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Secondly: If Christ will certainly see the Travel of his Soul, and be satisfied, then here you may see the reason why we cannot be satisfied with that Opinion of the Saints Apostasy: this also is unsatisfying to the heart of Christ: Can a man be satisfied in seeing, and feeling one of his own Members torn from his Body? Can a man delight in seeing that Leg or Arm, which was once ⟨p. 145⟩the Member of his Body, burning in the fire? Surely Christ cannot; Christs Love is not like to ours; Non amat tanquam osurus: Those whom he loves once, he doth love to the end; once in Christ, and for ever in Christ; once loved by Christ, and for ever loved by him: Whom God hath called, them he hath also justified; and whom he hath justified, them he hath also glorified, Rom. 8. This is the Fathers Will (saith Christ, John, 6.39.) that of all that he hath given me, I should lose none; and verse 37. he saith, All that the Father giveth me, shall come unto me: It seems therefore, that there are some whom the Father hath given unto Christ, and that before they believe, their Faith being the Fruit and Consequent of this Gift; therefore there is a particular Election of some, and that Election is not upon a fore-fight of Faith, but a cause thereof. 2. Our Saviour tells us here, That all those that are given him, shall come to him; that is, they shall believe: therefore it is not in our power to resist the Grace of God, with an over-coming resistance: the converting Grace of God, is irresistible. 3. He saith here, That all those that are given him, shall come to him; therefore all his Seed, and Children whom he travelled with, and died for, shall come to him, and believe on him; for those that the Father hath given him, are his Children, Heb. 2.13. But all the men of the World do not come to him; therefore they are not his Seed and Children, therefore he never travelled with them, therefore he did not die for all particular men. 4. Our Saviour tells us here plainly, that when men do come to him, he will lose none of them; but saith he, I will raise them up at the last day, verse 39. And lest any should doubt of this Truth, he speaks yet more plainly; tells us that those who do come, are such as believe on him, and then for more assurance, repeats the Promise, verse 40.