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And therefore, we are constrained to fly unto the Lord, and to crave his assistance: Therefore, the eight effect of our predestination,§VIII is the calling upon God, that in this fight, he would give us aide against the Devil, the world, and the flesh. For this is the property of the Spirit, which the elect have, to stir them up to prayer: for the Spirit it self maketh request for us, with groanings which cannot be uttered: that is to say, it moveth us to make request. And because we are sons, God hath sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.¹ And God biddeth us call upon him in the day of tribulation, promising to hear us. From these proceedeth the ninth effect of predestination:§IX namely, a perpetual repentance for our daily slips, and a continual desire to be bettered in godliness. So that also, for this cause chiefly, we heartily desire to be dissolved out of this world, and to be with Christ, for this end, that we might sin no more. For, this is a thing proper to the elect of God, even now borne anew, as we may see in the Apostle, who speaketh thus, in the name of all the regenerate: O miserable man that ⟨p. 70⟩I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ²And again, I desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ.

And therfore, we are constrained to flie vnto the Lord, and to craue his assistance: Therefore, the eight effect of our predestination,§VIII is the calling vpon God, that in this fight, he wold giue vs aide against the Deuil, the worlde, and the flesh. For this is the propertie of the Spirite, which the elect haue, to stir them vp to prayer: for the Spirit it selfe maketh request for vs, vvith groninges vvhich cannot be vttered: that is to say, it mooueth vs to make request. And because we are sonnes, God hath sent the spirit of his sonne into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.¹ And God biddeth vs call vpon him in the day of tribulation, promising to heare vs. From these proceedeth the ninth effect of predestination: