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them q, and revealing unto them, in and by the word, the myfteries of falvation r; effectually perfwading them by his Spirit to believe and obey; and governing their hearts by his word and Spirit; overcoming all their enemies by his almighty power and wisdom; in fuch manner and ways as are most confonant to his wonderful and unfearchable difpenfation t.

that of all which he hath given me, I fhould lofe nothing, but fhould raife it up again, at the laft day. John x. 15. As the Father knoweth me, even fo know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the fheep. v. 16. And other fheep I have, which are not of this fold: them alfo I muft bring, and they fhall hear my voice; and there fhall be one fold, and one shepherd. P q I John ii. 1. My little children, thefe things write I unto you, that ye fin not. And if any man fin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jefus Chrift the righteous: v. 2. And he is the propitiation for our fins: and not for ours only, but alfo for the fins of the whole world. Rom. viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth? It is Chrift that died, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh interceffion for us.

John xv. 13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. v. 15. Henceforth I call you not fervants; for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you. Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgivenefs of fins, according to the riches of his grace; v. 8. Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence. v. 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his god pleafure which he hath purpofed in himself. John xvii. 6. I

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have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gaveft me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

John xiv. 16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Heb. xii. 2. Looking unto Jefus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was fet before him, endured the crofs, defpifing the fhame, and is fet down at the right hand of the throne of God. 2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the fame fpirit of faith; according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I fpoken: we also believe, and therefore fpeak. Rom. viii. 9. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the fpirit, if fo be, that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Chrift, he is none of his. v. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the fons of God. Rom. xv. 18. For I will not dare to speak of any of thofe things, which Chrift hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed. v. 19. Through mighty figns and wonders, by the pow er of the Spirit of God; fo that from Jerufalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gofpel of Chrift. John xvii. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is

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t Pfal. cx. I. The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footftool. 1 Cor. xv. 25. For he muft reign,

CHAP. IX. Of Free-will.

COD hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor by any abfolute neceffity of nature determined, to good or evil a.

II. Man, in his ftate of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which is good and well-pleafing to God b; but yet mutably, fo that he might fall from it c.

III. Man, by his fall into a ftate of fin, hath wholly loft all ability of will to any fpiritual good accompanying falvation d: fo as a natural man, being altogether averfe from that good,

reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. v. 26. The laft enemy that fhl be destroyed, is death. Mal. iv. 2. But unto you that fear my name, fhall the fun of righteoufnefs arife with healing in his wings; and ye fhall go forth and grow up as calves of the ftall. y. 3. And ye fhall tread down the wicked; for they fhall be afhes under the foles of your feet, in the day that I fhall do this, faith the Lord of hofts. Col. ii. 15. And having fpoiled principalities and powers, he made a fhew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

I. a Mat. xvii. 12. But I fay unto you, that Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they lifted: likewife fhall alfo the Son of man fuffer of them. James i. 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own luft, and enticed. Deut. xxx. 19. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have fet before you life and death, bleffing and curfing therefore choofe life, that both thou and thy feed may live.

II. b Eccl. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have fought out mamy inventions. Gen. i. 26. And God

faid, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fifh of the fea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

c Gen. ii. 16. And the Lord God commanded the man, faying, Of every tree in the garden thou mayeft freely eat. v. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateit thereof, thou shalt furely die. Gen. iii. 6. And when the woman faw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleafant to the eyes, and a tree to be defired to make one wife, fhe took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave alfo unto her hufhand with her, and he did eat.

III. d Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet without ftrength, in due time Chrift died for the ungodly. Rom. viii. 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not fubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. John xv. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing.

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Chap. IX. good e, and dead in fin f, is not able, by his own ftrength, to convert himself, or to prepare himfelf thereunto g.

IV. When God converts a finner, and tranflates him into the ftate of grace, he freeth him from his natural bondage under fin b, and by his grace alone enables him freely to will and to do that which is fpiritually good i; yet fo as that, by reafon of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly nor only will that which is good, but doth alfo will that which is evil k.

e Rom iii. 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one: v. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable, there is none that doth good,

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fEph. ii. 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trefpaffes and fins. v. 5. Even when we were dead in fins, hath quickened us together with Chrift, (by grace ye are faved.) Col. ii. 13. And you being dead in your fins, and the uncircumcifion of your flesh, hath he quickned together with him, having forgiven you all trefpaffes.

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g John vi. 44. No man can come to me, except the Father who hath fent me draw him and I will raife him up at the last day. v. 65. And he faid, Therefore faid I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time paft, ye walked according to the courfe of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the fpirit that now worketh in the children of difobedience. v. 3. Among whom alfo we all had our converfation in times paft, in the lufts of our flesh, fulfilling the defires of the flesh, and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. v. 4. But God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, v. 5. Even when we were dead in fins, hath quickened us together with Chrift, (by grace ye are fav

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ed.) I Cor. ii. 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolifhnefs unto him neither can he know them, because they are fpiritually difcerned. Tit. iii. 3. For we ourselves alfo were fometimes foolish, difobedient, deceived, ferving divers lufts and pleafures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. v. 4. But after that the kindnefs and love of God our Saviour toward man appear ed, v. 5. Not by works of righteoufnefs which we have done, but accord ing to his mercy he faved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Ghost.

IV. b Col. i. 13. Who hath deli vered us from the power of darkness, and hath tranflated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. John viii. 34. Jefus anfwered them, Verily, verily, I fay unto you, whofoever committeth fin, is the fervant of fin. v. 36. If the Son therefore fhall make you free, ye fhall be free indeed.

i Phil. ii. 13. For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleafure. Rom. vi. 18. Being then made free from fin, ye became the fervants of righteoufnefs. v. 22. But now being made free from fin, and become fervants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlafting life.

k Gal. v. 17. For the flesh lufteth against the fpirit, and the fpirit againfty

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CHAP. X. Of Effectual Calling.

ALL thofe whom God hath predestinated unto life, and thofe only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, ef fectually to call a, by his word and fpirit b, out of that state of fin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and falva

the flesh, and thefe are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. vii. 15. For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. v. 18. For I know, that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is prefent with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not. v. 19. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. v. 21. I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is prefent with me. v. 23. But I fee another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin, which is in my members.

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1. a Rom. viii. 30. Moreover, whom he did predeftinate, them he alfo called: and whom he called, them he alfo justified: and whom he juftified, them he alfo glorified. Rom. xi. 7. What then? Ifrael hath not obtained that which he feeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the reft were blinded. Eph. i. 10. That in the difpenfation of the fulness of times; he might gather together in one all things in Chrift, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him. v. 11. In whom alfo we have obtained an inheritance, being predeftinated according to the purpofe of him who worketh all things after the counfel of his own will.

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b 2 Theff. ii. 13. But we are bound V. / Eph. iv. 13. Till we all come to give thanks alway to God for you in the unity of the faith, and of the brethren, beloved of the Lord; beknowledge of the Son of God, unto a caufe God hath from the beginning perfect man, unto the meafure of the chofen you to falvation, through fancftature of the fulness of Chrift. Heb. tification of the Spirit, and belief of xii. 23. To the general affembly and the truth: v. 14. Whereunto he calchurch of the first born, which are writ- led you by our gofpel, to the obtainten in heaven, and to God the judge of ing of the glory of our Lord Jefus all, and to the fpirits of juft men made Chrift. 2 Cor. iii. 3. For as much as perfect. 1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are ye are manifeftly declared to be the we the fons of God, and it doth not epistle of Chrift, miniftred by us, writyet appear what we fhall be: but we ten not with ink, but with the Spirit know, that when he fhall appear, we of the living God; not in tables of fhall be like him; for we fhall fee him ftone, but in flefhly tables of the heart. as he is. Jude 24. Now unto him that . 6. Who alfo made us able minifters is able to keep you from falling, and of the new teftament, not of the letto prefent you faultlefs before the pre- ter, but of the fpirit: for the letter fence of his glory with exceeding joy.killeth, but the fpirit giveth life.

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tion by Jefus Chrift c; enlightening their minds, fpiritually and favingly to understand the things of God d; taking away their heart of ftone, and giving unto them an heart of flefhe; renewing their wills, and by his Almighty power determining them to that which is good f; and effectually drawing them to Jefus Chrift g; yet fo as they come moft freely, being made willing

c Rom. viii. 3. For the law of the Spirit of life, in Chrift Jefus, hath made me free from the law of fin and death. Eph. ii. 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trefpaffes and fins. v. 2. Wherein in time paft ye walked according to the courfe of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the fpirit that now worketh in the children of difobedience. v. 3. Among whom alfo we all had our converfation in times paft, in the lufts of our flesh, fulfilling the defires of the flesh, and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. v. 4. But God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, v. 5. Even when we were dead in fins, hath quickened us together with Chrift, (by grace ye are faved.) 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath faved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Chrift Jefus, before the world began, v. 10. But is now made manifeft by the appearing of our Saviour Jefus Chrift, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light, through the gofpel.

Id Acts xxvi. 18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darknefs to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgivenefs of fins, and inheritance among them who are fanctified by faith that is in me. I Cor. ii. 10. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit fearcheth all things, yea the deep things of God. v. 12. Now

we have received, not the fpirit of the world, but the fpirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Eph. i. 17. That the God of our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Father of glory, may givė unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him: v 18. The eyes of your underftanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the faints.

e Ezek. xxxvi. 26. A new heart allo will I give you, and a new fpirit will I put within you, and I will take away the ftony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

f Ezek. xi. 19. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new fpirit within you; and I will take the ftony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh. Phil. ii. 13. For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Deut. xxx. 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcife thine heart, and the heart of thy feed, to love the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy foul, that thou mayeft live. Ezek. xxxvi. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and caufe you to walk in my ftatutes, and ye fhall keep my judgments, and do them.

g Eph. i. 19. And what is the exceeding greatnefs of his power to us ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power. John vi. 44. No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath fent me,

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