theEpile se she Galatians, Chap./. th,c Galatians that theywere called, Now menanfwer the cal - lingofGod, forneinprofcon,fomc in heart, & Ionic in both. And all theft arc Paidto be called , yet with fomc difference . The calling ofGod is direfted frfi of all and principally to 5 the Elea : and thcnin the fecond place, it pet-times to thews which are nat.Elcft, becaufe they are mixed in focictie with the.Elcft. Andhence arifeth adiflinftion ofthe calking ofgod, fo'tnetime. it is operatiuc : becaule God lignifies and withall, workes his will in theEleft: fometimcs againe in refpeft of o- to then ii is only fignificatiue,whcnGod rcucales his will to men,. but fpares to works it for iufl caulcs knowne tohinifclfe. :The third point is, what is the calling to libertie? e.-inf. An a#tionof God tranflating men from the kingdome of darknes tohis owne kingdome. It bath 2. parts , :nnitemenr and ad- ii 5 migon. lnuit:ment is, when God offersremifIion of fronts & lrfetuerlalling to them that beleeue, outwardly by the preach- ing of theGolpell, inwardly by the inlpiration ofhcaucnly de. fires. Adnrilios is, whenmen are entrcd into the kingdome of grace : and it is eitheroutward or inward. Outward admiflion: zó is made in baptifcne. Inwardadmiffion is, when menare ¢ :ken out ofolde Adam, and by faith in;rafted into Chrifl : for by this inlcition intoChritt, menarc made reali members ofgods kingdome.. The tali queftion is,why Paul mentions the calling to liber- 15 tie in this place? ils'It is theground of all comfort, by it Paul . comforts the Corinthians, s.Cor. i. 9. Againe,itis theground ofgood life. Therefore Peter faith, heyeholyaJ he that hail; cal- ledyou isholy. r. Pet. t. r;. And Paul, wake worthie the calling wherewith be bath ea/lairs.. Eph. 4.. h. if the calling of god ;o doe not moue vs to amendement of life, nothing will doe it. We inEngland haue heard the calling ofgod more than40... yeares: andyet very few ofvs are mooned to 'change and a- 1 Friend our liues.This (hewes our Atheifrnc and vnbcleefc:hcrc 35 I isalmofl nothing but heauing , !honing , and lifting for the world. Someareheldcapüucs of their couctortfnes, fame o their pride, force oftheir damnable and flclhly tufts : and ally this fhcwes that fewor none, fo much asdrearneofacalling to fpirituall libertie. I The firff Rule follovves eOny. vfe netyour ledertie, as anoe- caRiotrI 399
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