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part
of
er.ref-
{tGlualé
cal-
ling,to
mi-t,
our
reciprocal'
do-
.
natipn.
E.fa.9.6.
lvh.
16.
otn.
8.;
s.
lohn
:
loh
1039.
3t$
OfoureJeEist
ai7cailiszg.
only-begotten fonne,truely and egea:ually to
all
his
ele
&,to
be their
head,
redeemer, and
Sauiour;
and
alto whereby
hee
giucth
his eleáI
vnto Chriíl to
become
his
members,
that
fo
they
may bee
faced
and redeemed
by
him
;
whereupon
all
Oodseledmay
truely
fay,
that
this
Chriíl
Iefus,
God
and
man,is
mine
head,my Sauior and redeemer;and
all
his
merits
obedience and benefits,purchafcd by
both,arebecome mine
by
this
right,
as-being
a
member
of
his
bodie
;
and
our
Saui-
our alfo,ìnay
as
truelie
fay
of
Gods
elec`I,
that
they are his
whom
he
bath
right
to
redeeme and face,
becaufe
he
is
their
head
and
they
his members.
Of
this
mutuali
donation and
gift,the
Scriptures fpeake
euidently;
.and
fire that
Chrfl
is
giuen vnto
vs
;-
Efa.9.6.
Vnto
vs a
child
is
borne,and
unto
vs
a
fonne
isgiuen.
Ioh.3.16.
So
God lotted
the
world,
that
hegaue
his
only-begotten
fonne,
that
whofoeuer
beleetseth
in
himfbould
not
pen/b, but
haue euerlafling
li
fe.Rom.8.3 2. Secondly,
that
we
are
giuen.vnto
Chriíl,
-it
is-manifeil,
Iohïry
6.
I
hauede-
clared
thy name
vnto
the
men which
thou
gautfi
me
out
of
the
world,
thine
theywere
-and
thouga4efl
them
me,
&c.'So,Ioh.to.
29.
Myfather
tz
hichgaue
them
me
is
greater
then
all,and
nene
is
able
to
take them
out
ofmy
fathers
-hand.
>By
which
places
it
plainely appeareth,
that
Chrií
is
giuenvnto vsby God
his
father, and
we
vnto Chrii
+.
But in
what
manner
is
this mu
wall donation
made
?
furely
not
grofely and
corporally;
but
fpiritually and after
a celefliall
maner
:
for
the
meanes
where-
byit
is
brought
to
paffe
on,Gods part,
is
his
diuine
and
holy
fpirit,and
on
our part
a
true
and liuely
faith.
.Se`.5.
The third
part
ofeffe6luall
calling,
is
the union and
com-
,
Of
the
third
munion
which-
is
betwixt
Chrifl and Gods
ele&
:
which
fol-
part
vimur
loweth
vpon
the
donationbefore
fpoken of,
whereby
Chrift
.,
tion
with
Iefus
and
they
are
myilicallie coupled
together
into
one
bo-
ehrtar'
dy,hebeconxning
their
headand
they becomming
his
rnem-
bers.Of
this theApofile
fpeaketh
Eph.4.i
5.16.
where
he
ex-
-1E014
445.
horteth
the faithfull,to
grow
vp
-into
him
which is
the head,t
hat
ss
Chrifl,by
who;n
all the
bodie being
roopled together
by
euer,
And
14o.
-ioynt
&c.
receiueth increare.
And chap.5.30.
We
are
members
of
his
bodie,
ofhis
flefh,and
ofhis
bones.
And
of
this
our
Sauioaar
riftfpe
zketh
párable
-axle
.where
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