Of EleC!ion. part of the ~trfe affords, to work in us a fledfaf/ntft of Faith, (as rhe ne~t "-.A./'1 _wordshavelt) oraStmrt~, that God byChn!t wtllcarryuson: Th ishath Chap.u. been the way and courfe of my handling thefe words; and that fo, as all thofe ~ Arguments have ilfued in comfortable Supports and lncouragcmenrs, that Gt:~d will carry us effectually on unto Eternal Glory. · Which Arguments, drawn out of thofe words, have been, 1. From God's Interefi herein: 2, Jt[UI Chrifls, · .. l, Gods, 1, That God istheGodof Grace. z. That he is a God of all Grace. 3· That ht hath caOtdm : And therein l fhewed that the true and perfed: work in Calling, is fuch a work, as he will certainly carry it on. 4· That he hath called [V J] Us, whom he calledaccording to hu pur• poft_, with difference from others, whom heleayes to fall away; havmg wrought but an lmperfell work of Call1ng m them, · S'· That he calls 111 into Glory, 6, luto Eternal Glory, 7· Into his EttrnatGtory. , And how all thefe afford Arguments to confirm our Faith , and alfure us thar G0d will certainly carry us through: This I have fiilllhewn all along; and it hath been the burden (as we fay) or Conclufion of each of them all. 11. The Second is from Jefus Chrifi; The GodofaO Grace, who bath called ut by Jejll4 Ghri{l, &c. . I come to the Second Part, The Promife of Performauce in all this, which is contained in the latter part of theVerfe, "AU].. , Fit" (or the fame God whom he had thus defcribed ;) after that ye · have fuffered{Jiittte, (or) a little while, (make you perfect, or) will make you perfect; .willj/abli/h,f/rmgthtn,jettleyou. T here are two things to be attended herein, ,, T he tteceffary Pre-requijite, by God's Ordination, to precede the per– formance ofthePromife,Afurje havefriffired awhilt,which is fpoke by way of LtmitatiotJ to the full performance of the Promife. . 2. Tht Promi(e it felf, fet forrh·in four words : He will Perjell , Sta61tjb, . Strengthtll, Settle; ·ou. · r. I fpeak fir!t to the Promife: For though in the current of the words, it comes in !aft; yet that is the ultimate thing intended : That other ofSuffering a while, is but a Circum{\anrial requifite thereunto. I fhall unfold it by Q!leftions and Anfwers, and then by particular Expofiti– ons of thofefour words, which contain the Materials of the Promife, and do exprefs the things promifed. QJ<ef1ion ' ' Whether thefe words be a Prayer of the Apofiles unto God, · or adirtCI prom:'{t fr"m God? Af)d·whether to be read, Whether the words be in the reai~~ti•e God Jhall' and that ht wi!Jperftfl, ~c. or that it be a Future Ten(e, Y,4.7ttf_7f,-u, God -~lBll perfett, defire or wifl1 of. bis~ th;t God wouti pn·feB,~c. Thofe ~:~~~h%~h:r~~~~t~'i"f~~ee~t~~nr~e;di!~t~ that arc for makmg It a Pra;·tr of the Apofi:le for them , lnt~pretrrs ror dther: The like Query h:Jth fay~ th~t here he .begi~s the Co~dufion of his Epifi_IC, !':~!~,.~~~~~r~~:~:i~~~~t~n~~~fe:~~~~e~~~ Whlch In other Epdllcs I~ ufual_ wtth a Prt~er ' fhutung pmicularly forrhi5 reading it herein t~e Fu– up the whole: But that IS a rm!bke; for, 1. As Gtrard turc. Bt'-4 mentions. three ofhi~Cop!es for well obferves He brinos in thefe words as a new Parh:~t•bms~rpbuu r~~~~k~:The two~pamn1cc! ticular Argun;ent of E~ouragement' f~ecial!Y dire~ed r~;is~~~;~t~:0cyr~/~~~~(~~~~~~~d~'(~~~a~~i~· unro and againft Satmzs Temptali01JS, fpoken ofverft 9· TheVulgarL~IinTranfladon, .. ~d frlljptr.{.T. And fo refe~s not to the matter of the w_hole Epifile, but ~tu~;~~;·a~~~~t~~;;,~:Pp!~fc~~~:~~~sf~~~1 ~~; fingly to tlus. And Secondly He begtns the Conclufi- word;, a~ being promife~.As for Jnterprerers on of the whole Epillle afi:erw;rds\ in ver{e l 4· Bur ethere ;are many ~ounderflan.d it, that it is a fpt~iall y in t~at, ~Jy .. That Particle_, But God,~c. (with. ~~~;~:,rea~~Radr~~';J~ :~~:a~nG~~~~d)~~r~,~a: wh1ch he begms this Claufe) /hew-s Jt ~o be ~ Pronufe ot /l<.c. U ~ • Relil'f
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