b · F .E L E C T I () NJ BOOK Ill. The Infinity ofGrace ir God/ ckooftng ur, proved front the Nature of EleCJion both Jimply confidered in itr felf, and alfo compared with that other AfJ of Repro– bation. C H A P. I. The Grace of ElefJing tu jimply conjidered, and the Gratnefr of it prov'd from the Greainefl of the Be– .nejit. tLEt us confider, It is the Election onlyj Critiques will put upon it a Me– tonymy in Rhrtorique, as the Creation for the Creatures, But in Gods Book and Rhetorick it fpeaks and denotes a Grandnefs put upon the PcrJons Chofen. To fuch ELECT, i< the greatefl word can be asked ofus. OneofChri!ls moll Eminent Titles, Ifaiah, 40. r. Mine. Eterf. ( fpeaking ofChri!l) And even the Ph:..ijees apprehending that the Mef!ia!J lhould be fame emin.ent!y eminent Perfoil, expreffes it by this, Th(Chrifl ~hom Godbath Cho{t11, _Luke 2~. 2). Ir. Let us confider, 2. Who hath Chofen ? G 0 'D, 1 Thef. 1. s. Know– ingyour Etef1to11 of God. In all Choices the perfon chufing, puts a value oo. the chofen, and upon the Act to be made choice of by a ~ing unt(l fuch an·Of– ficc Employment, or by a whole State that are Wife and Honourable; how cloth it dignifie a man ? lt is one ofTitru commenda\ions, 2 Cor, 8. 19; w.hd_ WtU alfo chofrn of the Churches, &c. But thatthe great God the blelfed and R on1y 121 ..
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