A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

To conclude; in Election we behold God the Father in choosing: in vocation, God the son teaching: in Justification, God the Holy Ghost sealing: in salvation, the whole Deity crowning. God chooseth of his love, CHRIST calleth by his word, the spirit seals by his grace: now the fruit of all this; of Gods love choosing, of Christs word calling, of the spirits grace sanctifying; is our eternal glory and blessedness in heaven. In Election God bestows on us his love, in Calling he grants the blessing of his word, in Justifying he communicates to us the sweetness of his spirit; in Glorifying he doth wholly give us himself. We see fa•re with our bodies ⟨p. 214⟩eye, sense: further with the minds eye, Reason; furthest with the souls eye, Faith. The Rational eye doth not so far exceed the sensual, as the spiritual exceeds the rational. Calling illuminates the mind with knowledge; Sanctifying seals up the heart with spiritual comfort: salvation crowns all, even the soul with immortal bliss. This gradation of assurance is sweetly contracted by Saint Paul, Rom. 8.30. Whom he did predestinate, them he hath also called: whom he hath called, them also he justified: and whom he justified, them also he glorified. Wherein the Fathers have found the four causes of our salvation. In predestination the efficient cause, which is Gods love. In calling the material cause, which is Christs death, delivered in his word that doth call us. In Justifying there is the formal cause, a lively faith. In glorifying there is the final cause, that is everlasting life. Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth: these four springs come from the Eden of heaven, and ru••e through the earth: and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the City of God. So Bernard sweetly. Conceditur in Predestination, promittitur in vocatione est •••• tur in Justification, percipitur in Glorification. Eternal life is granted to us in Election promised in our Vocation, sealed in our Justification, possessed in our Glorification▪ Conclude then faithfully to thy own soul; I believe, therefore I am justified▪ I am justified, therefore I am sanctified: I am sanctified, therefore I am called: I am called, therefore I am elected: I am elected, therefore I shall be saved. O settled comfort of joy, which ten thousand devils shall never make void!