444 C Ft A P. s. /!Is E,k,pot to1171110)1 the firfi V g R.9)(0 ? from our common frailty. Thirdly, Saint John rakes it for granted, that thedcfire and flriuing for faluation in theelet`t, is fo certaine, that except forne outward aduer- fary,nonc can depriue vs. Hoe that is begotten of God, d / rob 5 3, d keepeth him/elfe, and that exill one touchette hem not Fourthly, The will of Gods ciaofcn is fo confrmd by grace, that they cannot wilfully forfake theirowne mer cy. This blefling we haue by the fecond; more than wee had in the Eft Adam;e/lablrfhment in that óracious e /late, whereinto Regeneration brings vs. This promise we haue in the crew, more than in the old Couenant ; 7'0 be e i Cor. I. s. e confirmed bl amele f fe veto the Day ofChr, fl; Wherefore, my deare brethren,in your holy endeuours,thus comfort your felues. Heauen and earth /hall pa f fe away, bast God; Counfells /ray fitand. Gods appointments are peremptory, and he hash ordained vs to cbtaine ffaluation, The matter fubiea followeth Vs. P A v L then, be -. like, knewhimfclfètobe within compalfe of this ordi- nance vnto life.. May wee not thense inferre, that it is ca! 4 u pojblefor Jodt children to know their eleFlion? No,fay Pa- pifls,and others many,cxcept you make your conclusion { particular ; offuch as bane Pawls spirit, and reuelation. It was the priuiledge ofPaul & men of his ranke to know I it; and that knowledge they had by extraordinary reue- 1 lation. effudio : But haw appeares it by any euidence ofScripture, that Paul knew ir, by any other than the I ordinary fruit, and effeas ofeletion ? And according ro that ground, I thinke we may make the conclufion 1 generall ; that fish all Gods children hatie like euidences,l theymay haue alfo like atfuranceof elcaion. Weyeeld, they had their priuiledge in the meafure, s and degree of afrurance ; the reason is plaine, they had their priuiledgein the meafure of common euidences, Faith, Loue, Obedience, SanCtiry. Yet fith the fame eui- dences bec in a meafure granted to Gods children of meaner ranke, allow them their meafure alto of certaine aifurance. The
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