440 C H A P. S. 4n Expofition vpvw the (Zrft` V E B...9,1 O. I,earne all Gods children from Pads reafoning a erh right vie of meditating Gods ordinance to life. lc is ho- lily vied, when it is made an incentive to faith and good workes. I am deceiued, if Inch vie in the iflue, yroue not a comfortable euidence of eletlion. The good vie of Gods fauours bet-towed on vs in Chrif'r, argues our fha- ring in them. l t is a Ligne, faith our Saviour, Many ¡inner aLuk 7.47. are forgiven-be r, that +f7ae ¿aneth much. W e may be con- fldent to fay of Da:tid, he had fhare in Gods mercy ; that b Pfal. 13 °'4 fo vied the meditation as to inferre, b Therefore bee (hall be feared. A flrong Argument, that Chriff; died for Paul, `2. Coi.5.1 5. because hemeditationof his death, makes him C./j to his glory, that died f)r him. Generally, a found cuidence ofour ordaining to faluarion, when we thence inferre ; therfore we mill fight theg.,oaí fght of faith,that Gods ordi= nance may be fulfilled in vs. The particulars of the Text follow ; where is, ilrii, Gods at-I, ordained. Secondly, the matter fübieft: vs :, Thirdly, the end, amplified by Antithefis ; net to wrath, but to obtainefaluation. Fourthly, the meaner of, accomplifhment,by our Lord If fur,c-c. appointed or ordai- ned.T hefalstation of Gods children is not only fore- h¿nowne, or /le g fitly purpofed,but peremptorilyappointed & determi- ned.The decree more vstchangeable,than that of 1Gledes &Terfans that might not be altered. Hence they arc laid, a Aet. r;. 48 to be d ordained to eternalllife : e predejlinated to dee hke -a Ram. 8.:9. to the image of Chriff : ETo adoption : to bee the glory of bis Eph.a.s,za. ar Sarno f.z9. h2Tlm.2.r9. f 'Roma r.z9 k Ifai.46.1o. Grace, d-c. sEgyptians, (their Heights we know in playing fail or bofe ) eAquinaa notes, to haue made it alterable. llut t; the ffrenrth of Ifrael is not as man, that he /honld repent. That h foundation fauds fire : i The gifts and calling of God are without repentance: Phis cosrnfellsihafl ffand. Not much vnlike is their error, who yeelding the de- cree vnchangeable, make the matter variable. The num- ber of the predchinateis certaineformaliter, not materia- liter :
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