i fie inttgainfi theaffurarrce ofourcleEtro aanfirered. 263 all glorie vntoGod, leauing nothing to our felues but the comfort which is wrought inour he.arts,by the affurance we haue ofGods promifes. Nay the more vndoubtediy we trufl inGods promifes, the greater is our humilitic; for the more wretchedwe are in our ovine eies, the morewee fee our im- perfe&ions, yea our nothing inGods fight ; and hereby wee are mooed to got out of our felues, to feeke for faluation onely inGods free grace and Chrit}s merits, and to rea in them with full affurance, as being in themfelues al-fufficient without our worker andwcrthines. On the other fide the more we doubt ofour faluation, in refpci ofofir vnworthi- neffe, the more is our pride and arrogancie ; for wee would not doubt in regardofour vnworthineffe, vnleffe We looked for faluation by our worthit.cffe,& therfore wecome fo farre fhort in faith andhope, as we find our felues fhort in merits. Andwhence can this proceedbut from arrogancie and pride, which makethmen to looke for faluation in thenifelues, and to doubt ofGods mercieand Chrifs tñerits,vnleffe they find that they haue deferued them by their owne werkes and worthinefe? Let vs therefore abhorre thisproud humilitie ofthe Papifls, which maketh them doubt ofGodsmercifull promifes,anr_confequently ofhis truth;for as it is 1.1011.5 .10. t,Iohn tc He that belceu,th not God with madehim cclier; and alto ofthe fufficiencieandvalue ofthat ineflirnable price,which Chrifl Iefusbath giuen for our redemption, as though itwere im- perfe& in it felfe, vnleffe it be citched and patched vp with cur owne meritsandworthineflè : and thoughwee ate mo11 abiea, wretched, and in a dcfperate cafe in refpe ? ofour felues, yet let vs liaue affured trufi and confident boidneffe, yea a triumphant boatling and glorying in refpc& of our Sauiour Chrif}, as the Apofle fpeaketh :Ephef.3.i2. Rom. Eplief:3.1z. 5.2. Notable is the faying of eAufiire to this purpofe, Idea Rem. 4.z. prarnnie non de operations tua, fed de Chri(ligratia, prefurne,Sh s ä de- therefore (faith lice) not ofthine owns working, but ofpm;ia tibi Chrifis grace, for yee are faced by gr`)ace faith the Apoftle; peccata rua therefore here is no arrogancie but faith, to thew Nii'h3t ciwiffaiunt. thou haft receiued ; it is not pride but dcuotion. So in ano- ther place,Hocdixit dem, hocpror9:ifìc, frparten efl,bxíur41442:- InEfalas$S. S 4 The
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