comfortable walking with Gad. 3 1 and the Seaof waters. Thefe things laid together and well weighed, mayconte& a precious and foveraigne Antidote, againfl the flaviíla terrours, caufeleffe feares, and heaviewal- kingofmanywhich are true ofheart,diftreffed in confcience about their fpiritu.tll ftate:who while they labonr, and long wich infatiable greedineffe( and I blame them not ) for a fen- íïble afTrance, and feeling apprehenfion of Gods favour; doe toomuch negle& and difregard that comfort which their faith might affoord themupon good ground, in that, not withstanding their prefent diftraBeing amazements and per- plexirieoffpirit, they are able hill tocommit their foules un- to Chrifi, as a faithful! Redeemer, and their everlafting f trength. In this point, I have let fome pafíàges fall by the way which may ferve to difcover and diffolve the vanitie and weakeneffe ofthat Dilemma wherein Bedlarmin playes the willful! egregious Sophifter : itruns thus : The Proteffants teach, faith he, that a man is juffifzed by allude noti5 Eé= fpeciall faith, whereby he perfwadeth himfelfe, that bee Hjuff. se .s cap. riz. Now thenhe reafoneth thus : When I begin to beleeve that I am ftri t jtuft, I am eitherjufl or unjesff. r Ifjuif, then I am notjuflifiedby faith, by which I beleeve my felfe to be jufl, becaufe this faith it oftermy juflification. Ifcnjsrff,then thú faith is falfe, andfo a manfhouldbe juflifled by a e. To this horned argument wee anfwer chus: There are fundry a&s of fpeciall faith : for my purpofe at this time,take notice oftwo. t . A fiduciall afl-ent, refling upon themerit of Chrift, an affiance, dependance, adherence, reliance, or if there beany other word exprefling that a&ofan humbled foule, whereby itcafteth and repófeth it felfe onely upon Gods promife.in Chrift, for the obtainingof remiffion of finnes, ani everla- fling life. In this a&, the poore fouleillightened and affrigh- ted with fight and fente of its finne and mifery, and teeing an infinite impoffibilitie of fatisfying God for the one, or freeing itfelfe from the other, by any treaties or merit inhea- venor earth ; but onely by the propitiatory mediation of lefus
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