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Ephefian.r,
Chap.6.
V
E
R.iO.
Yfe
t.
Wherefore
this
muff firff teach
us
how wretched their
eftate
is,
who
beleeve not,
who
have not their minds and hearts fo
wrought
to-
wards
Chrift, that
his
fpirit
kath made them
new creatures
:
they
that
have
not
this faith , lie open
to
all
the
affaults
ofthc
devil(.
Hce
that beleeveth
nor, Gods wrath
is
on
him,the
fiery
darts
fticke'in him.
Yfe
2.
Secondly,
it
muff teach
us
to
feeke
after this
:
for
God
thus highly
praifeth it,
that
knowing the
worth of
it, wee may
labour after
ir.
If
enemies did
bcfiegeus, were
it
not
well with him
that
were locked
up
in a
tower
invincible
!
fo
when death
and
enmity commeth
againft
us, this faith
doth
lock
us in
Gods
faithfulneffe, mercy
and
power,that
nothing
can
hurt
us.
PP
;,
That
faith
hath this cffed,
is a
notable
diffwafive from ever em.
bracing this popifh faith
,
the which
is
fevered from all affiance,
and
which
a
man may have
(by
their owne confeffion)
and
be wounded
with defpaire, and
be
full
of
all
deadly
fin
:
their
faith therefore
is a
wicked
fhield
;
it is
fo far
from defending
us
from all the
fiery
darts
of
the
devil!,
that
a man may
have
its
and be
an
incarnate
devil!.
Now
followeth hope
:
for falvation
is
here put for hope
of
it
;
the
thing hoped for, forthe
hope
it
felfe.
For
thus it
is
conftrued,
t
Thef.
5.8. Firft,
therefore
it
may be asked,
What
hope
this
is
e
Anfm.
Not
onely hope
of
falvation,
which
!hall be in
the
laff
day,
but
of
all
tem-
poral! deliverance from evil!. And
it
may be
defcribed,
A certain ex-
pecfing
to
attaine every thing faith belceveth, grounded onlyon Gods
grace.
The
proper
workeofhope
is,
to
make
us
expel
:
which
is
to
bee
marked.
For,
meafuring
the
word
by our
common
acception
,
and
diftinguifhing
it
from
the
expectance
in
heaven; it
is
one ground
(amongft others)
of
the Papifts errours,
whereas expe&ation
in
the
life
to
come
differeth not from
hope,
in
thar
it
is
certaine expectation
(Rem.8.i5.
Phil.r.ao.
I certainly
loot
e
for
and
hope) but
in
this.
Firff,
that our
expe
lation
here
is
grounded
in
faith
,
that
in
fight;
this
accompanied with griefe, that
without
any difficulty.
Secondly,
it
isa certaine expecting not
in it
felfe,
but
never failing
the party which
hopeth
eriuvd:.
Which
muff be
underftood
,
not
as
if
it
were certaine
in his
fenfe
,
but
in
the
event
:
the reafon
is
hecaufe
hope hangeth
on faith,
which
in
that
it
be!ieveth
is
certaine
:
ifthc
pin
be
fore,
that which hangeth
on
it
cannot
fall.
Thirdly,
the objccf
is
not
aridly
eternall
life,
but
all
the
good
things temporall
and
eternal!, which faith belicveth.
Laftly,
the
mcanes on
which hope leaneth,
is
here
fetdowne, Gods
grace. Truft perfectly
(
the word
is
hope) on
the
grace
of
God
in
Chrilf.
t
Pet.
t
13.
Not
parting
ftakes,
halfe on
grace,
halfe on
works.
Againe, hope
expeð fo
ro
obraine
as
faith believed]
;
but
faith
believeth
through
the word
of
prom
ife,
not through working,
G41.3.3. A
perlon
fo
Toone as
he
is a
true convert,
hath
hope
as
well
as
love,though
he
hath no works
as
yet
:
neither
can
a
houle
be built,
and
a
foundation be
laid
afterward.
Bc
fides
,
if
he fhould die
on
his
---
con.