Madan on Article XVII: Of Predestination and Election

— QF CHE AVI Ol Predestination and Election.

’ DRedeslination 1 Life 75 the everli/ling Purpsse of God, wheriby (before the Foundations of the World were laid) he hath constantly gecreed by his Counsel, secret to us, to deliver from Curse and Damnation those whom he hath * chosen in Christ out of Mankind, and to bring them by Chrisi to everlast- ing Salvation, as Vessels made to Honour, IWhere- fore they which be endued with sa excellent a Benefit of God, be called according to God’s Purpose, by his Spirit working in due Season : They through Grace * obey the Calling: They be 5 justified freely : They be s made Sons of God by Adoption: They be made 7 like the Image of bis only begitten Son Jesus Christ ; They“ waik religiously in gocd Works, and at length, by God’s Mercy, they“ attain to everlasting Felicity, A ihe

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the godly Consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, 1s d full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable Comfort to godly Persons, and such as feel in themselves the ** Working of the Spirit of Christ, * mortifying the Forks of the Flesh, and ** their earthly Members, and drawing up their Mind to high and heavenly Things, as well because it doth *5 greatly eflablish and confirm their Faith of eternal Salvation, to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth i fervently kindle their Love towards God: So, for curious and carnal Persons, ** lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have contmualiy before their Eyes the Sentence of God’s Predestination, is a mos1 danger - ous Downsal, ‘9 whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into Desperation, or into I/retchlessness of un- clean Living, no less perilous than Desperation, 20 Furthermore, we must receive God’s Promises in such wise as they be generally set forth to us in Hoc Scripture. And in ur Doings, that Ill if

God is to be followed, which we have expresly declared unto us in the Mord of God.

Jlory of his Grace, wherein he hath made us ac- cepted in the Beloved. Yer. II. In whom also we have obtained an Inheritance, being predesti— nated according to the Purpose of him, who worketh all Things after the Counsel of OY

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(33 ] Wil, 2 7½. i. 9. Who hath saved 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 Christ Jesus before the World began.

. i. 4. According 4s he hath chosen us in Him. Mar, xiiI. 20. For his Ele&’s Sake, whom he hath chosen, 2 They. ii. 13. Gop from the Beginning hath chosen you to Salvation. 1 Pet, 11,9. Ye are a chosen Generation. Ads ix. 15.

• He is a chosen Vessel unto me. John xv. 19. 1 ve chosen you out of the World. Rom. ix. 23. The Veslels of Mercy which he had before pre- pared unto Glory. Fer. 21. Hath not the Potter Power over the Clay, of the same Lump, to make one Vessel unto Honour, and another to Dis- honour ?.

3 Eph. i. 18, That ye may know what is the

7 Hope of his Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath sav-

ed us, and called us with an holy Calling. Heb.

iii. 1. Holy Brethren, Partakers of the heavenly

Calling. Rem. viii. 30. Whom he did predestinate, them he also called,

1 P/. cx. 3. Thy People shall be willing in the

Day of thy Power. A#s xiii, 48. As many as

were * ordained unto eternal Life believed. Rom.

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om. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his

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„ Rom, viii. 16. The Spirit itself beareth Wit-

ness with our Spirit, that we are the Children of

Gor. Gal, iv. 5. That we might receive the

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Adoption of Sons. Ver. b. And because ye are 17 Sons, Gor hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your Hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Yer. 7.

Wherefore thou art no more a Servant, but a Son; and if a Son, then an Heir of Gop through Christ,

7 Rem. viii. 29. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate, to be conformed to the Image of his Son. 1 Cor. xv. 49 As we have borne the Image of the Earthy, we shall also bear the Image of the Heavenly. — Col. iii. 10. Put on the new Man, which is renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him that created him,

8 Eph. ii. 10. We are his Workmarship, creat- ed in Christ Jesus unto good Works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them,

Matt. xxv. 34. Come, ye blessed of my Fa-

ther, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from

the Foundation of the World, Nam. viii. 30. Whom he justified, them he also glorified, 1 Pet,

i. 3, 4, 5. Blessed be the God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abun- dant Mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively Hope, by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead, to an Inheritance incorruptible, un- defiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in

Heaven for you, who are kept by the Power of

God through Faith unto Salvation, ready to bere- vealed in the last Time.

0 Rom. v. 11. We joy in Gor through our

Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now receiv - ed the Atonement. P/. xciv. 19. Thy Comforts delight my Soul, 1 Pet. i. 8. Whom having not

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ory. ph. iii. 21. According to the Power that © worketh in us. Kam. viii. 13. If ye through the Spirit do mortify the Deeds of the Body, ye shall live, 3 Cl. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your Members which are upon the Earth, 1+ Phil. iti. 20. Our Conversation is in Heaven. Col. ili. 1, 2. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek * those Things which are above, where Christ sitteth gat the Right hand of Gop. Set your Affection on Things above, not on I hings on the Earth. 2 Tim. i. 12. I know whom 1 have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that Day. Rom. viii. 31, &c. What shall we then say to these Things? If God be for us, who can be Pagainst us? He that spared not his own Son, but *delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also, freely give us all Things? Who shall lay any Thing to the Charge of Gop’s Elect? It is Goo that justifieth, who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather that is fisen again, who also maketh Intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ f—I am per- $ suaded that neither Death nor Life, nor Angels nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor T bings present, nor Things to come, nor Heighth nor Depth, nor zany other Creature, shall be able to separate us from the Love of Gop, which is in Chrilt Jesus our Lord.

1 John iv. 19. We love Him, because he first loved us.

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1? Rom. viii. 9. If any Man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Jude 19. These are sensual, not having the Spirit.

19 2 Pet. iii. 14. Wherefore, Beloved, seeing that ye look for such Things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in Peace, without Spot, and blameless. And account that the Long suffering of our Lord is Salvation, even as our beloved Bro- ther Paul also, according to the Wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you. As also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these Things, in in which are some Things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest ;

as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own Destruction.

ze Deut. xxix. 29. Secret Things belong unto | the Lord our Gop, but those Things that are re-

vealed belong unto us, and to our Children for ever, 1 Pet. ii. 6. Whercfore it is contained in Scripture (I/ xxviii. 16.) Behold, I lay in Zion a chief Corner-stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded, 7% iii. 16. Gob fo loved the World, that he gave his

only-begotten Son, that whosocver believeth in | Him, should not perish, but have everlaiting Life.“ Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, |

shall be saved. Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the Bride fay, Come: And let him that heareth, say,

Come: And whosoever will, let him take the!

Water of Life freely,

no Money, come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy Wine and Milk, without Money

Price. Ver. 2, Wherefore do ye spend your Mo- ney

Malt. xi. 28, Come unto me all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and IF will give you Rest. IJ Iv. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the Waters, and he that hath Þ

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Bey for that which is not Bread, and your Labout for that which satisfieth not? Hea ken diligently unto me, and cat ye that which is good, and let your Soul delight itself in Fatness. Ver. 3. Incline your Ear unto me, hear, and your Soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting Covenant with you, even the sure Mercies of David. Ver. 6. Seek ye the Lord white he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. Ver. 7. Let the Wicked forsake his Way, and the enrighteous Man his Thoughts: And let them return unto the Lord, and he will have Mercy upon him, and to out God, for he will abundantly pardon, |

2: Mic. vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O Man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of

thee, but to do justly, and to love Mercy, and to walk humbly with thy Gop,

Ok obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ,

Notes

• Eph. i. 3, &c. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual Blessings in heavenly Places in Christ, according as He hath chosen us in Him before the Foundation of the World, that we should be holy, and without Blame before him in Love; having predestinated us unto the Adoption of Chil- dren by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the 88 Pleasure of his Will, to the Praise of the