,---~ atid ; _ofthe.£reede.-..;. Pred~fli<'\atr~83f----, \ burwemulbgofurtber,& IaQ.>urforac~rtii\'1> Ai condly~ <qf!~ be oih~lf. th~t th1o~e t.h~t tlre. f cate in tbe confciJ:nee, that_we m~yPc able,to. pi;CaCh!ngyt,rl)e wqr/)-.;fhe admmi~_rafiOli o~ , fay that.God.is.ind<Cd mermfull,toVS>·\W-.en the Saota11\e)lts~ a<fmqnm~ns, exli~~;ratlons, th>1ciifeiples would hnne.kn~WM. h01v mal\)1 lawe~,g9.od{)rd~rs, aQd•!I fuch gooa II)~ane~ fbp 11 id bdimeJ,hcomitt.ing,lh~~;qu~llionl.al~n., arfm;~sll£1•. !· be,caufc'Go~s copnfds bee vn- t "-uk, 'l•l i\v~csthus,Srri~•t.o,mmin ~tf.!zliJraight"t/t;<. · c~~~~•a91c, :,Ifa;manlhall be cS'!,dc!J1r\~sJ,\•o-. 'Ihe !allpomtls,' the e<Jd.o(<T.Ilds,el~tlhoh;l th1~gQ.f§ll!lelpe : 1fa,m~n fu,a)l bee f.i\j~d,no- ·••· and.tha~is,rch<m•Piftf/al-iii/10f,tb.s;pr~ifo•JfdHw I t-hltJgjt\a,llhlllder. Bu~w~e mull: qillfor mr r I cel/~nti~oft#cg/oyioMf/aP;of_G.o(l,•£pn-x.6•J• 'I partr,:mempet, that God cloth 'to:?n~lyor- r: ' ·d,J(hu~hauiugrftO!Ile ;what. ~lecftioo is,.!OtvsJ dalp_<;,dl_l' end, bm alfo}h<; meanes w,hereby · I c9meto, th.,ttillcution.tbereQfl·;Of.which t<!'i tile c;nq~s compalf~di. 1 'll\d.t~crcfor~ thever¥ mc;mbetthisrub:: ;: Men prelilf/.i.~~tc {Dthei~lf,l vfe o(alj prcfcribcct•111~an~s IS necc£Jary: An~ thftt i,,glor_y,or.<~eritd/1 /ift,•r&ilfopredejliiW.r.t.t> for,r.hls.c~pfe we mu!t~e'admo9Ifh~4,w1,th cht!Jf.(nbordmato"'e(inO<;Whmb?thiJcometpdJ'r-l hgencc; tolabpur &v(e. ~!)_good m~Aop, that na,fl./if<:andth<ft,nt<voc4tion,iH}Iijicatipn/imfih wem!)y becalled by,the ljlllllflery of tt:e Gqf7 fication,obedimc,e• .forthefirfb;he that is preail>.. B pe\,and iu\l:ified,and fanehficd, a~sja;Jength !)'mate to faluatiqn, is a:!fo pr~de!l:_inate to!bee glo;Ififsl· If~king !ho,uld gme vmq one~fh!S cfl)led,as ];'aul fait),,Rom.S. 30.. 'fl:'h•m hee'ha:h fub1~ch ~ prmcdy pal)•oe, vpon con,qmon predcj/imttc,tb,~a,lfo he cat~., Secondly,whom that he lh,all goeVnt<> it,W fhe ;vay}\~ichbee <Gt~d calleth,rheyolfowere prcdellinatetQ befi>al prcfcribo;oh what vaines would that man leeuc; rherefor~ fauingfaith i~c~ile<\tkeff!'irh ~ake to~row the way 1 andafterward tokeep: of!h< c/eEJ,Tit.r .x .And in .41t~J•3·48. .um,..ry. and cqnr!nue in it! but behold, the kiugdome .u1vcrc ordainde.iif«•<rlaj/irjg,/>ekeued.Thirdofhcauen is the mol! glqriousand roya11pal- • ly,wto111 God hath prede!l:inate to,life,,them• lace that euer was i anpGod hath bellowed hGiuflifieth,as 'I'a"/ fait!>, R:om, s. 30. v.;h_om t\>~fi!11\e<m his eletl;: ~odhe require~.not/Jing he i)athpret#ff.mfltMP<mheca{l~(h,andwhomhe at their h'l!lds,but that they would turneth•:ir c~lleth,tlmn he,ifljlifteth. 'F.owthly_, who'll hee f~ces fr9A 'his worl<l, and walke vnto it ln n~;h prqdeflina,te~tolife, the~Jte-hath prede'-: thew~y,'l')>i_ch -hee..r~rh .chalked forth vnto flmate to fan<tiiication and hoh.nesoflife ·as them mb1~word. Th~r;etore 1fwe would (lilue Pmr fait.h,x J?et.r.z.that:J!Oi:: Io,w~ were eieCl: life euer1afling, wee mufl: come forth ofthe ac,cordingto~htlforekqor.l,dg~,/[(:igdthtFgther broadY,ay which leades to deflrp<'l:ipn,& envntothcfan[fi~M,ionOJthe JPipt. Lallly, they C ter intothe flraightway thatleades to eternal rhatarepredelliuate tolife 1 arealfopredeL\i!, life. Wee mull acquain;our felueswi,ththe n~tetoobedience;as'I'aul.faithw~heEph~u· ~pipes1 whjch~e the miniflers oft~<;. word, ans, Eph.z.to. W«rethe rt,-ork$manJb•p if God toat Will crvvntovs,(iereuther.ay,w•lk!.Jem c.reautiin Chrijl lefm vntD gsoJwor~s :~ which il:~ ~~enyfgotto the r~hr handor to thelifr~ ·lfo. God bathordainedthat wefhfJH/drvalk,£ i!Jth~m. 30.u. ~OCltion,iuitification, fanctihcatioo~ This rule being the tmth of G0 D , mu.lt repentance,new-obedience,arethemar~es of ~e. obfewcd : fl!>r it bath fpeciall vfe. firll the way, ~ndwe mull palfe by them all ; and ol all it ferues .to iloppe tHe mouthes of vn· thus o11nyearie foules weltri!lg a while ln this godlyand (11'<>.phane men. Tb~y vfe to boifter wretched world,fuall at length bereceiued invpthcmfdues in their finne> by.r~foning 0.11 to eternal! ioy and happineffe. _ tl1!smanner; Jfi•be prede!l:inatc to eternal! _Tonchingthe knowledge ofparticular elehfc, I fi1all befaued wharfo~uer comeof it, chon,two fpechll points are to bee skanned : how Wicked)y,_and lewdly.foeuer I liue; I J.whctherama!lmayknow hiseleftion; II. wdlthcref0re h~e as I hll: ,. and follow •tbe hew It maybe knowne. ·For thefir!l:, Papills fwmgcof1mne o,wne will.Rut alas,like bliiJq~ are ofminde, th.rno jilan can cert:<inly know bayards they thlllketheyar~mthe way,whe 11 D h1s cwn.elcchonvnleq<; he be certified thereas they rn01 thm heads agamfl the wall, and ofby fome fpeci dl reuelation from God: but Jarre dcceme themfdues. For d,1eeafe !l:ands the rhi.ng ,is falfe and erronious which they thus: all men that are ordamed t9laloari01>, fay. Whcn'thedifciplesafourSauioor Chri!t are hkcwife erdained in >he counfell of God returoep from preac'hip'g ,'and fi1ewed what to vfeall the g<JQ.<\meancs whereby they may won~crstbcyhad do11e, and how diuels were come.tofalua~10n: And thercforeallthe_ele<'l: fi1biecr v;~N them, rhe text faith, they reioytfur hue m thLS 'f!Qrld !hall becalled,IU!l:Ified, cedgre~tly. But Chn.L t-atnfwered rhein again, fan~hficd, &Jepqphm liues mall good eo~- f;Y"%-f"le 1 o. zo. f>i'h;. reioycenot, but ra, f~tcnce .befor.~ ·G<:>d an~ men: a~d they t~at u;er reury~e that )OHr napfs are written in heq.. h~c an.d COiltll1~f m thetrowne Wtcke~ W;).lCS uen.. Whereby hce ~gnifies' that meA may d1fpu~mg onthis manner, .IfI be ordamed to att.u~~ to acercaine kgo\vlcdge oftheir ownc faluanon, I fl)a!lnot bt: darnn.ed i ouedhoote dcctl,on. For we Carin,o~, ueitherdoe we re· thcmfclues, andas much as they can, plunge ioyce in things either vnknowne or vn(:erthemfelues h~ad·long into the very pit ofhell, taine. Saint Pcur faich,2Pet. I . 1o.di.¥c alldiAnd for a ma~ to liue and dy~ i~1.!1is fi~nes, iigenc~ to mak§your electionjim1. Now in vainc let the world d1fpute as they wlii,Itts an mfal· were 1t tovfcdi!igence , ifrhc affur<>nccof e- /1t!?_!c fig~ ofont:.Qrdamed ~q damnation. Se- _ lecti_£n could not ~ce any waits· comp_a,~~d ---'----------------------- B b witho"t ___ /
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