.; 186 q bdat.iz.27, Exod,z,4, C H A P. 2. An Expo /t ion vpon the fecond V a x.i3. ï The meanes of execution,ordered to the end thr moll fan&ification of the fpirit, and faith of truth. Are thefe intended,merites of eledlion,or rather meanes of faluation ? Merites I meane largely, whatfoeuer bath caufalitie, or is a motiue to induce the Lord to choofe. Reg) Thus I conceiue, thefe gifts and their exercife to fall vndcr the fame ordinance of God with our faluation, as meanes deftined, and fo conducing to that end; how then caufes mooning to elea ? He bath chofen vs to bee holy. Ephef. i.4. To be faithful'. t. Cor.;. z 5. Vt e ff man, non quia eramus ant futuri erimus, is Saint e/Auguf fines glolle. z What fandtitie is that which moottes ? i That of nature? It affordes none. ,Zsir dabitmundum exirymundo concept-um femine ? z That of grace? Whither the mea- fure incident to this life ? Or that perfect in the life to come ? i That of this life imperfea: Ifai.64.6. nor could it bee forefeene otherwife then it was to be. z The holy - neffe of another life ? Wee are then extra f atum merendi demerendi : as being in termino quiefcentia, where wee receiue and enioy rewards; procure not reward, or ought tending thereto. 3 Thefe all q flow from ele5ti. on as their caufe. And for fanelitie e4rminians confenr, it had no caufalitie in refpedt of eledlion, yet for faith fore - feene are peremptorie, that on it reLcs elution, and is ex fa- de prauif . And why I wonder faith rather then charitie, or other fand}itie ? t Is it more excellent? Not, faith the Apof;le. i. Cor. 13.13. 2 More :perfedl as it is in vs ? Nor that. Luke 17.5. A1or.9.z4. 3 Next,is not it alto part of fanctitie ? A prime ingre- dient ? Efpecially apprehended as they conceit it,refpedled as a qualitie or a& in vs, and fó auailing to election, iuftifi- cation, faluation : for that it iuflifies, or laues, as an inftru- ment, and by vertue of the obieót it apprehends, Chrifls righteoufnef e, they believe not. 4 Elfe how ? pleafed it God out of his freedome, to re- fpedt it more then other gratious qualities,and to afligne it motiue to eledtion ? e.fudio.Indeed, in iuf}ification it a- uailes
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