C H A P.I. Apìf to the The%f "sdonianr. V E n. i I. reuocation, when perhaps (as tor) oft) they ftep of de, or turne backe towards e E ypt. In fuck miftake of the way, neede we not anew they voicebehinde vs, to tell vs,,hereia the way, walks in it ? q. To lead vs on to pérfet`tion in Grace ; to all which, and more vies, fernes Gods vocation or Caling. Prefumptuous pride, Whither Wilt ? God bath vouch - fafed thee his Calling. o indeede I heare thee fay. But what is thy inference ? Therefore no more need to vfe the Word ? Perhaps thou wilt fay, as Come Pelagians, nor need of Spirit or Grace to preferue or increafe thee : Will freed,oflike,fets thee a gogge ? and now with thine owne wings thou mounted into heauen ; take heede they wheele thee not dowse to hell : feeletl thou no languifhing of Grace ? perceiueft thou no z dretrges of old leauen, though f z r Cor.f.y. them beefi anew lumpe ? Is knowledge fo perfeCl, faith fo firme, fanótitie fo confummate, that nothing may by or- dinary me nes be added ? ¡.caxag*,)os, thou hat; heauen vpon earth. Elfe teach me, is thy eftablithment, and growth in Grace, wrought by other tneanes, then Grace was begun? or altogether withoutmeanes? or without any further Aaion of God in calling thee ? Thus fpake Paul to people called a defpife not Prophet ingr; lean thou quench the Spirit. And they were called, who ',con- tinued in the edpoftles do trine, and in fellowfï1 ip, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer. And here, to T he f faloni- ans called to an high meafure of faith and patience, little leffe then thatof Martyrs. The Lord vouchfafe you his calling, more and more to tranflate you from the power ofdarknefte into the kingdome of his beloued fonne.Thus refolue. t Beginnings, encreafe of Grace in this life are both from Gods calling. t Era and after callings are both by the fame meanes,word and fpirit. 3 He is not called, who defpifeth farther calling. The fecond bleffing praied for, fulfilling all the good pleafure of his goodne f f'e. r What is this itkPoKia, good pleafure of God. a. Are there parts of it ? all the good pleafure. 3 Why, of his good- Ara.. r Ifay 3o.xr: VP. TheCf.rg, za. b Aas z.¢n. rO
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