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Of
our Vocation.
3
T3'
thofe
who
come
vnto Godly
him
;
becaufe he
euer
fuueth
to
malZe
intercefon
for
them,as
it
is
Heb.7.2
5.
Co
we neede
not
doubt
Heb.7.
z 1.
ofhis
will,feeing
he
hath redeemed
vs
with
fo
dcare
a
price
:
for
ifhe
would
not
lofe
vs
when
we were his enemies, much
teffe
will he
filler
vs
to
perifh when we
are
become
his
fub-
ieets,
yea
his fpoufe,
ray
members
of
his
owne bodie
:
and
therefore we
may allure
our
felues
that
if
our Sauiour, our
fpoufe
and head bath once
redeemed
vs,
then
he
bath
allo
obtained
etermll
redemption
Pr
vs,
as
the
Apoftle affirmeth
Heb.9.i
2.
So
that though the
diuell
rage
like
a
roaring lion,
Hch
9,I=4
and the
flefh
betray
vs
and
harbour whole legions
ofvnlaw-
full lufts
which fight againP
our
foules,and the
world
force
time frowne,
and fometime faune, and
all
of
them by
all
meaneslhbour to
deflroyvs;
yet our
omnipotent redeemer,
our
louing
and
careftrl_l
fpoufe
and
head, will
not
fuller
vs
to
be
loft whom
he
hath
fo
dearely
bought, but
will giue
vs
the
poffefflon
and
fruition
of
that heauenly
inheritance,
and
thofe
vnfpeakable ioyes
which
he
with
his
owne
molt
preci-
ous
blood
hath
purchafed for
vs.
CHAP.
XVII.
Of
our
vocation.
Nd
thus much
concerning our
redemption;
,the
§,Seas.
next
caufe
ofour
faluation
is
our vocation: for,
whomfoeuer the
Lord
hath
eledted
vnto euer-
laíting
life,
thofe
alfo he
hath redeemed
out
of
the hands
oftheir
f:irituall'enemies;and whom
he
hath redeemed, thofe
in his
good
time
he effectually
cal
-
leth,and
applicth this
great
benefit
oftheir
redemption
veto
them,
by feparating them from the
world,
and
ingrafting
them into the
body
of
Chriít
whereby they become
his,
and
he
with
all
his
benefits
becommeth
theirs.:
In freaking hereof,Iwill
fliew Ertl
what
this calling is,and
Y'
/bat
our cats
afterwards
anfwere Satans
temptations, whereby
he labo
le;rgis.
reth
to
make it
fruítrate and vnprofitable vnto
vs.
For
the
firft,
our vocation
or calling
is
an effect
of
Gods
election,
whereby
our Sauiour
Chrifl,God
and
man,doth
by his
king
-
ly