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Ctlçás
.
of
the
lair:
atadaficr we
fee
our
ihabilitie and
infufficiencie
of
worlting our
o
°nefaluation, we
are
thercbybrought
out
of
our
felties,
to
feeke for fahratioti in
Chriil
Iefus,
applying
him
and his
merits
vnto
vs
by
a true and a
lissely
faith,
and
this:is
clone
by the
preaching
Of
the
Gofpell,
The
mcancs on
our part
is
the
failing
hearing
of
th>e
word,
Thereby
our hard hearts
arc
mollified, and
we
truly
huma
bled,
and
brought
out
of
our
felues
to
fceke for
faluation
in
;hrifl, whereby alto true faith
is
begot
in
vs,
wherewith
wee
applic
Chritl vnto
vs,
and relie vpon him
alone fór
our
faluation,
And thus
haue
I,
(hewed what our vocation
is,
and.
the
meanes
thereof.
Now let
vs
confider
of
thofe temptations,
which
Satan
fuggefteth
into
mens
minds in
refpeál
of
their
..vocation,to
the end
he
may
hinder them
from
the
participa.
Lion
and fruition
of
Chrift
and
hihenefits,whereitnto
in
the
preaching
of
the
word
they
are
called and
inuited.And
thefe
are
of
two
forts,firtl
thole wherewith
he affaulteth
them
who
are
not
called: fecondly,thofe
wherewith
he
affaulteth them
,vho.are
truly called and conuerted.
---a----------
°--
CHAP.
-XVIII.
Swans
ttmptatisn.r
>xhereby
he
f
ek,eth
to
make
our
calling.
vneeauall,anfrered.
Hofe
`r
ho
are
not
called bee
tempteth
diuerc
Of
tile
nece1
ty
.
waies,
that
he may
hinder their
effeóluall cal
-
°!oar
efetima1
ling;
and
firft.he
laboureth
to
perfwade
then,
m'tiv
r
to
veglet
this their calling,
as a
thing not
ne-
.ceffarie,
and
to
contemne
the
minifterie
of
the
:$1Vord,.
which
is
the
meanes
whereby wee
are effe6tuallie
called.
But
we
are
to
withftand
thefe
temptations: and
to
this
end
we
are
firfl
to know, that
before our
cffeóluall
calling
we are
not
true members
of
the
Church, though
we
may outwardly
thruft our
felues
into this
f
ocietie;for
what
elfe
is
the Church
butxl,at
companie
or
congregation
which is.truly
called
and
:Sele..e
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