Rcm. i r.zo. '2 5 z ObieE?ionsaping the affuranceofour.eleEien ozn7rere2... bya doubtfüll feare ofour elution, but a feare to finne, and aconfci:oiiable; care öfauoiding thole things which are dif- pleafingin Gods fight; feare is oppofed.tó carnali fe. curitie and hárdnëffe ofheart, as appeareth in the fame place where this isadded, But he that hardnethhis heart fhall fall i r_ toeuill: as thoughhe fhould fay, that man is bic fed vvhich feareth theLord, for this will worke in hini a confcionáble careofáuoidingfinne, Which is odious in the eyes ofGod, and ofimbracingholineffe and righteoufneffe, whichbeing acceptableunto God, hewill reward' with eternall bleffed. neffe ; buthe that hardnethhis heart and continneth in car- nall fecuritie, runtìeth headlong into the euill of finne, and confeqùently the euill ofpunif_-iment, euen euerlafling con. ,demnation. Thirdly, whereas the Apoflle, Roma z.2o. exhorteth.vs,: not to be hifh rninded.butfeare; he cloth 'not meane that we fhoulddoubtofour elec`Ttionand faluation, but dothhereby beate downe our fpiritüall pride, and opinion ofour owne righteòufnefîe and holineffe, whereby we are ready to infult ouer the Imes, as thoughwe were chofen andpreferredbe- fore them;-for fome excellencie or worthinefhe in our felues, and foderogate from the freegrace- and goodneffe of God, wherebyhe bath chofen vs without anyrefpe61 ofour de- -fens. And that this is the meaning of thefe words, appea- 1 eth in the eighteenth verle, 'where he vvilleth the Gentiles not to boatl themfelues againfl the Ieweswho were the na- turall branches. Neither doth the Apoflle write this to the faithfull'onely, but to the wholeChurchof the Gentiles, in whichwere many hypocrites and carnali men, whoconten- ting themfelues witha bare name of Chriftians,would infult ouer the Iews,whomGod had call offfrombeinghis Church andpeople; whom hewarneth, not tobe puft vp in pride, as though ih thisrefpea their (late weremoll fecure and out of all danger; for as (faith he) theywere call off for their infide- litie, euen when they were natural! branches, fo (hall you much morebe teieaed,who beingwilde branches were graf. ted in their places (that is,called to be the membersofthevi- fible Church)ifyoucontinue in the like infideli;y,contenting your
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