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Hotly Satan
perfvvadeth
the vveaI
e
Chriftia
;,that
be
is
not called.
Hovv
vve
vvi:hftastd
the
former tenta-
tions.
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How
we may
1`>,ow
ibbether
we be
feí'1-ually
called.
the
merits
of
Chrií},
and the fweet promifes
of
the
Gofpell,
for
vnto
fuch
appertaine the fearful'
threatnings
of
the Law,
as
being
Hill
the children
of
wrath,
dead
in
their
fumes, and
fubiecì to
Gods
heauie wrath and
difpleafure.
CHAP.
XXXVIL
Hoy
we
may know
whether
we
be
effea
Nally
called or no.
Nd
fo
much
concerning thofe
reafòns whereby
the humbled and
repentant
firmer
may gather
1
t
unto
himfelfe certaine
affurance
of
the pardon
and
remiflìonofhis
finnes
:
ofall
which confo-
lations
Satan earnefily
indeuoureth
to
fpoile
the
affli
.ted
_foule,
by iuggefiing into
his
mind
diners fubtill and
dan-
gerous tentations.As
firl,that
all
thefe
gratious
promifes
and
lweete confolations
of
the Gofpell,doe
onely
belong
veto
thofe
who
are
called,
neither
to
all
in
this number,
for
many
are
called
but
few
are
chofen;but
veto
thofe alone
whole cal-
ling
is
effedtuall,
that
is
to
fay,
who
are feparated
from
the
world,
giuen vnto Chrií
},and Chrií}
vino them,
and
who
are
ingrafted
into him,and become
liuely members
of
his
body:
but
thou,will
he
fay
to the
humbled
fanner,
art
not
thus
effe-
&ually
called, and therefore do
not
flatter thy
felfe
with the
hope
of
Gods
promifes
;
for
though
in themfelues
they are
molt
certaine,yet they
belong
not
vnto thee,
but
vnto thofe
alone whole calling
is
effectual(.
Againfi which temptation
if
wee would
firengthen our
felues, wee
muli
examine our calling
whether
it
be
effedivall
or
no
;
and that
both
by confidering
the
meanes
whereby all
are effectually callcd,and allo
the
parts
of
effeóluall
calling,
making
application
of
both vnto our
owne particular. For
the
firfl,wee may thus reafon
againfi our
fpirituall eneinie:
Whofoeuer
can finde
the meanes
ofeffeaual
calling,power-
full
y
working
in
himfelfe,and
conuerting him
veto God,
he
is effectually called
:
but
I
haue and doe finde thefe
meanes
:thus
working
in
me, and therefore
I
doe
not
flatter
my
Idle
with