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The
third
meatier.
§.Sec7.q..
476 How
we
may
knout
tbhether
we
be
effectually
called.
fit
in
themfeIues to
bring
forth no fruite
but
weedes and
thií}les,that
fo
they
may bee prepared
to
receiue the
feed
of
his
word,
and bee
made fruitfull
in
all
grace. And
thus our
ílubborne
and rebellious hearts
are
foftned,when
as
we
par-
ticularly apply
vnto
our
felues
the
do.
&rine
ofthe
law,where.-
by
firil
wee
corn
to
the
knowing
and
acknowledging
ofour
fines,
originali
and
affiial.
Secondly,our
hearts.
are
pricked,
and our
confciences
wounded
by
apprehending
andapply_
ing
to our
guiltie
foules
the
curie
of
the law,
the anger
of
God,
and thofe
fearefull
punifhments
prepared for the wic-
ked. Thirdlie,feeing
this
our
miferie,and finding no
meanes
ofour
owne
how
wee may come
out
of
this wretched
eflate,
-wee
are
brought
to
defpaire
ofour
owne ftrength,righteouf_
nelle, and
fatisfaion,
finding them
of
no
vertue for our
iuftification.
By-
all
which,
being
throughlie humbled and
cal+
downe
in
our
felues,
the
Lord
by
the
preaching
of
the
Colpel
doth rem
ale
vino
vs
a
way
how
we may efcape
out
of
this'miferable
elate,
by applying vnto our
felues
Chriff
Ie-
fus,
and
all
his merits and
obedience by
a
true and liuelie
faith;
after which the humbled
fanner
feeing his owne
wants and
miferie
by
the law,
and perceiuing
that our
Sa-
uiour Chrifl
is
fo
rich
in
merits,
that
bee can
eafily
fupplie
all
his
defeáis, and
fo
gratious
and powerful!,
that
hee can
and
will free
him oùt
of
his
wretchedneffe,hee,
cloth
plainely
difcerne
that
hee flandeth
exceedingly
in
need
of
Chrift
le-
fus
and
his
righteoufiieffe. After
which
fenfe
of
his
owne
wants,there
is
begot
in
him an earneft
and
hungring
delire
to
bee made
partaker oflefus
Chrif}
his
righteoufneffe, me-
rits,
obedience, and
of
all
thofe ineflimable benefits
which
are
purchafed
by them.
And
lafly
hee
is
inooued to
appeale
from the
fentence
ofthe
law, to the throne
of
grace,pleading
not
his
owne righteoufheffe or fatisfaóiion,
but
Chrifis me-
rits
and
obedience.
The third
and
1a11
meanes
ofour
effe6uall calling,is
a
true
and
liuely
faith,
whereby
we apprehend
Chrift lefus
and
all
his benefits,giuen
and applied
vnto
vs
by
Gods
fpirit,
refing
vpon him alone
for
our iuflification
and
faluation.
And
thefe are the meanes
ofour
effeauall calling,
which
whofoeucr