~------------~~~----~~~~--. ofth~ [reede. Faith .. Of rdolued iu hisowne' confeJence, ·char he i!re- A making confcfsion fct downe, ..as wdballfee in conciled vnto God in Chrifl for all his !innes; handling the parts thereof. · . . and as:cepted in hitn to life ~ucrlaflillg..This, The Creed t;hereforcfrtsdoWJ)!'tWilthmgs degree of faith is,proper to !urn tha~ bcgmne-' concermn~fimh, namely, the achon of flpth, to ·bee a tall man and ofripeyeares inChrifl, I and his ob1cCl:, ;whichal£o att.thc pa~ts ~(;the And.i>£Omes n~t at the firfl callingof a·matll Creed~~ TheACl:ion, inrhefewords,IJ kift•"t·: vqto grace: ~nd ifany.fhall thinke that hee eau• · theob1eCl: ~nall the words (ollOW!n!t>o!!' G•d haueitat thdirll: bedece!Ueth hunfdfc:foraS\ 1 the Farh<r Al.,tghtyt~af?er, o-F•. And 11$!1: je~.vs itisinnilture firtt'weareb..abes aud:thcaas w.o 1 beginwiththcaction. i • 1 c.l ll · incr~afe in ye~rcs,fo we grow~~ flrcngtll.: fo i~ J":'""'in Go"] .We..are ta(IghttQ fax., il. b·~ isinrhelife ofa Chri(\ian: ~rfr, ordmarily, he '""''no; I"' btleeue, for.tWOCJit~fes: lit~{\.tthhath a weake faith & after growes from grace clmfe (as•we touched·before)•mthe l)JWJnu§ t<>gr~c;e, till he come' to {lrongerfaith : and:" I .'thurch'thi> Creed·":as madC:to be an~nfwdr ;helafr be be able to fay, he is full)<alfured 1h to a demand or que{IJOn , ..whJ<:h .was .d~m~n, his heart and confcience of the pa.I;don of his ded ofeueryparticularanamh~i·\'I:I.ShJip(!fed., 1 linnes and ofreconciliation to Gael in Chrifr. forchey.asked him rhu•< What do~{Wlllu, b.e, · And ;his allurance atifeth from many cxperi. B leeue?thenhe:anfwered,! b.eleeoein Go{i]lt!Ji~~ Fncesof Gods fauou.r andloue in thecourfe of tb<r, &c. And thus did etiery one;of¥1!U<l.S his lifeby manifp[<J. preferuations and other make profefsion ofhisfaifh,~nd it is lil<el)'~hlt ~~~~~~t~in~~~"!"~~~f~~w;~~t.~~r:~; ~.[;;:.~:~~~.·:.~(;.~~~~·~~~;r;:::;;~~:::. · ~ ;"·;. · God#liis G,og; .and:God the liat]>er his Fa> The fecond cauil:.is; how10<udr we >r0t6:.ptay thcr, and Jews Chrifl his redeemer-; ,and the ~ne for a.nather; by f1ying; {Jt.r fi.J.rber; i&'l<l. ljolyG)loli.hisfan~ifier. ~ ·.• . yerwhenwecomeroyeares, ,we m~!Uuaeill 1 NowhowJOeu~rrh'is,faith beftrong, yet is parlicula~fnith.ofburownet no malit:ad>ee it al.waiesimperfe~,asalfo our knowledge is: faued byanother.mans faith; butby hi'SW"'ne, and fl;Iallfo lo~g;aswee)iue in ihisiworld bee as.it is faid:T!.e<•ft fh•O li4eby hi4ftii,h.Btltfome Hob.'·<· rning!~d with contr~ry ·vnbel,io~,·and fimdry wUI f>y, this is nortrue, bt:cau(o. chitdr~n IJ\u{l douf?;jngs more<tt lelfe•. J\.g~ea;,part_'Of,meo' beiaued by their parents fai'h: · rh·e anfw.P.":is al)longU vs, blinded.with groffeignorance,lay this ; The faith of the patenr doth.llcing'dle they hauefaith, aod.,yetiudeede hauenot.: For childe to baue 1 title or ihrere.fl to thC:;dgrre:- askethemwh>rf~ilh they haue, ,theywill.an, ) unntof grace,and ro·all rheh.e.nefitsbf:Chril!,: fwer,rhcyqeleelll'that·Godislheir•Father,and c yet donh it not apply the bendirs oLCiufiJlls the.Sonne their ted~rrter,&c. aske rhem how deaib,hiiobedience; his merirs,and righte,Qtifi. longtheyha~ehadrhisfaith,they willanfwer, neffe vntdtHe ,inf•ht.:' for .thii <the holeV!I«r euerlioce they could ,remember: .aske them dothonelyvuto himfelfe, arld,ronoorher:ro<Awliethet:.they,euerdoubt ofGodsfauour! they gaine, fomem:ly fay:.if childw>·doecil6r-fpwill fay, they would not once doubtfor all the prehend Chrifrs benefite5,,b¥ tHcic ,paoorias _world, B~ttheqfe'of thefe men· is 1!0 be pitrfaith, how then is Chrill&rigbteoufi1<ifc.made ed : for howfoeuer they may perfwade themtheirs andt~eyfauedo.Apf.~,thbinw!u:ibw'orfelues, yettme.iQis 1 ;1that\hey haue no found king ofth'o holy Ghofr,, wbQis thejmhcipll! fa!th a_r all, ~<>r cuen thong ~ittf1 is· a!faulted ~pplyer of all·graces., :whereasfaitfuis bna the W~th tewptattl)t!s·.and 'daubtJngs .:'. and God lnlhumerit> ·As fur the;phces of Scripfu.i<lidilr ! .. lor1' Will not h~uc men perfecbn this life;, that they l!lention .iu{lifica!iol11anJ falu~tion- by•fai.th, •! '·"' ll)•Y .~lwa~,s goe,"'" of themf~lues, and dethey ;~re to beo reflrained.tQmen.ofq•.eebes:: pendwhollyeQ;hemeritofChriib.· . · whereas i•faurs dying in their infailc~•,;,·ana A,qd thus ~':'uch Qft!>efe twodegrees offaith1 therefore wanting aCl:Llall f:iith,which~one.cap NowAnwhGnJfo".'}•fl,t "'' whetiJer!t be aweak haue without aCl:l\lll knowledge ofG<!,ds ~ill fa1~l1,q~ aflrou~, •lt bro:rgeth foMfome fruite, .0 and wo.rd, are no .doubt>f~ue.d by'fo.tm;k!>ther as atrCI' dotq tn,thetuue ef.fotn';ler•••And .a fpecial w6rkingoft;;odsholy Spii:.ir;hot~riown fpepal~ftmtoFfalt]1,!Stheconfefswnoffaith; to vs. ~.,i""'' , , -,. ;! · ltool.Jo. Iheleeue in God,&c. fo Paul faith, W#.hthe heArt FurthermOl!e, to belcene, !ignili&h twt> ••· "m•• be/ee~<th vnto r~,gf1te~~fo!J{<, ·~l'a"'.ith.lh< t)lings_, to canceiue or-vn8edhqd a-nJ\Inhing, "'outhm•• confeffith ~· f"}ru("""··G;oafefs!on of and Withal! to gml: alfentYntO·it to.hit:f~rue ;. fa1t~,1S when an>an.1n fp.eech iod.ll'~tward pro, and therefOre in this place:tobeleeue,.!ignifi<m fefs1on dqthmake,ma?•fi:~ h1s,f:i1th forthefe to know and acknowledge.tllat .all tlte:po.intsl two caufes :. I. That lvtth hts "'outh o•twardly ofRdigion which follow,are.thetru.thofGod. ~e may glorrfie Gqg, ;and doethiwferuice both Here therefone we mu{! wnember., th>t this' , IQ~Qy~nd foule. I J, TharbJ•theconfefsian· claufe (lbelme) placed in the, beginning o~ ofhJs f;uth, he may fcuer htmfelfe from all falfe the Creedc, mu{! bee particularly applr-cd.tO< Ch(l(hans, fror,1 A.the!il:s, hyp.ocr~tes! ahd all all and euery article following. F.o• fotho rafe · falfe feduccrs. ~,1atfoeuer .. And aNh13 !S thei frands., that if faith faile inone lllairn: point,. d!ItY~f a Chn{han n~an, to m.rl<e ptofdslan of lt f.1i!eth a man inall :•and therefore faith is \ Ius f>rth : fo hqcr~ '!'this Creedebf the Apofaid to be i!.ho/11 c•pulatirie.Iris notft,fficiem to FiJ<> dl Q:les ~ We haue the nght order an~ forme ofi hold one article', bllt he that will hold an}~· of ~:~:r~~~. 1 M rhr:m
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