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Of.the
means
whereby wemay be
araredof
our
eletíore.
-unto
vs
for the
purging
away
of
the
guilt
and puni(htnent
of
fin,
then
will
it
alfo in
forne
meafure purge away
the corrup-
Rotu.6, 5.6.
tions
themfelues.For
we
are
grafted
zest
b
him into the
fmthtude
o
f
hie
death and refurre
1
ion,
and
our
adman
is
crucified
*hi)
him
and
the
hodie
o
f
í
n
defi'-royed,
thatfrom
henceforth
weAould
not
feree
¡rnne, as
it
is
Rom.6.5.6.
And
as
our
fanuificationis
the
onclie
vndoubted
true
ofour
vocation
and iuf+ification;
fo alfo
of
our
eleófion
;
for
the
Lord hath
chofen
vs
that
we
Ephef..i.,t,
fhouid bee holy, Ephef.r
.4.
And therefore
ifwcebe
holy we
haue
a
manifet+ cftèót
and iufeparable
fruite
of
our eleótion;
ifwe
be
not holy
nor
make confcience
offeruing
the
Lord in
the
duties
o
pietic and chrit+ianitie,wee haue
no affurance
that
we
are
eleó}ed
:
for though,.
the foundation
of
God
re-
maineth
fure.on.Gods
partbeing
f
alcd and confirmed
in
his
eternal'
counfell,
yet
iris
not
fealed in our:
hearts vntill
wee
s,Tim,
2.19.
depart front iniquitie,as it
is
a.Tim.2,
t9.
Though
then
there bee no
place
veto
our
fan&tification
in
Gods
decree,as
being
any caute
thereof;
and therfore when
the quetlion
is
asked why
we are
ele&ed,we
muff
anfwer,not
for
any deferts or holineffe in
our felues,butbecaufe
ofGods
good
pleafure
and vndeferued
grace
;
and when
it is.deman-
ded
in
whoin
wee.
are.
eleóted,
wee
muli
reply in
Chrifi
Iefus
only:yet there
is
chicle place vnto our
fanófifica:ion
in
the
af-
furance
ofour
cle
&ion.fo
that
when
the
queftió
is
asked
who
are
eleó'ed,
anfwere
is
to
be made,thofe
onelie
who
are
alto
1-16.1z.14,
fanuified
in
Gods good
time
by
his
gracions
f.pirit;for
zt
ith-
o
it.
thzs
hohnele
no
rn.:n11.ta.'1
cf
cr
fee
God
as
it
is
Hcb;i
2.14.
§.Sea,9.
Now
our
fan
%ficationdoth
principallie
confili
in a
loue
of
VI/hereinour
righteoufneffe,and
a
true hatred
offinne;
from
whence
pro
-
ficatioU
ceedeth
an
earner+
delre,
and
heartie indeuour
of
forfaking
`onf
ftctb.
that
which
is
euill,
and
ofcleauing
vnto
that
which
is
good:
and for the
better
eWeóóting
hereof
,a
carefulf
Iludie
ofmorti-
fying the
flefh and
thelails
thereof,and
paineful
diligence
in
vfing
all
good
meanes
whereby the fpirit
may
be
f+rengthe-
ned,
and
the gifts and
graces
thereof
encrcafed,that
fo
wee
may not
be
fo
prone
to
fall
into
that
finne
which we hate,nor
fo
backward
in
imbracing
and
following
that
rtghteoufnefe
and
holineffe
which
wee
loue. And this
is
the
fan&ification
which
is
an iufeparable fruite and
effe1
of
Gods
eleó+ion
in
al