q.Seci,r. 7 hat : isnot arrcgancieor prepJSatiai to be ag'Fredof mur¡akation, Galath ;.io. lion3.to. itir:g,t. 261 Obiel'ronrágárni ther,/,%uranceofoureleElis snf offalling into fin againc, and fo abufe the mercie and good nefie ofGod, vGng it as an argument tomoouevs to goe on in fnnc, becaufe the Lord vpon our repentance isalwaies readie to receiuc vs to merde., CHAP.. XI.I. 71.2e reafont alleagedagainfl theaffuranceofour falttat.ion, anfercd. Ndfomuchconcerning the teflimoniesoffcrip- ture which are alleagcd againfl the certainties effaith :.now letvs confider their rtafons.Firff, they chive& that it is proud arrogancieandhe- -° reticall prefumption for a mif rable finiter, without all doubting to affure himfeifthat he is eleeledand shall be iaued.To which Ianfwer, that ifwith.thepharifaicai papifisand proud iufliciaries, we didbuild our affurancevp- on our owne merits andworthines,it were indeed intollera- ble arrogancie andproud prefumption, not oneliecertainely tobeleeue, but euen to doubt whether we are eleaed and (hall be faued(forwhere asdoubting is there is fornehope al- fo) whereas the fcriptures peremptorilie conclude.,that they whoTookefor righteoufneJfeand fàlntation by the law,areunder thecurfe, Ga1.3 . r o ; and that by the worker ofthela'rfhallno fie,?, beiu/lifiedinGodsfght, Rom.3.20; and that we are iufii- fiednotbyourdefrts, in whole or in part, 6itfrec1y by Gods grace through redemption which is inChrist lefits, as it is, verfe 24. But Peeingwe whollydifclainte our owne righteoufries, and humbly acknowledging our owne tniferie and wretch- edneffe,dowhollie relie our felues vpon the gracious prorni- fes ofGod,and the merits ofChrifl Iefus, Peeing we become nothing in ourfelues in the worke ofour faluation that God may be al in al,feeing we cartaway al glorie from ourfelues, that we may wholie glorie in the Lord; according to that Ierern.9.24. Let him that ?lórieth,gloriein this ,that be vnder- flandeth andkuoweth me:This is not proud arrogancie norhe- reticall prefumption, but Chriftian humilitie which giueth all
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