to the E PH E S I AN S. --------------------~~--~~~£ ____ That which is contained in the fubflallce of the word, for the li~nification of~ it is this, The word K•op&-, which ircometh from, tt noteth out iirfi, having a Ser.XTII. part or aporti011in a thing. I lhallgtve you clear S~nprurc for every ligm.fica- ~ rion I give you of it. .It noreth out firfl, I fay_, havUJg apart or aport toll 10 a thing beingpartaker w1th others of vhe fame thmg. Tt.at IS the firfl figmficar 1011 of tll~ word K,;, 1 &-, and {o it c<>meth in fitJy here: He had fpoken ot gatheri11g aDthiltgs in Heavefl a11d ill Earth tn O>Je, in Chnfl; I11 wbomwe(fa1th he)have tt part, in this Chnfl, 10 whomall are gathered; L~t us comfort our {elves, we have a parr. That is the firfl. I fualllgive you a Scnprurewhere the word Cleros (whence this word <rometh) is taken for a part, a porttoll m common. Read .Ac1.8.z 1 • fpeal<ing of Stmou.VLagtts, Thou h,iflrto t;art orporttoll, or lot or por. tioll. It is the fame word that thts word com~th 0t. Now my Brethren what is the .Obfervauon from.hence I Do but ask your own he~rts, (you hav'e heard of this. great gatheriug in the roth vcrfe,) have you 'aparrinit? havcyoua port;onmtt? You are to ~PP.IY the word as you go; ymi fee the Apollle dQth fo: when he had (pokenot th1s general gatheri11g Of at/ thiP~gs i11 Chnf/, n<?w he cometh to apply tt; 111 whom we b~ve a part, faith he ; JJJ whom y•e al{o have a part, fa1th he. Hafl thou a part 111 1t ? Let me ask thee the queiliod'; ask thine own heart the queil10n. .Oh, to be found not to have a Oure in this great gatheri11g, what a mifery Wtllltbe! That is the firfl thing it fignificth, apt>rt or portio11. In the Second place, It lignifietb a part or portio11 of mt ]?JheritaiJce; The word K>.;,1&- is olten ufcd for an l~theritance, as .AC/.26.1 8. where he faith, an ]11. herita11ce among them that are fanlhfied. Therefore our Tranllators well tran. ilate it, !11 whom alfo we h11ve obtained an.l11heritance. In the Third place, The word KAiip®- IS taken fora Lot. Inheritances, you know, ufe to go by Lot. The Jews Inheritances were divided by Lot, fo Nttmb. H· q. This i< the landye Jbafl tnherit by kt; th~refore it is called the Lot of the Inheritance, Numb. ~6.~· and 111 may other Scrtptures. Here then are three fignitications of this word : Here is lirll, apart orportion, which partor portion is an l11heritance, which Inheritance cometh by Lot. The word o.,,,;~f<" it cloth imply all thefe, >that is, In whom we have a part andpor– tioll, mzlnheritance amzexedto that.portioll , m1d it cometh to us~ Lot. Thefe Three things are included in the fignification of the word. Now, my Brethren, it is a word of a pallive lignification, and it implieth, tha£ we are pailive in obtaining it; it is nota thing we feek for, but it is cafl upon us. We have a word in the E•tglijh, we fay a man isVijinherited, that is a pailive word; there is noEnglijhword that lhall anfwer it, to fay a man is j1Jherited, but he is endowed with an lnheritaiJce; be feeks not for it, it. is cafi upon him. Therefore in that place, AE/.26.18. it is called RectivitJg an I~htritm1ce; that they m,ry receive l faith he) ml!nhtritance with thofo that are Janl1tjied. The word here ufed in tois Text (faith Beza) is ufed of Magiflrates, .that were cho– fen by Lot to their places ; even as Saul was chofen King by lot, fo do we obtain this Inheritance, apart or portion in Chrifl by a kind of Lottery: it was not a thing we deferved, it was a thing came to us we never dreamed of: It was not fo much as fought for by us; the word here is a mere paJiive word , it was cajl 11pon us, we found a lhare in Chrifl before we were aware, as it were, not thinking of tt. Not but G.od ~wakeneth men firll, but they do no more towards it, they know no moreof 1t ( ull God takes theJU and works upon their hearts) than a man afleepdoth for the obtaining of an Inheritance, which is bellowed on him. What is the Obfervation hence I This: Tou have Heavm ea[/ upo11 you (you that are Behevers) tU Jt were by lot. Poor Souls, you come hither to Church, and here you put your felves upon God's Lottery, and you do well. What is the reafon, that a poor Servant goeth away with Cbrifl in her heart? She hath a Draw for it, and lhe draweth Eternal life, it is call upon her. Ladies come here; he~e come Men and Women of great quality, perhaps they go away without it. It ts cafl upon men by lot. The greate!t work that ever God did, is to convert Souls, and he carries it fo as if he did it the moll cafually. You know the.moll cafual thing in the World is a Lot. A Lot you know, is a thing carried by a fecmprovidence, forfo he faith, Prov!•6·H· The Lot is cafl i11to the!rtp, but A a tht .
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