350 / 772
4'.Sea.
2.
Satvis
tem,n-
tatioas
u-here
by
he moueth
vs
to
ueglea
the
meanes
of
our eff
eíluall
s.alling..,
Motitees
to
per-
fmade
to
the
di-
ligent hearing
of
Gods
word.
z`;=e
ftr1lp
Yiu
c.
404.11.11.
3
22
Retfons
mowing
vs
to
the
diligent hearing
of
Gods word.
other
in
the world maketh choife
of
vs,
calling and
inuiting
vs
to
the participation and fruition
of
eternall
bleflèdneflè
and
happineflè,
let
no worldly buuneffe,
though it
fceme as
neceffarie
as
the
burying
of
our dearc father,
hinder
vs
from
hearkening and obeying
this heauenlie
call
;
let no
tranf-
toric
trifle
flay
vs
from
comming to
God,
when
bee
of
e-
reth
to make
vs
good
affurance
of
his
royall
kingdome
:
for
though
many
things bce conuenient, yet
one
thing
is
ne-
ceffarie,
and thrice happie
are
they which make
choife
ofthe
better part..
But
it
is
impoflible
that
euer we
fhould be truly
called,vn_
Id
e
we carefully
vfe
the
means
when
the Lord
offreth
them
vnto
vs,and
attentiuelyli(len vnto
the
Lords voicewhen
he
inuiteth
vs
to
come
vnto him
:
and
therfore
Satan
laboureth,
not
fo
much
to
perfwade
vs
that ottrvocation
is
a
thing
vn_
neceffarie
to faluation,feeing
this
is
manifeflly
repugnant
to
plaine teflimonies
of
Scriptures,
as
to
moue
vs
to
negle6
the
meanes
whereby wee
are
called, namely
the
minif crie
of
Gods
word
:
partly working
vpon our inbred corruption,
which not conceiving the things
ofGod
condemneth
than
of
foolifhnes,
and
not
being delighted with
thole
things
which
it
vnderflandeth
not,they
feeme
irkfome and
tedious;
and partly inticing
vs
with
the commodities
and
pleafures
of
the
world, which
are
more pleafant
to
carnali
men
then
theirmeate
and
drinke, hee caufeth
vs
to
fpend
that
time
in
our
earthlybufïneffes or
vainedelights,which
we
íhould
be-.
flow
in
the hearing
ofGods
word,
whereby
wee
fhould bee
effe6ually called,
that
is, feparated
from the world, and
in-
grafted
as
liuely
members
into
the
bodie
of
Chritl
Iefus.
Let
vs
therfore firongly
arme
our
felues again(}
this
temp..
tation,as
being
moft pernitious vnto our
ownefoules: and
to
this
end
let
vs
briefly confider
of
fotne
reafons,whereby wee
may
bee flirred
vp
diligently
to frequent
Gods
hate
AZ-M.
blies,
to be madepartakers
ofthis
heauenly ambaffage.
Firfa
therefore wee
are
to
know,that
the
mini(
}erie
ofthe
word
is
Gods
owne ordinance, which
hee
bath inflituted
and
ordai-
ned for
the gathering together
of
the Saints,
and building
the
bódie
of
his
Chrsrch,
as
appeareth
Eph.4,
r
a
a
24
Neither
dorh
he