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f
An
Engniry
after
a
mans
el
ate,
dy
?
how
much
more
in
curing the
ficknei3e
of
the foul
?
Now
from the
text
it
felt withou:
any
cutting
up
of
the
words,we
may
gather
fouc
propoftions
:
r.
That there
is
an
elate
that
every man
is
in,either
an
efiate
of
grace,or
an
elate
of
fin.
a.That
this
late
may
be
known.
3.
That
every man
fhould
be
willing
to
have
his efface
exa-
mined,
that
it
may be
known whether
it
be
good or
no.
4.
That
a
man
can
never
have
true
comfort till
it
be
known
that
he
is
in
a
good &fate.
I.
For
the
firlf,
That there
is
an
elate
that
every
one
is
in,
either
of
grace
or fin;
Se
this
in Simon
Magri,'
:
I
perceive,faith
S.
Peter,
thou
art
in the
gall
of
bitterneffe
and
in the bond
of
ini-
quity. See; he
telleth
him
what
efface
he was in,
viz,
a
very bad
elate,
in
a
defperate
and damnable
condition. In
this
late
of
fin
and tniíéry are
all
they
that
are
not
renewed
by
Chril
Jefus,
And
for
the
other
fee
an
example,
Rom.
16.7.
Salute
Rufus
chafen in the
Lord:
the
text there
telleth
us
what
elate
he was
in,
a
very
good &fate; He
was
a
man
in
Chriff
,
a
choife
man,
that
is,
a
man
in
the
late
of' grace and falvation.
In
this
elate
are
all
they
that
are called and
faneîiied
and made
new
crea-
tures
unto
God.
Every
man
is
in
one
of
the
two
elates;
there
is
no middle
elate
which
is
neither the one
nor the
other
,
but
in
one
of
thefe
two
are
all
the whole
world,
The
reafon
is,
r.
From
everlaling
the
world
was
divided onely
into two
ranks,either Eledf
or Reprobates,
2.
Here
in
this
life
the
world
is
divided onely
into
two
com-
panies,
either godly
or
ungodly,
3.
At the
day
of
judgment the
Lord
will
divise the
whole
world
onely
into two
forts,
either
Sheep
or Goats.
II,
For
the fecond
propolii
ion,
This
elate
may be
known
:
Eíß
}ecially
every man may
come
to
the
knowledge
of
his
own
elate
before
God.
I do
not
fay
that
every man
may
know
whether
he be
elet`f
or
reprobare
:
yet
this
I
fay
too That
a
godly
foul
may
know
that
it
is
eleEted
to
life.
The
Apolle
ex-
horteth
all
that
are
godly
to
give
diligence
to
mate
their eleaion
Pure,
1.
Ob-
ferva.
Afts
8.
2.3
Zorn. 16,7
Matth.
y
5.
32.
2.
Prop.
Efe
&ion
may
be
known.