C H A P.I. Epi¡fle to the ?'he/jalonians. VE R.II. in the contemplation. Sometimes, his will and felfe -pro- penfion to diffide his benefits,to doe good efpecially to the Tonnes of men. Its here made the foie founcaine of his de- creeing our faluation. To the fourth. Fulfill: fulfilling vnderfland the perfor- mance, committing to execution, plenarie accompliíh- ment.and confummation of his good pleafure and eternall decree.Sn that to this Summe amountsPaulsprayer in this particular. That as God had pleafed of his fauour to deigne them his holy calling to faith and obedience, fo of like fa- uour, he would vouchfafe to call them more and more from power of darknef e, into the gracious Kingdome of his belou.:d Tonne : and fill to proceed in execution of his eternal] decree of Ele &ion,that w hat .was yet wanting in their encreafe of fan &tfication, confirmation in Iufbfica- tion, Redemption of Bodies from miferie and corruption, might in Gods feafons be accomplifhed; that at laft they might receiue the end of their faith and hope, the faluation oftheir foules; the full glorification of both body and foule in his heauenly kingdome. But that Gods decree of eleFiion and predeflination to life, may be furthered by prayers, andother devotions, and gra- cious endeauours of Saints, you haue hence fluent. For fup- pofe we Paul prayes vainly, or impioufly ? Thus they ex- plicate. x There is Aciuc pradeflinationis ; Call you it, if you pleafe, in Auflines phrafe, preparation of Grace and Glorie. To procuring hereof, auailes nothing that man cloth or can doe ; its eternal( in God. z There is executio ordinis : The committing of what God bath from eterni- tie ordained and ordered, to execution. This, by meanes appointed, may, muff be furthered : fith to the execution, God bath alto fitted and ordered meanes for our vfing and fo combined and linked together his owne intentions, and our gracious endeauours, that by them, and not with. out them his intentions are fulfilled Gregorie, g Ea qua Saníli viri orando e f fciunt, ita pradeflinata font vt preci- bus obtineantur. Wherefore our Sauiour himfelfe prates, Father,glorifie thy Sonne, Iohn r7,5. 2 The
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