OkaMowagainfi thetertAintÿ arartr etet Man 4nfrered. faith,vñleffè theybring forththe finites oftheir faith in dy_ -ing to finne and rifingagaine to newneffe oflife,fcr faith pu- rifieth the heart and' \'orketh by lone : and therefore fuchas hue in their Armes withoutrepentatite háuing no faith, can 'haue nócertaintie oftheir elc&ion, thóugh theymay delude themfelúes with a fond perfwalon which hath no other groundbut carnall fecurity and fond prefuniption.But hence it follovveth not, that becaufe a dead faith affordeth no true certaintie, therforea liuely faith doth it not ; becaufe apró- phaneepicure or carnallWorldling; deceiuethhimfelfewith avaine opinion, therefore' thofe that are trueiyconuerted, mortified vnto finne, and raifedwp to newneffe oflife, can haue no certaintieoftheir ele&ion and faluation. For what fitnilitude is therebetweene light and dárkenes, *righteouf nef%andvnrighteoufneffe,the children ofGod and theçhil- deen ofBeliall,the repentant andvnrepentánt, faith and no faith? §zSec`.IZ. Laf}ly, they obie&'that ifwee teach this do&rine of the That this do- certainty ofeleètion,men «vii abufe it to nourifhin them car- arineopened; Hall fecuritie and prefümption..To which h aüf«ere, that no tieand way t pre- -wickedmenabufe thewhole;do&nne ofthcGöfpell to their umption. defhruion; for when' they are taught thatGod is moft bra- tious andmerciful!, that Chrifl hath died forvs; and giuen himfelfe as a fitfficient price to redeeme vs out ofthe power offinne, Satan, death and damnation, and maketh intercef- lion for vs toGod hisfather; that the Lord is flow towrath and readie to forgiue, they takeòccafion herebyofcontinu- ing in their finnes, and deferring their repentance, till God take themaway andconfume them In his heanie difpleafure. Buthence it followeth not that the Gofpell`tnufl not bee taught,becaufecarnali men abufe it to their itafl condemna- tion;for though to thefe it be the fauour ofdeathvnto death, yet to thofe who are faced;it is the fauouroflife vnto life, as 2.Cor.2,.i6. it is 2.Cor.z.r6.Though it be foolifhnes to thofc thatperifh, a.Çorii. rßß yet it is the power ofGod to thofe whoare ordained to fai nation, andGod is no leffe glorified in the one by £hewing his mercie,than in theother by (hewing his iuflice. Though Noridlie men abufe it to carnali fecuritie,yet the godlie are the..
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