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Oftbe
ftgnes and
infallible notes
ofourelec` ton.
word,and
carefully,dili
gently
and
attentiuely
heare
it
when
they
enioy
it,may to their cófort
allure themfelues
that
they
haue
an
vndoubted
fagne
of
their
eleóion.
And
on
the
other
(ide,thofe who had rather bee
without
it
than
enjoy
it,thofe
who
«ail
bellow
no coil to obtaine
it,
nor
forgo
any pleafure
or commodity
that
they
may
heare
it,
nor when they
doe
hears it
are
affe
&ed
with any delight, but
are
glutted with
'loathing
fatiety,hea
-ring
no part
ofthe
ferrn6
with
any plea
-
fure
but
the conclufion
onelie
;
they
can
haue
no affurance
of
their
eletion,becaufe
they
negle&
the
meanes
,of
their
fal-
uation,
which
are
ioyned
with the
end
in
Gods
eternall de-
cree.
The
like
allo
may
be
faidofother
meanes,as the recei-
uing
ofthe
Sacraments,meditating
in
Gods word,the
works
ofholiueffe and righteoufneffe,and the
ref
}.
The
fecond
fagne
of
thofe
that
are
ele&ed,
is
the fpirit
of
the
¡econd
'fttpplication, when
as
they powre
foorth their
foules in
ftgne,
the
fpirit
feruent
and
effeó
uall
prayer vnto
the
Lord,
confeffing
their
.of
feppixation.
fins,and
imploring
his grace
and mercie
:
for
this
is
a
notable
fruit
ofGods
fpirit
working
in
vs,which we
shot
by
any na-
;Rom:8.2.6,
turall
meanes
attaine vnto;
for
of
our
felueszrek!no'
not
what to
pray
a5
we
ought,
but
the
fpirit
helpeth
our
infirmities,and
maketh
reque
fl
for
vs
?bith
/ghes
which
cannot
be
expreged,as
it
is
Ro .8.
26.
Prayer therefore
is
amot}
ínfeparable
fruit and
vndoub-
ted
fagne
ofGods
fpirit,and Gods
fpirit certainely affureth
vs
ofour
ele6tion
and
adoption,
for
it
bearethwitneffe
with
our
Verfetó.
,j
?
irrts
that
we
are
the
fonnesofGod
,asitisverf.i6.SoRom.io.
r
3.it
is
faid,that
whofaeuer
cal
upon
the
name
of
the
Lordfoal
be
Rom.to.t
3.
faced. But this prayer
unit}
proceede from faith;for,as it fol-
loweth,
Flow
fllal
they
cal
on
him in
whom they
baue
not
beleeued?
and
muf}
be performed
in
fpirit and
truth,
and not
with
de-
ceitfuil
lips;
for
it
is
to no
purpofe
to draw neere vnto
God
Efa,i9.t
;,
with
our
mouthes,ifour
hearts be
farre
from
him,Efa.29.13.
SeF
.3.
The third
hgne
ofthofe
who
are
eleóled
and adopted to be
The
third
the
children
of
God,is;when
as
their
harts
are
fomwhat
wen.-
is
when
Ire
are
ned from
the world,
&
feated
in hearten
minding
the things
vveaned
from
that
are
aboue;
and when
their tongues being
fet
a
work
by
.the
loue
ofthe
the
heart,
doe gladlie
entertains godlie
and religious
confc-
vvortdand
rentes;
for
there
as
the
treafure
is,there will the heart
be alto,
mind
brawn
-
to
things.
and with
whatfoeuer
the
heart
is
affeeted,the tongue
is
de-
lighted.
INN,7