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()four
efeauall
cllín
.
ly authoritie
call
and inuite
vs
whileft v'e hue here,
veto
the
participation
and
imbracing
ofthe
ineftimable benefit
ofour
redemption,'
thereby we
may
attaine vnto
eucrlafting
life.
And thus
are
we
called
fometimes
fooner,
and fometimes
later,
when
it
feemeth
good
vino the Lord
:
as
appeareth
in
the parable
of
the
houfeholder, who hired
laborers
into
his
vineyard,fome
at the dawning
ofthe
day,others
at the
third,
1ixth,
and
ninth howre,
others
at
the eleuenth
hovvre,
not
Match.
io.
long
before
the
funne
fetting,as it
is
Matth.2o.
.,
twofold cal-
Moreouer,
this our
calling,
is
either
commune and gene
-
hng,gen
rail, or
elfe
fpeciall
and
effeótuall.
The
generall,calling is,
and
effelluall.
'whereby
all
indifferently,good
and
bad,eleei
and
reprobate,
are outwardly
inuited
by the minifterie
ofthe
Gofpell,to im-
brace the benefit
of
our redemption
wrought
by
Chrift
:
which
outward
calling
is
vneffeeluall
to the
wicked
and
re-
probates,
becaufe
being inuited to the
(upper
of
the King
they
refufe
to
corne,
that
is,
they
either
altogether neglect
the hearing
of
the heauenly ambaflage
ofthe
Gofpell,or
elfe
conternne thofe ineflimable
benefits
which
are
therein
offe-
red, preferring
before them the honors,
riches, and pleafures
of
this
life;
whereby
it
commeth to
paffe,
that
the word
of
God
findeth no
place in
their hearts,but
vanifheth away,lea-
uing
nothing
behinde
it but
the
fauour
of
death,
to their
more deepe
condemnation.'
.set
.s.
The
fpeciall
and
effe
&uall
calling is,
that
which
is
proper
to
Gods
ele6t, when
as
with
the outward
minif
}erie
of
the
Yvhat
our ef-
word wherein
grace and faluation
is
offered
to
all
beleeuers,
elivall cal
-
lingis,
our
Sauiour
Chrift ioyneth the inward operation
of
his
holy
fpirit
;
which
openeth our
deafe
eares,inlighteneth
our
blind
vnderflandings,
and
fofrneth and
fan6ifieth
our
hard and
corrupt hearts,
fo as
we
attentiuely hcare,truely vnderfland,
and by
a
liuely faith apply,the do6trine
of
grace and
f
luati-
on which
is
preached vnto
vs:
whereby
alfo
we
are
feparated
from the
world, giuen to Chrift
and
hee to vs,
whereupon
followeth
that
ncere vnion,
whereby
wee
being ingrafted
into
his
bodie,myfticallie doe become
his
metnbèrs,aud
hee
our
head.
That
this effeanalI calling
is
proper to
thofe
that
are
ele-
c`ed