the Epsf.1le to the Galatiaz r. Chap. z . theH.Ghoft hereby lignifies , that all our goodnefle , and all our dexteritic,to this,or that office , is *merely fromGod: be- caufewe are fanîlificd,dedicated,and fit apart in the Counfell of God, from all cternitie, and therefore from the wombe, or 5 from our firfl conception,and beginning. The third caufe is, vocation bygrace;thc accomplifhmcnt ofboth the former ,in the time which God bathappointed. The fecond thing is, the manner or forme of Pauls vocation , in there words[to retreale hisforme to me.] The third is , the end ofhis vocation , topreach ao Chri(1 Among the gentiles. The l all is,his obedience to the calling ofGod:in the i6.and r 7.verfcs. Tobegin with the efficient enures ofPauls conuerfion : here we Ice theordcr and dependanceof causes , in the conuerfion, and faluationofeuery finner.The beginning of cur faluation,, /5 is,in the goodpleafure of God:then followcs feperation, or e- leetion to eternal! life : then vocation by the word and fpitit: then obedience to the calling ofgod,&after obedience, cuerla- fling life.This order Paul here lets dowtf, and the confideratió ofit,is ofgreat vfe. Hence it appeares to be a doìlrine erroni-, ao ous,which beginnes our faluation , in the prcuifron of mans faith,and good workes . For in Paul order , workes haue the !aft place. And it mull be Godspleafure, that man {hall doe a good workc,before he candoe it.And iffcperation to eternall hfe,fhouldbeaccordingtofaith, or workes, then wc fhould 25 make feperation ofour felues,as well as God. And vocation is not for workes,but that wemight doe good workcs. Eph. r .4. Secondly,by this order it appeares , that the faluation ofthem that bclecue,is more fùre,then the whole frameof heauen,and earth: becaufe it is founded in thevocation ofGod, which is 3o without repentance , in the counfell offeperation, and in the pleafure of God. Thirdly,byobfcruing well thisorder,we may aflame to the afFurancc ofour dealon. For ifthou haft bcenc called, and haft in truer: anfwered to the calling ofGod,by o- bedience,thou mailt afrurc thy felfe,ofthv feperation from the 35 womb,to cuerlailini life,becaufe this orcier is(as it were)a gol- den chaine,in which,ail the linkes are infeperably vnited.Lafl- ly the confideration ofthis order,ferues to mortifie thepride,& í arrogancie of our hearts , in that it afcribes all to God: and nothing to man,.in the caufe of faluation. Read Ezech. t 6.6;. Againc by the confideration of there 2. caufes, we gathca j Ihat 47
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