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Hon'
we
sad),
know
whether
tale
be of
eElualy called.
477
whofoeuer
hath
found powerfully
working
in
thetnfelues
for
That
all
vvho
their
conuerfion
after the
manner
before
fpoken
of,
they
imedeth
ér
may
mot+
certainely
affure
themfelues
that
they
are
effe-
powerfrollcrt
&uallie
called, and
are
alreadie partakers
of' Iefus
Chrift
them
are
of
aid
all
his
benefits.
If
therefore the
Lord
whileft
wee
did
fettually
cad.
lie frozen in
the dregs
of
our
finnes,
without
all
defire
of
led.
grace
or
meanes to
efcape
out
ofour
miferie,
hath
vouchlá-
fed
vnto
vs
the minifterie
ofhis
holy
word;
if
by the
law hee
hath
revealed
our
fumes
vnto
vs,
and
the punifhments due
unto
them
;
and
if
by theGofpell
hee
bath fhewcd
vs
the
way how
we
may
come
out
of
this miferie;
if
by the inward
cooperation
ofhis
holy fpirit
he
bath opened our
deafe eares,
and with
this pretious
eiefalue
hath
anointed the blind
eies
ofour
vnderftandings,fo
that
we haue
attentiuely heard,
and in
forne
meafure
vnderftood
thofe principles
of
our
Chriflian
religion,
which
haue in
the
minifterie
ofthe
word
been deliuered unto
vs;
ifour
hearts
haue
been foftned
and
pearced, and our
confciences
wounded with the
fight and
fenië
of
our finnes;
if
defpairing
in
our owne f}rength,righ
-.
teoufneffe
and
all
other
meanes
ofour
owne,
we haue
gone
out
ofour
felues,
and
refted
and
relied vpon
Chrift
Iefus
a-
lone for our
iuftification and
faluation, then
are
wee
without
all
doubt
effectuallie called and
are in
the number
of
Gods
Church
and
people
to
whom the
promifes
ofgrace doe
ap-
pertaine.
Secondly,
we
may come
to the knowledge
ofour
effe
&u
-
g.Sec`.5.
all
calling,
by
confidering the
feuerall
parts thereof.
The
That
we
may
fiirft
is
our
fele
&ion
and feparation
out
ofthe
corrupt
maffe
know
that,
give
of
mankind,whereby
it
commeth
to
paffe,
that thoúgh
wee
"ee
ÿcony
be in the
world, yet
we
are
not
of
the world, and therefore
fdering
the
Pe-
wee
neither
loue
it,
nor the world vs; and this our Sauiour
uerallparts
fheweth, Iohn
15.19.
1f
(faith he)
yee
were
of
the
tborld,the
Thereof.
worldwouldloue
his
owne,
but
becaufe
yee
are
flot
ofthe
world,
I
°hn'3'19'
but
1
haue
cho
f
n
you out
ofthe
world,
there
fore
the world
hateth
you.
And
the Apoftle
John
affirmeth,
that
if
any man loue
the
world, the
lout'
of
the
father is
not in
him,
z
.loh.2.
z
5.
and the
Apoftle
lames
telleth
vs
that
the amitie
of
the
world
ù
enmitie Iaal
4 4.
with
God,
and
therefore
who
foeuer
will
bee
a
friend
of
the
world
nsaketh,