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A15527	Saints by calling: or Called to be saints A godly treatise of our holy calling to Christ, by the gospell. With the seuerall gifts proper vnto the called: and their counterfeits in the hypocrites which are not partakers of this effectuall calling. Written by Thomas Wilson, minister of Gods word, at S. Georges Church in Canterbury.	Wilson, Thomas, 1563-1622.	1620 (1620)	STC 25796; ESTC S103067	273,228	442

be any God at all Aquila Truth is so I haue and nothing so much yea and of the whole Scriptures whether they came from God or not Apollos This indeed is the very high way to destroy all faith in God to cal in question the Scriptures God Author of them The foole hath said in his heart there is no God Ps. 14. 1. And the diuel wil suggest as much vnto the very godliest and wisest heart but take this for a truth that therefore there is a God and the promises of mercie are hereby proued to bee diuine because yee are tempted to think otherwise Were there no God indeed or were not Euangelical promises and the whole Scriptures from him yee should neuer bee troubled with thoughts of these matters But because they be both most certaine and the certaine beleeuing of both being to the great commodity of the Christian soule therefore Satan so busieth himselfe to weaken the credit of them for hee knowes that by such vnbeleefe his kingdome is vnderpropped And hold this sure that that is very good and of God whatsoeuer our corrupt nature and Satan be most against But as touching the Scripture the word of faith that it is the Word of God and from heauen there be sundry and sound arguments to perswade it First the great harmony and constant consent of one part of this Booke with another in such a huge variety of infinite matter yet no repugnancy howsoeuer some diuersity may be found Secondly the maiesty of the matter in great simplicity of words Thirdly the efficacy power and vertue thereof working in the hearts of sinners for their conuersion which no other writing in the World doth or can effect for mens natures in their reasons and wils being corrupt are as contrary to the doctrine taught in these books as darknesse to light heauen to hell yet are they by the mighty efficacy hid in them reconciled to them so as they willingly yeeld approue and honour them also the power of them maketh euen the wicked to feare and tremble Fourthly the euents of all Prophecies so many hundred yea some thousand yeeres foreshewed and made before yet accordingly fulfilled in their due time doth bewray them to be from that all-seeing verity Fifthly the Penmen of the Scriptures discouering their owne corruptions and infirmities euen to their owne preiudice and cracke of their owne estimation in the World and so vnpartially reporting the foule blemishes of their own people and countreymen doth testifie that they were gouerned by the holy Spirit in the penning of them Sixtly there be sundry examples and stories in the Bible to which euen the Heathen and Pagan yea and Iewish writers being enemies to Christ doe giue testimony to the truth of them as in Iosephus and others and the witnesse of an enemy it is of no small credit and force Seauenthly the strange preseruations of these Bookes notwithstanding the strong malice of the Diuell and his mischeeuous policies and practises of his most wicked Instruments to suppresse and extinguish them yet that they should be so kept as to remaine entire without losse of any Booke nay of any iot or tittle as very iudiciously learned men doe thinke this diuine protection doth argue that their authority is diuine Adde vnto all this the constant testimony which so many worthy Martyrs by their death and bloud haue giuen to this truth Lastly euery one of Gods children haue the witnesse of God his own Spirit the Authour of the Scriptures to testifie in their consciences of them that they are inspired of God and doe containe a diuine infallible truth So then the good correspondency of all parts of the Bible the maiesty of matter in plainenesse of wordes the rare effects vpon mens consciences for conuerting humbling comforting terrifying such as no humane writings can worke the certaine exhibiting and accomplishment of foretold persons and things the vprightnesse of the Instruments set a worke to pen them the testimony of the Inditer the holy Spirit and of the holy martyrs in their blood shed for it and the miraculous preseruation of the Scriptures in so many ages notwithstanding so great meanes and oportunities of extinguishing them euery one of these seuerally and all ioyntly together doe serue to stop Satans mouth when it shall be opened against the diuine originall of Scriptures Proceede now to shew the next assault against faith Aquila The promises in Scripture touching saluation by Christ were not made to me neither did God euer say to me particularly and by name that I shall be saued or hath hee any where commanded mee to beleeue this Apollos There be as many promises made to your selfe as other the Saints now or heretofore haue had made to themselues What promises had Iob made to himselfe alone to assure him by name of his owne saluation or yet Dauid or Moses or infinite others Hath God made promises of eternall life and of atonement by his Sonne and commanded the promises to be propounded declared to vs with charge that wee should beleeue them and hath hee giuen his Sacraments with iniunction to euery Christian to take the elements of bread and wine as pledges to himselfe of Christ and his benefits and hath hee commanded and called vpon vs to pray for pardon of our sinnes and euerlasting saluation to the praise of his mercy and giuen his Spirit into the hearts of his Children as a witnesse to themselues of their owne adoption a witnesse that cannot lie being the Spirit of truth and withall wrought so many gracious gifts and works in them which none can haue but such as are in his fauour beloued in his Sonne and is not all this in effect as much as if a particular promise were made by name vnto euery one of the faithfull of their owne happinesse Againe whosoeuer he be that out of the fit of temptations beleeues the promises to belong to himselfe that Christ loued him and died for him and doth beleeue it truly the same may assure himselfe euen in the pangs of temptation that the promises still belong vnto him because God is of an vnchangeable nature and will And doth not euen this proue that God would haue men to beleeue firmely their owne saluation because Satan would haue vs to doubt of it Are not God and Satan flat opposites and contraries And whereas you say ye are no where commanded to beleeue your owne saluation yes euen this is commanded as much as ye are commanded to trust in God for your temporal preseruation and prouision of things for this life ye may as well say I am not commanded to beleeue that God will cloth me A. Yet it were great presumptiō in such a sinner whose trespasses are so innumerable as the starres of heauen in number to look for any such mercy as eternal saluatiō Apollos If there were no commandement to beleeue the remission of all our sinnes or if our beleefe were