.04 EA we*ay k of aredthatour repentance is vnfarncd. r 5 yet fo it be true and vnfained it is acertaine fruite of a !ludic faith, and bee that beleeueth is madepartaker of Chrift and all hisbenefits. Laffly, Satan will obie&t,that many IA ho haue more bit- Sefi, terly forrowed then wee, and haue (hewed more notable That ,;;e fignes ofexceeding repentance, haue notwithfcanding been not to bedif- reiedfed andcondemned. Towhichwe are to anfivere, that eooraged st: though fuch haue fhevvedmore forrow,yet theyhaue had no abaom, re- true repentance, in that their forrow hath bin deffitute ofjhevvedmort fai.th,andnot fomuch foranyhatredoffinneor loue ofGod, oratvvard or vnwillingne% todifpleal -chim, as for horror of confci- fignet offor- ence and defperate feare ofeternall condemnation. And- row then we. therefore,though notwithffanding fuch forrow, they haue been condemned, yet wee maybe affured that vponour true repentance, whereby on the one fide, wee- Tookevpon our fnnes,and aregrieued forth-cm, and one the other fide be- hold Gods merciful]. and gracious countenance, Iefus Chrift bya liuelie faith,we (hall haue the pardonofour fins andbe made partakersof eternall faluation. For the promi- fes ofthe Gofpell are not made to.:thofe who afili& them- felueswith a defperateforrow, without any hope or delire ofGods mercie in- Chrift Iefus, but vnto thofe who turne vnto him by vnfained repentance, which is ioyned with a true faith and affurance of the remiflon of our finnes and <- cuerlaffing life. ....... _ ._._... ...... .._0. - --.......... r CHAP. XLII. Horn wemayproue aaainft Satans tentations that wee haue truefaith. Nd fo much for anfwering thofe tentations of .Seíá.'r. Satan, whereby he laboureth to prooue that we Hovv Salta haue no repentance, or at leaf( a falfeand infuf- tempteth the ficient repentance, and confequently that the zveahe¿hri- fweete and ratiaus romifes.oftheGof ell doenot belong bath g P P g chat he bath unto vs. Nowweeare to produce and anfwere fuch tentati- no truefaith. oxis as bee alleageth and fuggefteth into themimicsofthole ..1.1 .2 Vho
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