comfortable walking. with God. 3zr and the Sea of waters. Thefe things laid together and well weighed, may confed a precious and foveraigne Antidote, againft the flavifh terrours, caufeleTe feares, and heavy wale king of many which are true ofheart,difireffed inconfcience about their fpirituall fate : whowhile they labour, and long with infatiable greedineffe (and I blame them nor) for a fen- fable afliarance, and feeling apprehenfion of Gods favour doe toomuch negledand difregard that comfort which their faith might aff'oord them upon good ground, in that, nor- withflanding their prefent diftrading amazements and per- plexityof fpirit, theyare able fill to commit their foules un- to Chrift as a faithfull Redeemer, and their everlailing flrength. in this point, I have let fome paffages fall by the way, which may ferve to difcover and diffolve thevanity and weakeneffe of that Dilemma, wherein Tellarmine playes the wilfull egregious Sopitter : it runs thus : The Proteflants teach, faith he, that a man jufilfied by Bell. de nods Ec_ ffieciag faith, whereby beeperfivadeth himfelfe, that hee , cap. xi. Now then he reafdneth thus : When Ibegin to beleeve that temporis.] , SeCt Scaarii n OM:VI, /aro eitherPill or rinjufl, IfPO, then Iam notjoifli. fedbyfaith, by which Ibeleeve myfelfe to bejuji, becatife faith Nafter my jtallificasion. Ifunite, then thisfaith i4 fa( andfba man.lhould be jullifiedbya fje, To this horned Argument we anfwer thus : There are fundry ads of fpeciall faith: for my purpofe at this time,take notice of two. I. A fiduciall affent, ailing upon the merit of Chrift, an affiance, dependance, adherence, reliance, or if therebe any other word expreffing that ad ofan humbled foule,whereby it cafeth and repofeth it felfe onely upon Gods promife in Chrift, for the obtainingof remiffi on of finnes, and everla- fiing life. In thisad, the poore foule illightned and affrigh- ted with fightand fenfe of its finne and mifery, and Peeing an infinite impoffibility of fatisfying God for the one, or' freeing it felfe from the other, byany meanes or merit in hea- ven-or earth:, but onelyby the propitiatory mediation of Iefus
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