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Hoib
we
may know
whether
we be effet7ually celled.
48i
time fawne vpon
him,
that
by pretending loue`and
friend
-
ihip it
may worke him
the greater
mifchiefe.
The
fecond
part
of
our
effe&wall
calling
is
the
mutual'
donation
of
God
the father, whereby
he
hath giuen
Chria
Iefus
vnto
vs
to
bee our
Sauiourand Redeemer, and
vs
vino
Chrifl to
bee
failed
and
redeemed, by which
alfo
wee
may
prooue
that
we
are effe6luallie called,
For this
gift
is
mutu-
all
and reciprocall,and therefore the one
doth
clearely
proue
the other,
fo
that ifwe
can haue any
a{furance
that
Chria
is
giuen vnto
vs,
then
may wee
alto bee
affured
that
wee are
giuen vnto Chrifl;and
contrariwife,
if
we haue any
a{furance
that
wee
are
giuen unto
Chrill, then
maywe
be
alfo
allured
that
Chrif}
is
giuen vnto
vs
:
and
confequentlie
that
we
are
effe6tuallie
called, for
thismutuall donation
is
one
part
thereof.
Now
wee may
bee
affured
that Chrifl
is
giuen vn-
to
vs,if
wee belecue in
him, 'Tiling
vpon him alone
for
our
iullifcation
and
faluation,
as
appeareth,
Iohn
3.16.
So
çod
¡opted
the
world
that
bee
bath
giuen
his
onelie
begottenfonne,
that
as many
as
beleeue in
him
fhonld
not
perifh,
but
haue
euer-
Íaîlinglr
fe.And
fo
alfo we may
be
affured
that
wee are
giuen
vntoChrifl,
if
wee heare
his voice
and followhim,
as
him
-
felfe
fpeaketh,
Iohn
10.27.
andfubmit
our
(clues
to
bee
led
and gouerned by
his
fpirit, for
as
many as
are
led
by
the
lira
of
f
God
they
are
thefanner
of
God,and
whofoeuer
are fanner
are
&tires
of
God,
and
.
heires
annexed with
Chrif
:
As
it
is
Rom.8.
14.16.
But here Satan
will
obie&,that thofe who
are
giuen vnto
Chria
haue
kept
his
word,
as
himfelfe
alfo
afñrmeth,Ioh.i
7.
6.
How therefore will
he fay,canfl
thou
be
affured
that thou
art
one
of
thofe
who
are
giuen vnto him,feeing thou
keepeft
it
not but
continually tranfgrelfefl his
-
commandements?
To which wee
mull
anfwere,that the lvord
of
Chrill
is
his
Gofpel, wherein
bee
promifeth
euerla{ling
life
to
all
that
be-
leeue
in
him, and
bring forth
the fruites
of
their
faith
in
vn-
fained repentance,
as
it
appeareth
Iohn
5.38. where
he
thus
fpeaketh
to
the
vnbeleeuing Iewes
And
his
word
(faith he)
hareyee
not
abia'ing
in
you :
for
whom
he
bath
feint,
.him
yee
be-
leeue
not;
whereby
it
is
ananifefl,if
Chrifs
reafoning
bee
of
I
i
found
4.Sea,3.
Ofrhe
fccond
part ofour
ef-
fratral
callrrrg.
Ioh,
3.16.
lohn
iozy.
Rom.8.i 4.16.
Homthofe
that
are
giuen
to
Cbrift,keepe
hit
uval
d.
lohn
17
.6,
Iohn
8.