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fitted to destruction: and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory."-See also Ephes. i. 5, 6. 2 Tim. i. 9, 10; ii. 19.

2. Human Testimony.

Confessions. Saxon, Art. i. 2 Helvetic, c. x. Westminster, c. iii. § 2.

PROP. III. They which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, be called according to GOD's purpose by His Spirit working in due

season.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Ps. cx. 3, "Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: Thou hast the dew of Thy youth."-See also Isa. xlix. 8. Jer. xxxi. 3.

B. New Testament. Rom. viii. 30, “Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified."-See also Acts xiii. 48. Gal. i. 15. 1 Thess. ii. 12. 2 Tim. i. 9, 10. Rev. xvii. 14.

2. Human Testimony.

Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. x. Bohemian, c. xx.

PROP. IV. They (which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, and be called according to God's purpose by His Spirit working in due season,) through grace obey the calling.

1. Divine Testimony.

New Testament. Ephes. i. 13, "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye beard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in Whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise."-See also Rom. viii. 30; xvi. 19. 1 Thess. i. 4, 5.

2. Human Testimony.

Confession. Westminster, c. x. § 1, 2.

PROP. V. They (which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, and be called according to GOD's purpose by His Spirit working in due season, and through grace obey the calling,) be justified freely.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Isa. xlv. 25, "In the LORD shall all the

seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory."-See also Ps. xxxii. 1, 2; ciii. 2, 3. Isa. i. 18; xliv. 22; xlv. 24, 25; liii. 11. Jer. xxxi. 34; xxxiii. 8. Ezek. xvi. 3-6; xxxvi. 25. Zech. xiii. 1.

B. New Testament. Rom. iii. 24, "Being justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in CHRIST JESUS."-See also John i. 12; xx. 17. Acts xiii. 38, 39. Rom. iii. 24-30; iv. 4-8, 22-25; v. 1, 9, 16-18; viii. 1, 29, 33, 34. 1 Cor. vi. 11. 2 Cor. vi. 18. Gal. ii. 16; iii. 11, 21, 24; iv. 6, 7. Titus iii. 5–7. Heb. ii. 11, 12; x. 17. 1 John iii. 1.

2. Human Testimony.

Confession. Westminster, c. viii. § 8; x. § 1.

PROP. VI. They (which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, and be called according to God's purpose by His Spirit working in due season, and through grace obey the calling, and be justified freely,) be made the sons of GOD by adoption.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Hos. i. 10, "Yet the number of the
children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which
cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come
to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them,
Ye are the sons of the living GOD."-See also Gen.
xxii. 7. Exod. iv. 22. Deut. viii. 5. 2 Sam. vii. 14.
Prov. iii. 11, 12; xiv. 26. Isa. xliii. 7; lxii. 2. Jer.
xxxi. 1, 9, 20. Ezek. xvi. 3-6. Hos. ii. 23.
B. New Testament.

Rom. viii. 15, 16, "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of GOD."-See also Matt. v. 9. Luke i. 54. Rom. viii. 17, 21, 23, 29; ix. 4, 8, 26. 2 Cor. vi. 17, 18. Gal. iii. 26, 27, 29; iv. 6. Ephes. i. 5; ii. 18, 19. Heb. xii. 6, 7. 1 John iii. 1, 2. 2. Human Testimony.

Confession. Westminster, c. xi. § 1.

PROP. VII. They (which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, and be called according to GOD's purpose by His Spirit working in due season, and through grace obey the calling, and be justified freely, and be made the sons of GOD by adoption,) be made like the image of His only-begotten SON JESUS CHRIST.

Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Ps. lxxxv. 13, "Righteousness shall go
before Him, and shall set us in the way of His steps."
B. New Testament. 2 Cor. iv. 10, "Always bearing about
in the body the dying of the LORD JESUS, that the life
also of JESUS might be made manifest in our body."-
See also Matt. v. 44, 45, 48. Rom. viii. 29. Ephes. v. 1.

PROP. VIII. They (which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, and be called according to GOD's purpose by His Spirit working in due season, and through grace obey the calling, and be justified freely, and be made the sons of GOD by adoption, and be made like the image of His only-begotten SON JESUS CHRIST,) walk religiously in good works. 1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Ps. i. 1, "Blessed is the man that walk

eth not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." See also Isa. xliii. 21.

B. New Testament. Ephes. ii. 10, “For we are His workmanship, created in CHRIST JESUS unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."-See also Rom. viii. 29. 2 Cor. xiii. 5, 6. Ephes. i. 4; iv. 1. 2 Thess. ii. 13. Tit. ii. 11, 12, 14. 1 Pet. i. 2. 2 Pet. i. 10. Rev. xvii. 14.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Father. Clement, Epist. ad Corinth. c. i.

B. Confessions. Bohemian, c. xx.

Sueveland, c. iv.

PROP. IX. They (which be endued with so excellent a benefit of GOD, and be called according to GOD's purpose by His Spirit working in due season, and through grace obey the calling, and be justified freely, and be made the sons of GOD by adoption, and be made like the image of His onlybegotten SON JESUS CHRIST, and walk religiously in good works,) at length by God's mercy attain to everlasting felicity.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament.

Ps. xvi. 11, "Thou wilt shew me the path of life in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."-See also Ps. xxxiii. 12; lxv. 4; lxxiii. 23, 24; cvi. 4, 5; cxxxviii. Prov. iv. 18. Isa. lxv. 8, 9.

B. New Testament. Rom. viii. 30, "Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified."—See also Matt. xx. 23; xxv. 34. Luke xii. 32. John vi. 37; xvii. 24. Rom. viii. 17, 29, 30; ix. 23. 1 Cor. xv. 49. Ephes. i. 11. 1 Pet. i. 4, 5.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Fathers. Archbishop Bradwarden de Caus. DEI, lib. 1.

c. xlv., "Predestination is the eternal preparation of the will of GOD, of final grace in the way, and eternal blessedness in the country, for a rational creature."

B. Confessions. Bohemian, c. xx. Gallican, Art. xxi. Westminster, c. iii. § 5.

PROP. X. The godly consideration of Predestination and our Election in CHRIST, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort, to godly persons, and such as feel within themselves the working of the SPIRIT of CHRIST, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things: as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal salvation, to be enjoyed through CHRIST, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards GOD.

Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Deut. xxxiii. 29, "Happy art thou, O Israel who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places." B. New Testament. Rom. viii. 18,. "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”—See also Rom. viii. 31-35, 38, 39. Ephes. i. 13, 14; iv. 30. 1 Pet. i. 2-5.

PROP. XI. For curious and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit of CHRIST, to have continually before their eyes the sentence of GOD's predestination is a most dangerous downfall, whereby the devil doth thrust them into desperation, or into retchlessness of most unclean living, no less perilous than desperation.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Jer. xviii. 12, "And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart."

B. New Testament. 2 Pet. iii. 15, 16, "Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; but was rebuked for his iniquity the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet."-See also 2 Tim. ii. 24-26.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Father. Hilar. Arel. Ep. ad August. vol. ii. Epist. cxxvi. 6.

B. Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. x. Bohemian, c. xx.

PROP. XII. We must receive GOD's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in Holy Scripture.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Deut. xxix. 29, "The secret things belong unto the LORD our GOD: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law."-See also Prov. viii. 4; ix. 1-6. Isa. xli. 17, 18; xlv. 19, 22; lv. 1, 7. Ezek. xxxiii. 11. Hos. xiii. 9.

B. New Testament. Mark xvi. 15, "And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."-See also Matt. vii. 7, 8; ix. 12, 13; xi. 28, 29; xxviii. 19. Mark i. 15. Luke xi. 9, 10; xiii. 24; xiv. 23; xix. 10; xxiv. 47. John iii. 16; vi. 35; vii. 37. Acts ii. 39. Rom. xvi. 25, 26. 2 Cor. 23. Phil. i. 3-7. 1 Tim. i. 15; ii. 4. Rev. iii. 20; xxi. 6; xxii. 17.

v. 20. Col. i.

James ii. 5, 6.

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