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'ligaments
t
o
p
Boue
the
certaintie
of
our
pert
uerrnce,
the
fecond
part
of
this reafon,
namely,
that
all
the
faith..
¡full
are
eleCted,
is
alfo
of
moll vndoubted
truth;
for
who1,
foeuer haue
a
true faith they
are
iuflified, whofoeuer
are
iu..
1lif
ed
are alfo effeótualliecalled,
ele
&ed,
and (hall be
glori-
fied
;
What
faid
I
?
fhall
be?
nay are
alreadie.glorit
ed,
as
the
R01Th3.3e
Apoflle affirmeth,to
note the
vndoubted
certaintie
of
their
faluation,Row.8.30. Moreouer,the
Apoftlemaketh
faith an
infeparable fruite
of
our
election,
and proper and peculiar
Tic,
r°.,
unto the
eleet, calling
it the faith
of
Gods.eler;I,
Tit,i.j,
And
Aft
1300,
A6l,
r3.
48.
itisfaid,
thatas
many
a
u
were
ordained
vetoeternall
life
6eleeued,
where hee
maketh
Gods
eleálion
the
caufe
of
faith.
And
contrarivvife
our Sauiour telleth
vs,
that
they be-
doh.t
®.te°
leeue
not,
,who
are
not
his
íheepe,Ioh.ro.26,
.So
that
it
is
manifell
that
thofe
who
beleeue are elected, and thofc
who
are
ele6led (hall be faued.
§.
Seri
5
The fecond reafon
maybe
taken from his will reuealed
ira
Theletond
his
word
;
for whatfoeuer
God
thus
vvilleth,that íhall
mol}
i
°sa
certainelie
come
to
pa
%:
but God
willeth
that
all
fhould
reuealed.
haue euerlafling
life
whom
he
bath giuen
toChrifl,in
which
10.6.39.40..
number
are
all
thofe who
are
effeCluallie
called,
as
our
Sa-
uiour
teflifieth,Ioh.6
eArnd this is the
fathers
will which
bathfent me,that
ofd
which he
hath
giuen
me
1 fhould
lofe no..
thing,
butfhouldraifrit
TIP
againeat
the
lag
day
,Andhe
willeth
likevvife,
that
he
that
beleeueth
in
the
fonne
fhould
be
faued,
as
it
is
verf.4o°
And therefore thofe who
are
efl°eClually
called
and
beleeue
in
Chrifl,cannot
pofiibly
perifh,
but
(hall
mofi
certainely
haue
cternall life.
.c
,6,
The third
reafon may bee
taken from
the conflancie
and
The
third
red-
immutabilitie
ofGod,
both
in
his
loue towards
vs,
and
alto
fon,
taken
ftom
in
his
gifts.
In
the former
refpe61
wee
may
thus
reafon
G:7 s
imnnsta-
Whomfoeuer the Lord loueth
with
a
confiant
and
immtt-
Queeinhir,
igu.
table
loue
thofefhaI, aoflcertainelybefaued
,feeingitisthe
e,
nature
ofloue to
defire
the
good
of
the partie beloued,
and
to
feeke his welfare
as
much
as
it
can; but
the Lord
loueth
his
faithful] ones
with
a
confiant and perpetuall loue,ashim-
ler.
31.3.
felfe
tefiifieth,Ier,3 1.3.
I
haue loued thee with
an
euerla¡ling
loge,
therefore with
rnercie
haue
I
drawee
thee.
So
Ioh,13
.
i.
F
rain
c
h íu
he
vied
his
owne.u'hich
*ere
in
the
.tverld,vnto the
end
Iahá
a3.
i,