"retti" i"s 17ainfi thea f e rance*Pus, elutionanfivered. 2 5 .. your felueswith vaine confidence andfondprefumption, in flead ofaliucly faith. Fourthly,\whereas the Apoflle,Phil.2. r 2,doth exhort vs to g,Sea. worke out ourfalmationWith feare and trembling; he cloth not Phil.z.JL. hereby take away from vs affurance ofour ele6lionand fal- tiation,but carnali fecuritieand felfe confidence ; that fo de fpairingofourowne ílrength, as- being vnable ofour felues to thinkea good thought,or to will that which is good,wee may inall hurnilitie reaand relie ourfelues wholly upon the Lord. And that this is his meaning, appearethby the reafon whichheadioyneth in the verfe following : for faith hee, it is God which :vorkketh inyou both the will and the. deede. As though hee fh-ould fay,there is no reafonwhy you fhould be fcçure, as though you were able to Band by your owne ílrength; there is nocaufe why you fhould be lifted vpwith fond prefumption,or be carried away with felfeconfidence, for ofyour felues, you are not able.-fo much as towill that which is good, ortoperforme it though-you fhould will it, vnleffe itpleafe the Lord `ofhis owne good pleafureand free will to workeboth inyou,and therfore refpehngyour own infirmities and imperfee'ions, you fhould bee fo farre from carnal! fecuritie or felfe confidence, that contrariwife you fhould continuallie feare, leafi through your corruptiou you fhouldbe ouertaken offin, and fo difpleafe theLord which is your foueraigne King and gratious Father. So that theA- poftledothnothere exhort vs to doubt ofour ele6lion and faluation, but to agodly fearethat we doenotfall into finne: he wouldnot hauevs to doubt of Gods grace,and freepro- mifes,but ofour owne arength,bywhich we arealtogether vnable to {land ifhee leaue vs to our (clues : heewould not haue vs feare leRwe fhould be reiededanddamned,after we are truelie conuertedvntoGod, but leafl wee fall into finne, andncgleel that dutie whichwee owe to our heauenlie fa- ther. Thefe two therefore may well Hand together:for the more -Fcareanddi we diftruflour owne weakeneffe, the more firmelie wee reH Qruft inour vpon the power and affiHance ofGod, and-the more we relie 'ace" uponhim, themore fure wee. are of. !landing vnto the end :ran cc ofoar K the
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