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1
ow
wee
may
kin
tt
whether
we
be
pfeí`I
ua&
celled.
48;
thereof,
wee may bee
affìared
that
wee
are
the
Members
of
Chrifl,
and
conf
quentlie
eff
c
ua'lie called.
Lalllic,wee
may
be alfured
that
wee
are
ingrafted
in
the'bodie
of
Chrif}
by
our works
of
fan;
ification,
either appertaining to
Gods
feruice or
Chriflian righteoufiles towards
our
neighbour,for
it
is
iwpoffible
that
wee
fhould
bring foorth
any
ripe
grapes
ofgodlineffe,
if
wee
were
not ingrafted
in
the
true
vine
Iefiis
Chrifl, ashimfelfe
affirmeth,
Iohn
154.
Abide rnmee,
and
I
Iohn
t5;44.
¡rayon :
the branch
cannot bearc
firuite
ofrt
feifc,except
tt
abide
the
vine,
no
more'can yee,except
yeeabtc`ein
rnee :
5.
I
am the
vine
ye
are
the
branches, he'that.a6ideth
in me,
and,
I
in him,the
fame brinçeth forth
much
fr,rttes,
for
without
?nee
yee
can
doe
no-
And therefore
ifwee
make confcience
of
our waies,
and
exercife
our
felues
in
force
meafure,
in thofe
good
woorkes
which the
Lord
hath commanded,
in
obedience
to
his
will, and
to
this
end,
that
his name may be
glorified,we
may
affure
our
felues
that
we
are
ingrafted into
the true vine
Chrifl
Iefus,
forofour
felues we
are
altogether
vnrruitfull
and
could
doe
nothing.
But
here Satan
will obie
&t,that
this
argument maketh
4.Sea.ro.
agaiiif{
our
felues,
for
we
thereby
make
it
manifef}
that
wee
That
ove
may
arc
not ingrafted into
Chrif}, becaufe
our fruites
ofholines
be
vnited veto
and
righteoufiieffe
are
commonlie ,exceeding
ftnall,
and
chrilt,thouglì
fomtimes none
at
all,whereas theliuel branches
ofthis
vine
vveatvuates
are
exceeding fruitfull, and
abundant
in
good
workes.
To
fma!
frui
! ail
we arc
to
anfwere,
that
all
the branches
ofthe
vine
do
and
forìutim&
not
bring
forth
fuites in like
abundance
but
force
more
and
"Jr
fomeleffe;
and
yet
nott,-ithf}anding
this
doth not
prooue
that
thofe are
not
true branches
as
wel
as
the
other, although
theyreceiue
leffe
fappe
and
liuelie iuice
from
the
roote and
hocke
:
and
fo
alfo
it
is
in this niyflicall
vine
;
if
the branches
be not
altogether
barren and
fruitleffe,
though their
fruits
be not info great abundance, yet
Thee
bee
right and
of
the
fame nature
with the
other,
they
may
affure
themfelues
that
They alfo are finely
branches
of
true
vine
Iefus
Chrif
};
neither
is
the
cluanritie
and mull
f
our
fruites'fo'tnuch in
this regard to be
refpeelc
d
;
for
if
according to
the quantity
offap
and
good
iuice which
we receiue
from
our roote
wee
Ii
.
bring