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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04574	The way to glory, or, The preaching of the Gospell is the ordinary meanes of our saluation wherein is shewed what difference there is betweene the text of the Gospell, and the preaching, exposition, and glosse thereof : with a confutation of our aduersaries opinion, that the Popes defining and expounding Scriptures ex Cathedra, is to bee beleeued as vndoubted truth ... : herein also is shewed the dignity and necessity of the office of preaching the Gospell ... : preached in the Cathedrall Church of S. Paules, for the Crosse sermon, the tenth of December, 1620 / by Ro. Iohnson Bachelour of Diunity.	Johnson, Ro. (Robert)	1621 (1621)	STC 14693.5; ESTC S2160	25,362	56

saluation of our soules Lastly in acquisitionem gloriae to obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ is the period and end of all this worke for glory shall be the end reward of al that obey the Gospel of Christ Iesus Where we see our labor is not lost that we spēd in his seruice we shal not goe vnrewarded for working in his Vineyard for heere is the promised reward set downe for our encouragement that wee shall obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ Heere is then a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Narration of our heauenly vocation and calling Part 1. by the preaching of the Gospell in which these foure circumstances offer themselues to our consideration First the Author of our calling Cir. 1. which is God hauing reference vnto the relatiue qui in the former verse he which elected you the same also calls you here in my text 2. the calling it self vocauit vos he called you Thirdly the Instrument or meanes of our calling and that is per Euangelium nostrum by our Gospell Lastly the end of our calling and that is in acquisitionem gloriae to obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ And first of the Author of our calling which is God He called you In the former verse and in this text the Apostle sets downe all the causes of our saluation The first is Gods Election from the beginning quòd ab initio elegerit vos Deus ad salutem that God chose you to saluation from the beginning The second is the sanctification of the spirit The Third heere in the text is the preaching of the Gospell per Euangelium nostrum By our Gospell The fourth and last is the terminus ad quem that leades vnto all glory In acquisitionem gloriae Domini nostri Iesu Christi To obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ And all these come from aboue Iames 1 and from the Father of lights so that here we learne Posito prima All the causes of our saluation both primary and secondary first and last the beginning progresse and ending are of and from God onely He it is onely which elected vs which called Rom. 8.30 which iustified sanctified and saued vs et fidelis est qui vos vocauit qui hoc etiam per ficiet Faithfull is hee which called you which will also do it 1. Thes 5.24 as he hath begun our saluation by election so hee will also finish the same by our vocation through the preaching of the Gospell thereby bring vs to obtain the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ Our duty therefore in this place Appli is to render the Apostles Debemus gratias semper in the precedent verse Wee ought to giue thankes alwayes vnto God for that from the beginning he chose vs to saluation from whom also all the causes of our saluation do come And with Dauid to sing a song of thanksgiuing vnto his name O thou most Highest Dauid had many songs in the praise of God hee had his Canticum laudis his Song of praise and thanksgiuing Psal 117. Praise the Lord all ye people and laud him all yee Nations And hee had his Canticum misericordiae his Song of Gods mercy My Song shall be of the mercy and louing kindnesse of the Lord with my mouth will I euer be shewing thy praise from one generation to another And he had his Canticum gratiarum actionis his Song of thanksgiuing I will alwaies giue thankes vnto the Lord his praise shall be euer in my mouth And therefore I will conclude this point with the Apostles Cui 2. Pet. 3.18 To whom bee glory and dominion foreuer and euer Amen I come to the second circumstance which is the calling it selfe in these words Vocauit vos He called you And here I neede not much stand to shew how many wayes this word Vocation and calling is taken in holy Scriptures As sometime it is taken for an externall ciuill vocation or calling as to be called to the office or dignity of a King to enioy the soueraignety 1. Pet. 2.13 which S. Peter saith is Officium praecellens or supereminens The supreame Office And this word alone layes flat in the dust the Popes vsurped transcendency ouer all which he falsly challengeth to himselfe Or sometimes it is taken for an external Ecclesiastical calling as to be called to the Office dignity of a Bishop 1. Tim. 3.1 which is Opus bonum a good worke and a weighty Or to be called to the Office of a Magistrate to punish wickednesse and vice and to mainetaine vertue All these are but externall callings vnto which both good and bad men may be called but yet not called inwardly with this spirituall and heauenly vocation and calling 1. Sam. 8 9. for so was Saule outwardly called to be a King Marke 14. August lib. de gra and Iudas outwardly called to be an Apostle but not inwardly called with this effectuall calling which is Doni non meriti gratiae non naturae from God and not from man the worke of Grace and not of Nature and this is primus applicationis Christi gradus our first degree in the schoole of Christ Description called by S. Augustine ingressus ad salutem et primus ad fidem aditus Our entrance to saluation and first approach to faith more especially it is Actio Dei efficax et gratiosa Definitio qua electi ex Dei beneplacito propter meritū Christi per Spiritum sanctum intus informantur ad preceptionem et communionem et gratiae et gloriae Dei The spirituall internall effectuall vocation and calling is the gracious and effectuall worke of God whereby his elect of Gods good will for the merit of Christ by the operation of his Spirit are inwardly informed for the receiuing and participation of the grace of God and outwardly reformed in their liues vnto good workes for his glory The efficient cause whereof is the good will of God the instrumentall cause twofold internall the operation of Gods Spirit externall the preaching of the Gospell Idem Vocauit vos per Euangelium nostrum he called you by our Gospell to the participation of grace in this life and glory in the life to come In this vocation which followes election as yee may see in these two verses for first God elected vs from the beginning vnto saluation and then heere hee calls vs in my Text we may obserue this position That Positio 1 as election goeth before vocation so effectuall calling alwayes followeth election and is the manifestation thereof For as the best way in a maine Land to finde out the sea Simil. is to walke by the riuer that runneth into the sea so he that would finde out his election let him walke thereunto by his calling as by a riuer running and flowing out of the sea of Gods election so that the best way to finde