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The
firfi
efeíl
of
our
eleáion
is our Santora
Chrifi,by
whom
we
are
aJfured
ibat
we
are
e-
lolled.
s.Cor.
z
;.;.
Rem
2.it.
§..Se11.6.
The
Non
/ea
of
oar
e-
leaion,is
our
efcaaall
cal-
ling.
22,$'
Of
thè
meant.,
whereby
ire
may
be
a
f
îsrcd
of
our
eleaíost.
not
onelie
as
f
gnes fignifie,
but
alto
as
feales
confirme
vnto
vs
the
affurance
thereof:
but
let
vs
further
confider
the
fpe
vial
effe
&s
ofour
eledion,wherby
we may
be
affured
that we
are
chofe
ofGod.The
fira
effeì,is
our Sauior
Chris}
hitnfelf,
fet
apart
ofGod
to
be
mediator
to
reconcile
all
Gods
ele6
veto
hitn,dwelling
in
vs,
by
his
fpirit;who
may iufllÿ be
cal-
led the
firti effete
of
Gods
ele
&ion,
becaufe
all
the other,.
namely
our vocation,iuíiification,fanc
tification,& faluation,
are
by
him.&
through
hini
alone.Whofoeuer
therfore
are
of
--
fured
that
Chrií
dlvelleth
in
them,
&
they
in
him,they
haue
a
moll vndoubted
ligne
of
their
eleelion:
&
whofoeudr
haue_
not
Chrifl dwelling
in
theby
his
fpirit,can haue no
affurance.
that
they
are
chofen,as the Apoflle plainly
fbeweth.z.Co.i3.
g.
Know
you
not
(faith he)
that
Iefue
Chris
is
in
you
except you
be
reprobates
?
but
how
(hall wee
know whether Chrifl
dwe.l-.
leth
thus
in
vs
& we
in
him?
the Apoflle telleth
-vs
Rom.3.
r
.
that
thofe
who
are
in
Chriif
Iefiu'tballZs not
after
the
ffefh
bast
aft
ter
the
fjirit,that
is,thofe
who do not willingly
fubmit them-
felues
to be
ruled and led
by the
lutis
of
the flefh,
but
labour
and
firiue
to
refill
and
fubdue
them, fiudying
and
indeuou-
ring to
liue
afpirituall
life,
inholineffe
and
righteoufiiefhe.
For
in whomfoeuer
Chrifl dwelleth by
his
fpirit,thofe he re-
generateth
and raifeth from
the
death
of
finne,
to
newnes
of
life;and his
blood
is
effe&uall,not onely to.purge
them
from
the
guilt
of
finne,
but
alto
to
cleanfe
them
in
fome meafure
from the
corruptions themfelues.
The
fecond
effe&
of
our eleélion,is
our
effe&uall
calling;
wherbywe
are
feparated from
the world, and ingrafted into
Chrifl,and made liuely members
ofhisbody:and
this
is
done
ordinarily
by
the
diligent
and
attentiue hearing
of
the
word,
ioyned
with
the inward operation
of
Gods
fpirit.
If
therfore
w
e
haue
heard
Gods
word
preached
diligently
&
attentiue
lie
;
ifthereby
wee haue
attained vnto
theknowledge.ofthe
worke
ofour
redemption
wrought
by
Iefus
Chriti,and
are
delighted therewith
;
if
by this
meanes
wee haue
our
hearts
fomewhat weaned
from
the world, and
fixed
vpon our
Saui
our and heauenlie
things;
and
thinking it
fufñcient to
haue
fpent the
reti
of
our hues pail
in
the
lulls
ofthe
Gentiles,
doe
line,hence
forward after
the.wil
ofGod:
the
are we
truly
and
effeetually,
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