The Lre-of Fait . 3 53 Contr. Confulion cheateth and choaketh mens underfiand- ing. In a word, to truft to any thing but God, and Chrift, and the holy Spirit, for any of that which is the proper part of God, ofChrift, of the Spirit, is fin and damnable. But to fruit to any thing or perfon, for that which is but his own part, is but our duty, And he that praycth, and readeth, and heareth, and endcavoureth, and looketh tobe never the better by them, nor trutteth them for their proper part, will be both heartlefs and formal in his work. And I have (hewed before, that the Scripture, the Pantile, the Apoftles, the Minifter, and every Cbrifiian and boneft man, hath a certain truft due ro them for that which is their parr, even in order to our falvation. I may truft only to the 5kl1 of thePhyfician, and yet truft-his Apothecary, and the Boy that, carryeth the Medicine for their parr. Errour qq.. That it iefinful, and contrary to free grace, to , looket any thing inour Pelves, or our' own inherent rigbteoufnefs, Of the evidence of our Jufliftuation. Contr. Then no man can know his Juflification at all. The Spirit ofHolinefs and Adoption in our film, is our cornett of falvation, and the witnefs that we are Gods children, and the pledge ofGods love ; as is proved before. This is Gods Peal, as God knoweth who arehis ; fo he that will know it hirrr_ fell, mutt depart from iniquity, when he nametb Chilli. If God fanetifie nonebut thofe whom he juftifieth, then may the fan.. äificd know that they are ¡unified. Hath God delivered íar Scripture fo many figns or chandlers of the ¡unified in vain ? Objet. The witneff oftheSpirit only can allure tu. Anf. You know not what the witnefs of the Spirit is ; or die you wouldknow that it is the Spirit making us holy, and po(íe(lìng us with a filial love of God, and with a dcfire to pleafc him, anda dependance on him, &c. which is the witnefs, even by wayof an inherent evidence (and helping us to per- ceive that evidence, and take comfort init.) As a childlike love, and a pleafrng obedience, and dependance, with alikenefs to the Father, is a witnefs, that is, an evidence which is your child. Errour 45. Thatit itfrnful to perfwade wickedmen to pray Yy
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