, and fealeth
in
our hearts
the
forme
or image
thereof,
whereby we make
choife
of
the
true
God
Iehottah,amongf3t
all
the
Gods
ofthe
nations to
be
our
onely
God,whom
we will ferue and worfhip. And
ther-
fore
if
we
haue
made
this
ele
&ion, and
dedicated
our
felues
whollie
to
Gods
worfhip and
feruice
alone,
it
is
a
moil
cer-
taine
figne
ofour
eleólion,
whereby
God
bath
chofen
vs:
for our choofing
ofGod
is
an
effee`l
ofhis choofingofvs,and
an
impreffîon
or
wherewith by
his
ele&ion he
bath
Pea-
led
vs.
And
thus
it
appeareth
that
the
effe6ts
ofGods
eleecion
do §,3e11,ß,
Qz
not