The triall ofe4doptio>r. 310 indeedthofe fame f irdtsssailblejPngs in beawenigthing; k,.wherewithas withcomet /Eph...34; Ornamentt andchainett, theLordiswonttoenridaandlacautifiehischofen?Thus 11 ,r9. we feeboth the truth; andthe meaning of this doffrinrb : namely, That thechi!- drew of qodareknown by doing rtgh:rnnfecfe. Theefe mull needs be this, to predevpon vs the tèiallofour feluës, by this TbeYj do&vine, ifourdelirebe(as it ought)tovnderland theoath touchingour oune cuate. Let vs thinkewell vpon theft pecetlary parts ofthis great worke of rigb- teomjnefjes Ifwecan finde eértaine euidence ut anyone of tbem,wecannot prize isat toohigha rate, it beinga pledge ofto glorious an efface, as is the state of adoption, and the earned of inch aroyall Inheritance as is the kingdome of hcauen. Tiny arelo linkedone withinanother,that where any one ofthem is, therethey all are, in certainetieOfbeing, although not alwaies at one and the fame truant in the like cleerenelreof perceiuing r And as they ireeach twined in other, fo they are all fo vndiuldedly tyed to thatJnrefnúrrdadon m of Gods via sTim.t.r9 eleetion, (being indeedno otherbut dependances vpon it) that three ears beë nofirer kindeof reafoning, then from thefeto concludeadoption, from adop.. tion to inferre the certainty ofeleetion, and trom all to grow to anvndoubted- laet%ofeternal) glorification in heaven. Who wouldnot edeeme filchvndecei- ringengagementsofGods unchanging loue ? whole heart would ncccum leap within him forioyi tofeele in hiinfelfe Inch gracious beames, itluing from that Sum. afríghteosfnet° the Lord ferns ? We reade how fecundthatwretchHaman nMal,q,á, was,when he toldhiswife and friends allthe :bins, wherein the king hadpromoted him., and yet itvvaS ocrtlongbeforehe was dripr of all hisfairouri, and hanged r; Eft 1..to.er,, on a tree which hehad *pated for another o t whit boy (chink we then) Should pCap.7,ru. we beCaen rauillredwith, ifwe canperceive in our felues anyofthefe euidences of Gods loue ? which Are notonlynot taken away after thefind bellowing, (For ïhegrfts of'Godare withost repentance v) but encreafeddaily, gracefgrace': For gRom,naç; montaemery man that hath, it(hall begisen,kedheAOhasea andancer. Let this then r Ioh be ourcare, fomány as' delirecomfortinOur owne,fouler, euenbublyandcu tElai.s .ale . rioullytctexamineour feluesvpon Melt points, that fo whatgraces ten- ding to the doing ofrighaaujiiei,we perceive in our (clues, tnefewee maychetifh, and labour to encreate e chofe which we perceive not,viemay delire to feele,and out ufïhe truth ofourde.., fire and feeling, maygrow by littleand little, to bee able to fay, Behtfd,urbarlamétheFather bath (hewed on vt,rhat wefnnuldbecalledthá Sonnet of gods, tIOh3-t The
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