1! 20 ITO "Pool 3anu jamilp 113oeit. Godpromifcth forgivenefs: and falvation : And fuch a one muff Hope for it; And God will never difappoint his Hopes : But to unbelievers, ungodly impenitent perfons the Devil and their own deceitful hearts only do promife forgivenefs and falvation. And they that promife it muff perform it, if they can ; for Cod will not. Doyou think that God hath promifed that Al! keen fhall be' faved, anywherein hisword ? S. No, l dare notfayfv. P. 133 'you think then that ifall men fhall Hope to be faved, that this would fave themever the more ? S. Nor but yet there isfomecomfort in Hoping well. P. But how little a while will deceitful comfort tart ? Doyounot know that there are forme men thatGod hath toldus thathe will not fave ? AsLta r 3.3, 5 Except ye Repent ye fhhait all perifh ? Mat.8. '13. Except ye be Converted and become as little Children ye Mall not enter into the Kingdomof Heaven. Rom. 8. 13. If- ye live after the flcfhye (hall die ? The text is plain you cannot deny it. Tell me then, If any one of thefe fhall Hope to be faved, in fuch a condition in which God faith that No man (hall be faved, fhould fuch a man do-well to Hope for the contrary ? Is not this to Hope that Gods word is falfe ? And fhould a man Hope that Godwill lie ? or-will Godgo contrary to his word ?" S, But may we not hope that God will be better than his word ?There is no harm inThar. P. That whichyou call Better is not Better but worfe. TheKing bath made Laws for the hanging of mur- derers : Ifhe fhould pardon them all, they would call it Buter to them ; But the Common-wealth . would call it worfe. For no,man could have any fecurity for his life but every one that bad a mind of his 'monpor that hated
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