"258 Òbiè7ions agaihf the stfurance ofour elegtonnfrered. exa&obedience as canbe found innoman liuing;for he that Iam.a.io. bEit oncebreakethbut one commandement, is guiltie ofall, as it isIam.2.I O. And therefore it behoued the Apofileand all others, not to feeke for iuflification in themfelues and their ovine righteoufiicfl'e,but in the righteoulheffe and obe. dience ofChrift,whichwee mayboldlyprefènt before Gods exact iudgement feate, and there beeaccepted asrighteous, And of this iut}ification the Apofile fpeaketh, not doubt- fullie or tirnoroufly,but boldly and certainly,Rom.5.i.Being Rom.I.t.a, iuflifiadbyfaith, treehauepeace towards God throughour Lord lefuu Chrifl. z.Tsy lìjhomalfowe haue accefe throughfaithveto hisgraceu-hereinme f and,andreioyce vnder the hope ?film,glory ofCod.SoRoni,8.3 3. who ß,a11 lay any thing to the charge of Rom8.33 Clods chofen ? it is God that iuTlifieth. 34. Who fhallcondemne? it is Chrifl who is dead,yea rather:which is rifen againe,&c. 4.Sea. 8. Moreouer, theyóbie6 thefe places tomoue vs to doubt of loci z. q, our e1eó ion and faluation.loel.2.14.who lnoweth ifhewillre- Amos 5.115, turneandrepent ; and Amos 5.i 5. It maybe that the LordGod ofbofiswillbemercifulveto the remnant oflorph.And Ion.3.9. Tonas.3,9. Who can tellifGodwillturne andrepentaand turneaway fromhis _fearcewrath that weeperifli not ? Towhich I anfwere,that the Prophets in thefe places doenot fpeake ofthe eleáion or e- ternal fahation ofthofe that trulyrepent,but oftheir deliue- ryfrorn outward affliEtions,and temporary calamitiesthreat- nedagainfl them for their Tnnes: whichfometirnes theLord doth infli& on hischildren after their true repentance,either for their chaflifement, that they may thereby hate fin for the time to come,when they feele the fmart ofit; or elfefor their trial! : and fometitnes alto the Lord after hee hash threatned themagainfl the wicked, dothnoty ithf}anding hold backe his hand,andas it were put vphisfxord ofiuflice againe in- to the fcabberd, which hee had drawne out to punifh their fnnes, vpon their outward humiliation and famed repen- tance,that beemay thew hereby how highly hee efleetneth the true repentance ofhis children,as appeereth in theexam- z. iag. x29. pleoftheNineuites,andofAhab,i.King.2t.29. And there- fore feeing the Lord keepcth no certainecourfe in thefe tem- porarie chaflifetnents, but fometime infliéeth them vpon the
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