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the
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netandinfallible ;totesofottreleciion. 235
the diuell,
f
iall
worfhtp
him in
boitnehre
and
righrc
iirelfe
all the
Luk.a.74.7ç.
d
lies
of
their
life;
what
hope
ofredctnpticn
and faluation
can
they
concciue, who
liue
in
impietie
and vnrighteoufnes,fee-
ing
by
Gods
oath they
are
excluded from
both,
while&
they
continue,
in this
f
}ate
?
CHAP.
X.
Of
the
Agnes
and
infallible
noter
ofour
eleflion.
Nd
thus bane
I
let
down the
means
wherby
we
f
.Sell.
r.
may be
affuredofour
eleC'cion:
now let
vs
con-
me
fitfi
fgre,
Cider
of
Tome
fpecial
Agnes
which
are
infallible
an
caPnet
de-
fire
notes
ofthofe that
are
elcéled.
Thefirfi
flgne
is
mean
es
ter the
he
an
earned
defre
after the meanes
ofour
lalua-
falssatiae.
tion,and
a
confcionable endeuour
in
vuing
them after
we
en-
ioy them.
For the end
and'the
mearles are
neuer feparated in
Gods
decree,and therfore thofe
that
carefully
vfe
the meaner
may bee
anted
that
they
(hall
attaine vnto
the end. For ex-
ample, the hearing
of
Gods word
is
the
chiefe meanes
ofour
conucrfon,being
made
effe6ival
by the
inwardoperation
of
Gods
fpirit; and
as
thereby
we are
begotten
viito
God,fo
al-
fo
it
is
that bread
of
iifè,wherewith our
foules are
nourifhed
and
flrengthened
in all
foirituall graces.So
that whomfoeuer
God
hath clewed, thofe
he-hath
decreed
to
call
ordinarily
by
thefe
incomes;
and
by the
fame_alfo
to
fcunifh
with
his
graces
being
called.
Whofoeuer
therefore
labour to
purchafe this
precious
pearl,,«
hofoeuer hunger
after this heauenly
Man-
n
a,and are
content
to enjoy
it not
only whê
it
is
good
cheap,
but
alto
when it
is
very
chargeable,whofeeuer enjoying
it do
attentiuely
and
diligently
heare it
&
receive
it with delight;
they
vfe
the
in canes
oftheir
faluation,
and
therefore
may
be
affured
that they
are
eleaed,for
the
mearles
&
the
end
go
to-
gether.And
that
this
is a
note
ofGods
child,it appeareth
Ioh.
io.3
4.where
our Sauior faith
that
his (beep
heare
his
voice.
bolin
And
Mat.'
3.45he
compareth the true member
ofthe
king-
Metclt,
t
dom
ofgrace
to
aMerchant,who
rather then
he
would
want
3
4fß
the
precious
pearl, of
Gods
vvord,felleth
al
he
hath
to buy
it
Thofe therefore who
make
this
precious
account
of
Gods
word,