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A45234	The Gospel-feast opened, or, The great supper of the parable by Joseph Hussey.	Hussey, Joseph, d. 1726.	1692 (1692)	Wing H3813; ESTC R27439	219,419	481

yet the secret of the Lord is with them that fear him If the Lord open a wide Door Rev. 3.8 his People may look in and see what God hath done for them from Eternity in an * 1 Kings 22.25 inner Chamber Our Work here is to † 1 Tim. 6.12 fight and hereafter to him that overcometh will he give to eat of the hidden Mannah Rev. 2.17 This overcoming indeed will be fully known in Heaven and yet the Saints shall obtain lesser Victories before 2 Tim. 2.3 The good Souldiers shall gain the * 2 Tim. 2.5 1 Cor. 15.57 Mastery tho' not the Crown here through our Lord Jesus Christ that giveth us the Victory For when we have so much of that Faith spoken of under the eleventh particular as to have Victory over the World 1 Joh. 5.4 and other Enemies by it this is the overcoming in this Life that so far as is consistent with the Knowledge of our Election here we are become the Brethren beloved of God and knowing also our Election 1 Thes 1.4 Indeed the Saints do rather taste than eat of this Hidden Mannah here God gives them some Job 26.14 but lo how small a Portion is it now 't is no more than just to save their longing he reserves it as it were for Glory Exod. 16.33 to bring forth the whole Pot hereafter 'T is too rich a Dish for every Saint while on Earth to spend upon in common Thou must be contented to see this Dish as it were but now only served in and must not murmur at the good Man of the House Matth. 20.11 if it be carried off as to a great part again and laid up in the Secrets of God from whence it came forth to be kept unto the Marriage-Supper of the Lamb. Rev. 19.7 It is clear from the Spirit of Revelation that there is an Election of Persons tho' some would throw in their Vote to decide it for Propositions being Enemies to the Apostle's word * Rom. 8.30 Eph. 1.5 1 Cor. 2.16 Predistinated and bring in that vain thing Post-destination but the Apostle who had the mind of Christ hath given us a clear light shining in this dark Place Eph. 1.4 According as he hath chosen us in Him before the Foundation of the World The Father pitch'd upon an Elect Company whom first he gave to Christ and afterwards bestow'd Christ on them so 2 Thes 2.13 God hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation thro' sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the Truth Which place discovers the Election of Means as well as the End Faith and Holiness here as well as Salvation in Heaven That also is a full Text and a comfortable 2 Tim. 2.19 Nevertheless the Foundation of God standeth sure having this Seal the Lord knoweth them that are his We may look upon our selves as the lost Sheep of the House of Israel Matth. 15.24 Joh. 10.14 but the Good Shepherd knows the Sheep by a Mark the Sheep see not The Scripture also speaketh individually and in the Distribution of this hidden Mannah gives a Portion as it were to seven Eccl. 11.2 and also to eight a few particular Women with Clement also and other Fellow-Labourers with the Apostle whose Names are in the Book of Life Nomina non nisi singulo●um Phil. 4.3 The Doctrine of Election is so personal as well as express that the Spirit of God in the Scripture descends so low as to a Rufus chosen in the Lord Rom. 16.13 and the Elect Lady 2 Epist Joh. v. 1. Thus we have a manifestation thro' the Word of the Secrets in this Pot of Mannah being the Mystery of his Will which he hath purposed in himself Eph. 1.9 The Scripture also lays it down absolutely without any limitations of it to the foreseen Conditions of Man's Faith and Obedience It is he hath Chosen not as he foresaw we would be Holy Eph. 1.4 but positively that we should be Holy The Lord in tender as well as sovereign Mercies did not look to what we might be That had left Salvation uncertain to every one or to what we would be That might have concluded us all immediately under Wrath but he lookt to his own Pleasure what we should be Rom. 9.23 when he made us Vessels of Mercy and that makes Salvation certain unto some I say the Scripture lays it down absolutely without any conditionality Names are written so close in the Book of Life that it leaves not room to put in an If between The Children being not yet born neither having done any good or evil that the Purpose of God according to Election might stand not of works but of him that calleth Rom. 9.11 I know * See Dr. Hammond upon the Place some do Interpret the Place by restraining it to point out God's Election of Jacob to a better Condition than Esau in the Temporals of this Life But 1. Esau's Temporal Portion compar'd with Jacob's was not so much behind his Brother's as to make a Parallel to the Divine Love or Hatred v. 13. Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated Now tho' God did not bestow the Land of Canaan upon the Posterity of Esau yet he gave them Mount Seir Deut. 2.5 and he seems to bestow more in outward Things upon his Person than he did on Jacob sets him up as my Lord Esau with four hundred Men Gen. 32.4 v. 6. which were large Crusts and Parings of Common Bounty to throw a Dog with this Motto on his Collar Rom. 9.13 Esau have I hated 2. These Men which speak of an Election from foreseen Works in the matters of Eternity would do well to give us some fair Account why the Election then here in Temporals as they suppose it is yet an Election not at all of Works Now sure if Works take so much with God that he chooseth from the foresight of them to an everlasting State of Happiness it might seem the more congruous to Reason that God should have chose the Temporal Lot and Condition of those two Brothers from the same things foreseen If they resolve it as they must into the good Pleasure of God that he acted as a Sovereign in this Election to Temporals being said expresly Rom. 9.11 not of Works but of him that calleth then why must not God be allowed as well to be sovereign in the other but ty'd to our Works there Alas what should we gain by Limiting the Holy One of Israel Psal 78.41 for the allowing God a Sovereignty doth as was said before make Salvation sure unto some whereas the leaving it upon the Mutability and unstedfastness of our Wills had been to make Salvation equally uncertain and very doubtfull if not impossible to all The Spirit of God fixeth upon a variety of * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 11.26 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 9.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 2.23