not? doubtingofGods losteic iniuriosta te'him. z 4I and yet all the particular men in the citie íhould thinke themfelues in his difpleafure. Saint Paul teacheth vs ano- ther leífon in hisowne perfon, faying ; Ga1.2.2o. Who bath lowedmeane4iuenhis lifeforme: he faith not,whohath-loued andgiuen his life for the Church, but for himfelfe. Neither Both the Apoílle here fpeake this by reuelation, whereby he might extraordinariliebe aihurcd ofGods loue : buthevfeth forhis argument a reafon common to all Chriflians ; name- lie, that God loued him, becaufe hee had giuenhimfelfe to death for him : whofoeuer therefore beleeueth with Paul :that Chrifl died for him, may bee Allred alfo with him of Gods loue. Secondlie,if we doenotbeleeue that Godlouethvs, wee make hint a liar, for hehath profeffed his loue, and giuenvs many tel thereof in his word, neither dothhee re- quire any condition at our hands but that we beleeue him. For his merciful' promifes doe not exclude any for their vn- worthinefhe, but for their vnbeleefe : according to that,Iohn 3./6. So God lowedt he world, that beegame his aneke begotten fonne, that whofoeuerbeleeueth in himfhauldnot perifh.6ut bane euerla/linglife. Seeing then there is no other condition re- quired'butfaith for thealfurance of Godsloue and euerla- fling life; fiireliemoll defperatelie doe we finne againíl our ovine foules, andmot+blafphemouílie againfl God,ifwewil not beleeue his wordconfirmed byhis feale, nonot hisoath wherebyhehath ratified hiscouenant betweene him and vs, but make him,who is truth it felfe, a liar,a couenant breaker, yea, a periured perfon. For-fo the ApoilIe fpeaketh,i,Iohn 5.1o. He thatbeleeueth not Cod, bathmadehima liar,becaufe hee beleeued not the record, that God wttnefed ofhis Sonne. Though therefore wee finne, yet let vs not thus blafpheme; thoughweebe-grieuious finners, and vnworthie Gods loue, yet let vs notadde this toall our others finnesandvnworthi- neffe, to diflruíl Gods truth in his gracious promifes : for ifweputall our otherfinnes into the one fcole, and this a- lone into the other,yetwill it weigh downe all the refl.; nei- therare wedamned for ourother finnes, ifwe doenot adde unto them infidelitie. For whereas the precious balme of L our Gal. zae §.Set7.y. That doubting of Gods loue,is injurious vnta bim. Ioh,;, r6. i.loh. s.io,
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