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Of
our
o
f
feauall
calling.
And thus
it
appeareth
that
the
elect onelie
are
effe6tuallie
called
:
as
for
the wicked
and
reprobate,
though
they
heare
the outward
preaching
ofthe
word,
by
which they
are
inui-
ted
vnto Chrift;yet
they
aubbornly
refufe
to
come
veto him,
.
and
rciea
all
the
gracious promifes
of
the Gofpell,
to
their
eternal!
perdition
;
becaufe
the Lord leaueth
them
to
their
-
owne
lu(Is
and
corruption,
not
opening
their
hard
hearts,
nor inclining their
peruerfe
willes,nor
1antifying
their cor-
rupt
affetions.
In
the
next
place
let
vs
confider,
the
parts
of
our
effe&uall
.01
Me
parts
of
calling; the
firft is
our
feparation from the
world,ofwhich
in
eff
ettuall
cal-
former time
wee
were citizens
and
true members,
that
from
lmg,aßd
ftr¡#
henceforth
we fhould be
ofGods
houfehold
and
family
:for
Of
ourfepara-
Y
.lion
from
the
naturallie wee
are meere
worldlings,dcad
in our
finnes,and
world.
to
euerie
good
worke reprobate, liuing
without God
and
feruing Satan,
the world
and
the corrupt
lulls
of
our flefh,
vntill
it
pleafe
the
Lord to
make
choife
ofvs among
manie
.other
calling and feparating
vs
from this corrupt
rraífeof
mankind,thathe
may make
vs
fubie
&s,
firft
ofhis kingdome
ofgrace,
and afterwards
ofhis kingdome
of
glorie.
Ofthis
lob.15.19.
our
Sauiour
fpeaketh
Ioh. t
5.19.
if
yore
were
of
the
world,
the
world
would loue his
Alone;
but
becaufe
you
are
not
ofthe
world,
but
1
haue
chofenyou
out
ofthe
world,theref
ore
the
world
hateth
rpheC2.19.
you. And the
Apoftle faith
that
after
our
calling
and conuer-
fion, wee
are
no
more _grangers
and
forrenners, but
citizens
with
the
Saints, and
of
the
houfehold
of
God.
Now
the
Lord
That
the Lord
maketh
his choife
of
vs
before others,
not
for any
refped
of
Cora
vvorthinefíe
or
excellencie in
vs
more
then
in
them,but
ofhis
fir
any
rclycl
-t
of
ouroane
meeremercie,
vndeferued grace, and
free
good
will;
nei-
,worthineffe.
ther doth
he therefore
intertaine
vs
into
his
Church and fa-
milie,
becaufe
wee
are
alreadic,
or becaufe hee
knoweth
wee will bee hereafter
holy
and
righteous
;
but
hauing
free
-
lie called
vs
without
any
our defarts,he
Both
alfo
of
his
owne
vndeferued
loue
giue
vs
his
holy fpirit, whereby
wee are
pur-
ged from our corruptions,
fan&ified
and
raifed
vp
from the
death offinne to
newneffe
oflife
;
fo
that
our
holineffe
is
not
a
caufe
of
our
calling,
but
Gods
ele6fion and calling
is
a
.c
%ufe
of
our
holin.es.
And this appeàreth
both
by
teftimonie
s
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