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Of
the
lecef
tìe
of
oureffefxaall
calling'.
i
t
feleaed
out
ofthe
world?
and from hence
it bath
it
narne,for
it
is
called
Ecclefa
&'E-',
from the calling
thereof:
vnles
therfore
we
be called
/k'e
are
not
members
of
the
Church,and
ifwe
bee
out
ofthe
Church there
is
no
faluation;
for
our
Sa-
uiour gaue
himfelfe
for
his-Church
alone,and
he
is
the Saui-
eur
of
his
otxne
bodie,
as
it
is
Lphef.
5.23.25.
and
he
addeth
daily
veto
the
Churchfuch
ar
fhallbe
faued,as
it
is
A6.247.
F.p7,ef
<.z
;.z;
Moreouer,vnlef
e
we
bec
truely called we fhall neuer bee
Aft
4.47
trulyiuflified,and
without
faná'Iification
there
is
tioglorifi-
cation
:
for this
is
the
golden
chaine
ofour
faluation,
as
ap-
Rom.S.;o.
peareth
Rom.8.3
o'.
Laf
}ly,
wee
can
neuer come
vino
Chrif},nor communicate
with
him in
atiy
ofhis
benefits, nor receiue any
fan
&ifying
and fauing
grace
ofGods
fpirit,till by the
grace
ofGod
wee
are
made partakers
of
this holy
calling; for
naturally
we are
meere
worldlings,def}itute
ofall
grace and goodneffe,and
fo
we remaine till by this holy calling wee
are
feparated from
the
1.vorld,and
ingrafted into the body
of
Chrifl, by whole
fpirit we
are
quickned
who
'were
dead
in
our
fumes,
and
haue
fan6
}ifying graces
begotten,
nourifhed, and
increafed
in
vs.'
Seeing
therefore this
our
effeetuall
calling
is
fo necefharie,
let not
Satan
perfwade
vs
to
negle&
it, neither let
vs
when
the
Lord inuiteth
vs
to this royall
feat}
pretend
excufes,
one
Mattlrsz.
that
he
mua
goe
fee
his farm
e,anoth
er
that
hee
muf}
goe trie
Luk
i
4.
his
oxen,a
third
that
he
mull goe
about
his
merchandize,and
a
fourth
thathe
is
hindred
by
a
carnallmariage
:
for
i
f
we wil
not
come
when the
Lord inuiteth
vs,
like
vnworthie
guefls
we íhall
be
Phut
out ofthe
doores,and
not
fuffered
to be par-
takers
of
this
banquet ofeternall
bleífedneffe.
whileito.day
Pfaltn.9S
y2.
tre
heare his voice
let
vs
not
harden
oatr
hearts, for hee hath
not
promifed
that
hee will call
againe
-to
morrow,
whilef}
now
he
f}andeth
at the doore
and
knocketh
and calleth for
en-
trance, let
vs
hearing
his voice
Open
the doore
ofour
hearts,
that
he may come
inand
Sup
with
vs
and
wewith him;
for
if
ReueL3.20.
vnkindly
we denie
hitas
entertainement,we
can
haue
no
aflü-
rance
thatheewilL
returne
againe
to
'filch
churlifh
and vn-
gratefulihoafts'
In
a word,feeing
the
Lord
palling by many
:.Y
other