274. V Whit it is- to liTieby Faith to3aching trothes hiinfelFe toall proeïfng the trae faith, may be Rom.9.2 4it5. broken,for though God offer there mercy if they will be- Pet.a.s,;,,co lieve, yet he gives not faith to them ; but the internanby I difpafifion, of which the Prophet fpeaketh in this place, is iudiffo'.uble. lyat,7,1405, Who never heareth thefe fayings ofmine, and loth them Iwill liken him untoa wife man, whichbuilt his bottle upon a rocke : v4nd the rainedefcendel, anti the fiends came, and the winds blew, andbeat upon that houfe, anditfellnot, for it was'founded upon a rocke. But all the faithful' are built upon the rocke ; not upon the rocke now, and anon upon the fand, but once built upon the rocke, they remaine Ninth tó.ts, unrnoveable. Thou art Peter, and upon this rocke Iwill build my Church, andthe gates o f Hellfhall not prevaile again; it : affaile itthey may, prevaile again[} it they1hall not. Iohn.10.27, ca'ty fleepe heart my voice, andIknow them, and they %8,;9. followme. And Igiveunto them eternal! life, andtheypball Eze.34.15,I6. never perifb, neither 'ball any man placke them out ofmy hand : Cily Father which rave them me, is greater then all and no man is able to pluck! them= out ofmy Fathers R.om.s.3 5337 hand. Who 'ball feperate as from the love of Chrift ? Shall tribulation, or dilreffe, or perfecution, orfamine, or Romat.zo. nakedneffe, orperitl, orfword ? Nay,'in all thefethings wee aremore then conguerour's throughhim that lovedus. The giftsandcallingofGodarewithout repentance. Bleffed bee the God and Father of our Lord feTus C'brift who actor» ding to his abundant mercy, bath begotten its againe unto a lively hope, by the refurreaion of Iefus Chrift from the t Pet.t.3,,ç dead To an inheritance incorruptible, andundefiled, and that fadeth not away, referved in Heaven foryen. Who are kept by the power ofGod th>'eugh faithuntofalvation, a Iohn.s'. ready to be revealedin the laps time. Beloved, nowwee are the fonnes of God, and it doth not yet appeare what wee , fballbee : but wee know, that when heelball appeare, wee Tude v. a 4, z ç, (hall bee like him :for weefballfee himas he it. äw unto him that is able to keeps you . fromfalling, and to pre- fens
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