AMP 282 Afounce is pofsible. Serm 2 t Si gtsisdixe- counfel of Trent (t ). If any may fay that he knoweth, h;. flaall ter. V it, i oc nt' emu- tainly perfevere, or infallibly be affire i of hise]eE}ion, except he have pica( terse- thts by fpecial revelation, let him. be Anathema. A wicked cotun(el r1 ex jid>ad that Anathematizeth a man for affercing that may be obtained, which. ciedend1oz fe God commandeth him t o get, 2 Pet. z . z o. Make your caking, and ele_ ee,.orj],ex áim fare. rowero prRde- ftinatorrsm,A- 5. Polition. ;lathemafit. 5. That fuch as have been filled wich divine joy, throughwell.. Co 6 l.Triden, groundcd'apprehenfions of their prefent grace and futureglory, might s. lofe that affurance, and that joy (a ), and this may be, z. FromGod A d Anduagain, rerit, aéing, i. As (x) a SoveraignLora. 2. As a wife God putting a more magnum illud eminent difference betwixt Earth and (1) Heaven. Or, 2. From the ufgce in frdem buffetings of Satan. Or, 3 . From themfelves, r. For the trial and exer- yerfeaerantze cite of forneof their graces (z.). Or, 2. For corredting them forfin (a). do,uum fe eerto As, I. For their backwardnefs to duty (6). 2. Slochfulnefs in duty. fo ita, i!/-14(1- 3 Frequent 1 }rong ac`}ings ofpride in and after duty. 4.Letting down ttb:ti certitfa_ their fpiritual watch ; and fo, 5.Faliing into force notorious tranfgre(fì- -ifhoc ex on (c). Or, 6. For not facing a due efleem upon the comforts of the t cciali reuela- fpirit (d). Or, 7. Infulting too muck over weak believers ; not exer- trerte dcdicerit. citing tenderco:I-paliion to deleted drooping Chrit}ians. 8. For their Contbemaßt. too much Earthly mindednefs. 9. Not riling prefently by repen- fetT G.Can. t 6. Lance (e) ; for there reafons and the like, their Sun might be eclipfed, xPfal.3c.7. a winter of forrows, might follow their fummer joyes. They may Lofe Cant.5.6. their evidence, but,not their adherence; and though there (hall nor be xifob13 i7vith any iHtercf :on of juf}ification, yet there tight be afterwards a non-ap- t Cor.13. i ,rehenfianof ir. JO 1.>;. with 6. Pofitian. Job 13. 24. F. That in divers men, there are divers degrees of this affurance, Ifa.8. 1 7. and in the fameman different degrees at divers times,but in no man at aifa.59.1. any time, in this life perfe&ionof degrees; For our underf}anding is b Cant.5.2,3 >6 imperfect}, ooth as to the faculty and its ads. And though the mind C : Sacn.t is curing, yet it will not be Y erfe&) cured in this life, from that I 3 ,I ç.coniy Y p ly Pfal.S 1.0,12. darknefs that befel ir, by mans Apo!}acy fromGod. For we have dd Job. t f.1 i. but an imperfe& knowledge of Faith and Love : and while we have e 1fa.57.17. but an imperfeE knowledge of the premifes, we cannot give a per- fec} afínt to the conclusion. And no man bath fuch perfectlion of degrees, of the affurance of his falvation, in an ordinary way, as that one degree more cannot be added to the former; neither is there any repugnancy in afferting an infallible affurance, and denying r per£et airurance, for I infallibly know that there isa God, and that this
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