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pose, "by his Spirit "working in due season.

is by God incorporated into this church as into his own city; which all agreeing together in one true faith, one mind and voice, may be in all things obedient to Christ their only King, as members to their head. Nowell, p. 65.

Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee: increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Bapt. Service.

And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. Catechism. See also Article XIX. b. XXVI. a.

• It is the Holy Ghost which inwardly worketh the regeneration and new-birth of mankind. The more it (to regenerate) is

sheweth mercy.-Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Rom. ix. 11, 15, 16, 18. We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose. Rom. viii. 28. We are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: whereunto he called you by our Gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13, 14. Holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling. Heb. iii. 1. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Pet. ii. 9. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. iv. 6. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding 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 saints. Eph. i. 17, 18. Ye are called in one hope of your calling. Eph. iv. 4. Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, &c. 2 Tim. i. 9. Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 1 Cor. i. 26. The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory. 1 Pet. v. 10. God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 1 Thess. ii. 12. Ye are thereunto called that ye should inherit a blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure. 2 Pet. i. 10. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Rom. xi. 29. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 9. They that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Rev.xvii. 14.

n Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Zech. iv. 6. As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth;

"They through grace

hid from our understanding, the more it ought to move all men to wonder at the secret and mighty working of God's Holy Spirit, which is within us. For it is the Holy Ghost and no other thing that doth quicken the minds of men, stirring up good and godly motions in their hearts, which are agreeable to the will and commandment of God. Hom. xxviii. 1. See Art. X. f, g.

P Forasmuch as the word is the wisdom of God, men should vainly labour in either teaching or learning it, unless God would vouchsafe with the teaching of his Spirit to instruct our hearts, as Paul teacheth, that in vain is the planting and the watering, unless God give the increase. Nowell, p. 6.

The words of holy Scripture be called words of everlasting life for they be God's instrument, ordained for the same purpose. They have power to turn through God's promise, and they be effectual through God's assistance, and (being received in a faithful heart) they have ever an heavenly spiritual working in them. Hom. i. 1.

it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isa. Iv. 10, 11.

is not in word but in power. 1 Cor. iv. 20. Unto them which are called, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Cor. i. 24. The last Adam was made a quick

words that I speak unto you they
are spirit and they are life. John
vi. 63. The word of God effec-
tually worketh in you that believe.
1 Thess. ii. 13. Faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word
of God. Rom. x. 17. The preach-
ing of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved it is the power of
God. 1 Cor. i. 18.
Our Gospel
came not unto you in word only,
but also in power, and in the Holy
Ghost, and in much assurance. 1
Thess. i. 5. The entrance of thy
words giveth light. Ps. cxix. 130.
Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth. John xvii. 17.
The law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death.
Rom. viii. 2. If so be that ye
have heard him, and have been
taught by him, as the truth is in
Jesus. Eph. iv. 21. Whose heart
the Lord opened, that she attended
to the things which were spoken of
Paul. Acts xvi. 14.

• The wind bloweth where it listening Spirit. 1 Cor. xv. 45. The eth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John iii. 8. It is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phil. ii. 13. God, who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.) Eph. ii. 4, 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. James i. 18. According to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Tit. iii. 5. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. This is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you. 1 Pet. i. 23, 25. In demonstration of the Spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. The kingdom of God

P All that the Father giveth to me, shall come unto me. John vi,

obey the calling:

By faith given us of God we embrace the promise of God's mercy, and of the remission of our sins. Hom. iii. 3. Art. X. d.

God instructing us with his word, and lightening our minds with his holy Spirit, maketh us apt to learn those things that otherwise would be far from entering into the dull capacity of our wits; and sealing the promises of salvation in our souls, he so informeth us that we are most surely persuaded of the truth of them. Nowell, p. 77.

4 Almighty God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay; Grant unto us all, that we being called by thy holy word, may forthwith

37. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. Ps. lxv. 4. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. John xvii, 8. Other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice. Ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. John x. 16, 26, 28. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 1 Thess. ii. 13. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to every one that believeth. Rom. i. 16. Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 2 Cor. x. 5. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Eph. ii. 8. According as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Rom. xii. 3. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

1 Thess. v. 24. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. John iii. 27. If God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Tím. ii. 25. To day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Heb. iii. 7. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom. x. 17. Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 1 Cor. iii. 5, 7, 9. The hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Acts xi. 21. When the Gentiles heard they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Acts xiii. 48.

q Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Pet.i.2. By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith (or the obedience of faith) among all nations. Rom. i. 5. Mystery-by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of

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give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Coll. for St. Andrew's Day.

O Almighty God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth, with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. Coll. for St. Matthew's Day.

Grant, O merciful God, that as thine holy apostle St. James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Coll. for St. James's Day.

Justification is the office of God only, and is not a thing which we render unto him, but which we receive of him; not which we give to him, but which we take of him, by his free mercy, and by the only merits of his most dearly beloved Son, our only Redeemer, Saviour, and Justifier, Jesus Christ. Hom. iii. 2.

pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. i. 11.

The right

faith. Rom. xvi. 26. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. Ps. xviii. 44. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Ps. cx. 3. Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Rom. vi. 17. He became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey him. Heb. v. 9. Ye have purified your souls in obeying the And whom he called, them he truth through the Spirit. Pet. i. also justified. Rom. viii. 30. We 22. In whom ye trusted after that have believed in Jesus Christ, that ye heard the word of truth, the we might be justified by the faith gospel of your salvation. Eph. i. of Christ, and not by the works of 13. By faith Abraham, when he the law. Gal. ii. 16. was called to go out into a place eousness of God is by faith of Jesus which he should after receive for Christ unto all and upon all them an inheritance, obeyed; and he that believe: being justified freely went out, not knowing whither he by his grace through the redempwent. Heb. xi. 8. We are of them tion that is in Christ Jesus. Rom. that believe to the saving of the iii. 22, 24. If by grace, then it is soul. Heb. x. 39. We through the no more of works: otherwise grace Spirit wait for the hope of right- is no more grace. But if it be of eousness by faith. Gal. v. 5. Ye works, then is it no more grace: are a chosen generation, a royal otherwise work is no more work. priesthood, an holy nation, a pecu- Rom. x. 6. The free gift is of liar people; that ye should shew many offences unto justification. forth the praises of him who hath That as sin hath reigned unto called us out of darkness into his death, even so might grace reign marvellous light. 2 Pet. ii. 9. We through righteousness unto eternal

they be made sons of God by adoption :

Justification doth God give us as a gift of his own dear love toward us, and of his liberality through Christ. When I speak of God's gift and liberality, I mean it free and bountiful, without any our desert or merit: that it be God's mere sincere liberality which he applieth to our salvation only, whom he loveth and which trust in him, not hired nor procured for wages, as it were a merchandize of his commodities and benefits, used by him for some profit to himself, requiring a gain of us, some recompense or price, which once to think, were to abate both the liberality and majesty of God. Nowell, p. 76. See also Article XI.

We flee to the mercy of God, whereby he freely embraceth us with love and good will in Christ, without any our deserving or respect of works, both forgiving us our sins, and so giving us the righteousness of Christ by faith in him, that for the same Christ's righteousness he so accepteth us as if it were our own. To God's mercy therefore through Christ we ought to impute all our justification. Nowell, p. 72.

Q. Thou sayest then that faith is not the cause, but the instrument of justification, for that it embraceth Christ, which is our justification, coupling us with so straight a bond to him, that it maketh us partakers of all his good things. A. Yea forsooth. Nowell, p. 73.

We are by the Spirit's divine instinct and inspiration newly

life by Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. v. 16, 21. To bring in everlasting righteousness. Dan. ix. 24. That being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Tit. iii. 7. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. v. 1. Every tongue that shall rise in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. Isa. liv. 17. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Rom. viii. 33. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. Isa. xlv. 25.

s Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself. Eph. i. 5. Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal. iii. 26. As many as received him, to them gave he power (right or privilege) to become the sons of God, even

to them that believe on his name : which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John i. 12, 13. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. 1 John iii, 1. To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons: and because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Gal. iv. 5-7. He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Rev. xxi. 7. As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God. 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: and if children

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