~ Ser.XIV. ~ .An Expojition of the Epiflle SERMON XIV. E P HE S. I, u,n,q,r4. In whom alfo we have obt~ined an Inheritance, being Predeftinated according to the purpofe of him who wor~tb all thingr according to the Council of his own Wilt. That we fhould be to the praife of hir Glory, who Jirfl trufted in Chrift. -In whomye alfo trufled, after that you heard the word of truth, the Gojpel of your Salvation, &c. THe fcopeof thefc Verfes,I iliewed you in my lafi Difcourfe to be this.Ari Application of all that which he hadDoCl:rinally de~ivered about Predefii~ nanon,Vocanon and the hke benefits, (an Apphcauon of them With fome interlacings of what was not faid before, ) unto both the Jews and the Gmtiles. Unto the .7ews or rather the Apo!Ues put for all theJews themfelves being .7ews,in the 1 rth.and nth.Verfes; In whom we have o6tailudmt Inheri· ta11ce whojrfftruffed i11 Chriff.And Secondly unto the Gmtiles in ther ~ · v. J, whomye alfo Ephe/imts, fpeaking to them in the name of all the Gentiles, as fpeaking of himfelf and the other of the Apofiles in the name of 211 the Jews. His Application unto himfelf and the refiofthe Apofiles, and foto the .7ews, is in the 11th. and nth. Verfes, I made entrance into them in my lafi Difcourfe The 11th. Verfe containeth in it two particulars. 1. It lhewetl1 what God had done for them, and that in three things. 2, He illullrateth thofe three things which God had done for them, by age– neral propofition, whereof each particular in the one anfwereth to the other. • Firll, Hdheweth what God had done for them in Three things, he giveth them the comfort of Three things. J, By Effectual calling of them, by fanCl:ifying of them and working faith in them, by their having trufied in him they were interelled in a glorious lA . herit~nce.. I11 who'!' (faith he) we have obtai11ed (namely, by this fanCl:Jficanon and faith, as I /hewed you before,) a11 Inhtritcma. 2. He mentioned! the ground and the fpring, ( he applieth that alfo, anli brings it home to their hearts,) of Gods calling them; viz. Predej/ina· tio11, we having obtained an I11heritm1a, 6eing Predej/i11ated. 3. He mentioneth the immutability of Gads Predeilinating them, it was ac– cording to his purpofe. So much tor what he lheweth <'iod hath ;done for them afore, of which he giveth them the comfort. · .Secondly, he cloth illufirate thefe things by a general propofition, which con· tameth three things in it, anfwerable to thefe three. !11 whom we have o6tai11- • t.d
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