tote tu,._- gainfi theafsritnceofa*relecráfnaizf°eyed. 273 bath ordainedtheminiflerie ofthe word, and the vfeof the Sacraments,wh.ich he maketheffem.ual1 by theinward opera- tion ofhis fpiri,t, for the begetting and confirming of our faith and furring vs vp to repentance; whichbeing wrought invs, we may as certainely bee perfwaded,that the generall promífesbelong vntovs, as if they.were made vnto vs parti- cularly andbyname. Sixtly,they obie61.- that we cannot bee affured ofthe fuffi- §.Sec .8. ciencieofour faith and repentance, and therefore weecan That ourajru- haúe nocertaineaffuranceofour ele6tion and faluation.I an- raneeof ended, - fwere ; this reafonwere good ifour ele&ion and faluatioh n d not t vonthe depended vpon the worthineffe or meafure ofour faith .and fhftìencieof repentance ; but Peeing they dependnot thereupon, but vp- our faith and on Gods freemercie,and theworthineffe and fufficiencie of repentance. .Chrias merits and obedience, therefore thoughour faithbe ;never foweake,andourrepentauce but infinall meafure, yet fo they be trueand vnfained, not diffcmbled and hypocrit call,we maycertainely beaffuredofour election and faluati- on, fora weake faithBoth applie Chrifi and all his benefits veto vsas well as a flrong, though not in fo flrongandper- fef a. manner, as (hall appearehereafter. But yet\vemuflnot content our fclues with a final'. andweake meafure,but-la- bour to growvp fromfaith to faith, till wee become per-fe4ì men inChrifl. Seuenthly,they obie&that though therewere nocaufe of 4.Se17.9. doubting,fo long as we lookevponGodsmercy 41id truth in The fight ofour his_protnifes,and Chrifls obedience and merits, yet at leafi árnperfeaions there is caufe ofdoubtingwhen wee looke vpon our fe-lues, no e ld by andfindour great:indifpofitiontoáperformethe cóndition of doubt of our faith and repentance, which God requireth ofall who (hall cleëtion. be partakers öfhis promifes,and our manifold imperfeótioils andgreat vnworthines ofthe leaf}ofGcdsmercies.And thus there iuggler.s play fafi and loofe, making their faith like vn- to the tgni.r. f <atuùs, or going fire, which interchangeablie fometimes fhineth cleerely, and fometimes vanifheth and ieauethbehind it nothingbut blacke darkenef e. But let vs confiantlyoppofe our felueSagainft fuck inconflancie,and;in nowifeadmit ofSuch mutable varietie in our faith, which 7I maketh
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=