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virtue_n	godliness_n	love_n	temperance_n	1,495	5	11.3666	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09386	A C[hristian] and [plain]e treatise of the manner and order of predestination and of the largenes of Gods grace. First written in Latine by that reuerend and faithfull seruant of God, Master William Perkins, late preacher of the word in Cambridge. And carefully translated into English by Francis Cacot, and Thomas Tuke.; De prædestinationis modo et ordine. English	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Cacot, Francis.; Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1606 (1606)	STC 19683; ESTC S103581	116,285	285

Cities that haue beene are and shall be can not shew such dignities such royalties and such immunities giuen them by man as I haue shewed to belong to Gods Elect and obedient children The consideration of these benefits and priuiledges should mooue vs First to acknowledge and lawd Gods infinite loue Secondly in way of thankefulnes to dedicate our soules and bodyes and all that we haue vnto GOD. Thirdly to admire the condition of Gods children Fourthly to be afrayd to disgrace them whom the Lord doth so grace and countenance Fiftly to vndergoe couragiously all aduerse blasts and all the crosses of this life Sixtly to alienate our hearts from the world Seuenthly to roll our care vpon God and to rely vpō his prouidence Eightly to desire the comming of Christ and not to feare death too múch The sooner we dye the sooner we come to our crownes Lastly the cōsideration of these benefits and priuiledges should stir vs vp to seeke by all meanes to be enrolled amongst them and neuer to rest till we be in some measure certaine certainly perswaded that we are elected and preordained to saluation Whē Ahashuerosh had honoured Mordecai and shewed fauour vnto the Iewes the Scripture sayth Hest. 8. 7 that much people of the land became Iewes So seeing the Lord hath thus dignified the Elect let vs behaue our selues like them and labour to be accounted of their company Claudius Lysias gaue a great summe of money for the freedome Act. 22. 28. of the Romanes how much more ought we to seeke for these freedomes and royalties which do more surpasse the other then the heauen doth the earth and the precious pearle doth the poorest pibble They are not indeed to be named or compared together and yet these may be had without money though they can not be had by money And thus much for the Priuiledges I come now briefly to set downe the notes of Election vnto life and to shew how a man may come to be truly perswaded in his conscience that he shall be saued Let a man that would attaine to the knowledge of his election vnto saluation 1. heare the word of God often and attentiuely For faith whereby wee Rom. 10. 17. are perswaded of Gods speciall grace vnto vs is ordinarily wrought by hearing of the word preached 2. Let him wage warre with his infidelity and let him not listen to Sathan tempting him to doubting or desperation 3. Let him beware of pride and presumption neither trusting to his owne goodnes nor obliuious of Gods infinite iustice 4. Let him often and earnestly pray for this benefit and desire that GOD would giue him his Spirit which may witnes with him that hee is the chosen childe of God 5. Let him reuerently receiue the Sacrament and meditate often of his Baptisme For the Sacraments are pledges of Gods loue and serue to increase our faith Hee that receiueth them with an honest and humble heart may assure himselfe of the remission of his sinnes and of the saluation of his soule Lastly let him expend and duly 6. Consider diligently Gods ●atherly d 〈◊〉 g with thee cons●der the notes of Election to eternall life by the which a man may know that hee is ord●ined to be saued No●e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Iaylour demaunding 〈◊〉 Paul and Silas what hee ●●ould do to be ●●●ed they made him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Be●eeue in the Lord Iesus Christ and thou shalt be saued Secondly Act. 16. 〈◊〉 ●●ue o● our 〈◊〉 for theyr 〈◊〉 ty We know say●h Iohn that we are transl 〈◊〉 d f●om death to life because we 〈◊〉 Iohn 3. 14. loue the brethren Thirdly the feare of God where●y wee are loth to offend him chiefly because we loue him and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Blessed is the man that feareth Psa. ●12 1. the Lord 〈◊〉 Blessed then Elected 〈◊〉 y h●rty confe●sion and lothing of 〈◊〉 s●nnes He that confesseth and forsaketh Prou. 28 13. his sinnes shall finde mercy But God vouc●●afeth his speciall mercy only to his 〈◊〉 people Fif●ly confidence and affianc● in God O Lord of hosts blessed is Psal 84. 12. the man that 〈◊〉 in thee The condition of Reprobates is cu●●ed ●he Apostle sayth Our confidence hath great Heb. 10. 35. recompence o● reward Sixtly sincere and true calling vpon the n●me of God For Paul sayth Whosoeuer shall call vpon Rom. ●0 13. the Name of the Lord shall be saued Seuenthly carefull and constant indeu●uring to keepe all ●he commandements of God ●o● Blessed are they that do h●● Reuel 22. 14. commandements that their right may be in the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the ●ity As the Lord promised to establish the kingdome of Salomon if 1. Chron. 28. 7. he did constantly indeuour 〈◊〉 keepe his commandements so the 〈◊〉 e Lord will establish vs for euer in the kingdome of heauen if we will indeuour constantly to serue and obey him Eightly p●●ient bearing of affliction for the truths ●●ke Blessed are they sayth Christ which suffer Math. 〈◊〉 10. persecution for righteousnes s●k● for theirs ●s the kingdome of heauen Nint●●y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nest and harty desire to be w●●hed in the blo●d of Christ and to be inu●sted in the white robes of his righteousnesse Blessed Math. 5. 〈◊〉 are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnes for they shall be filled To him that Reuel 21. 6. is a thirst I will giue of the well of the water of life freely Tenthly Christian humilitie and pouertie of spirit when a man seemeth naked and base in his owne sight and ascribeth all to Gods grace Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Eleuenthly a lusting Math. 5. 3 and longing after the comming of Christ. Paul sayth that the righteous Iudge will giue a crowne of righteousnes 2. Tim. 4. 〈◊〉 vnto all those that loue his appearing Twelfthy Dauid in the 15. Psalme asketh the Lord who shall dwell in his tabernacle and rest on his holy mountaine and receiued answere as it were by oracle frō God that he shall who walks vprightly and worketh righteousnes and speaketh the truth frō his heart And Peter hauing cōmanded vs to make our election and calling sure addeth saying that if we do These things wee shall neuer fall but shall be sure and certaine Now 2. Pet. 1. 10. what these things are he sheweth to wit that we adorne our hearts and liues with 2. Pet. 1. 5 6 7. vertue knowledge tēperance godlines loue To cōclude he that is sure of his Adoption may be also certaine of his Election for none are adopted but such as are elected Now a man may know his Adoption if he find in himselfe the properties of an obediēt louing son I will set downe some 1. Property As a little child whether in learning good or leauing euill is either woon by a faire word or awed by a check or feared by a