the Epiffle to the Galatiaz.r. Chap,+ 319 and kcepe them inChriff,which are alrcadie called. Thirdly,hcrewe fee the condition dareChurch ofGala. tia, and ofall other vifible Churches vponearth, that they arc fubicf toApoflafic. It may be faid, how can thisbe,conlide- ring truebelccuers çannot fail away?Anf.In the vifible church . on earth,therearc foure kinds ofbcleeucrs. The firfl are they,. whichheare the word without zealc, and they are like the flo- ny ground.The fecond are they,which heare, knowe,and ap prooue theword.The third arc they,which heare, knowc,an& Io approouc the word, and haue a tafle ofthepower thereof,and, accordinglyyeeld forne outward obedience. The fourth are they,which heare, knowe, approoue , and kcepe the word,ín' that they belecue it, and are turned into the obedience ofit. The threefiat may Fall quite away,the fourth cannot. And by 15 this meanesit conies to pafTe,that vifible Churches vpon earth may fall:away:bccaufe ofthem thatprofefle the faith, three to one may utterly fall away. The vfe.This mull teach vs that are members ofthevifble Church, to fcare and to fufpetlt our felues: and not to content, 20 our felues, becaufe we haue forre good things in vs: but we mulllabour to befealedvp to the dale of our redemption, andte- ll vp agoodfoundationagairßthe time to come, t.Tim.6.: $.$y fecking to haue in vs fuchgood things,as are proper to theE- leEl,as vnfained faith in Chritl,and conuerfion to God from 25. all our fumes. It m_iy be demanded,howPauls labour fhould be in vaine ? An/ It wasin vaine inrefpea ofhis owne derirc andaffection to faue all theGalatians:fecondly,it was -in vaine, in refpea of the whole bodieof that Church, wherofmanywere hypocrite. 30 It was not in vaine in refpat ofthe eke& nor in refpcet of the countcil ofGod,Ifa.55.ta. Againe,it may be demanded, whatmutl bedone when the labours ofour callings are in vaine? We mullfollow the calling and commandement ofGód , whether we hauegood 5 fucce& or no,and whatfoeuercomeof it. Paul feares leaf his labour is invaine,and yet he Will labours. When Peterhad la- ouredaallnightandcaughtnothing ,hefaith, at the comman- dement ofChrifl, lx thyword will lcaf}ontm, net ,Luk.5. And i thus todoe, (whatfoeuer follows) is truewifedorne, and the fcare of God.For it nuitfuffitevs,that theworke we take in hand
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