Hewwemay beerfared that thehauea truefa<th. 51 -deth inhimfelfe, he maybe affured that hee batha true,li ue- lyand iuftifying faith,notwithftandittg all the tentations of Satan. Iftherefore having heard the Gofpell,wee haue at- tainedvnto force meafureofknowledge of the chiefe prin- ciples thereof; if we haue given our alfent vnto this truth in which our vnderftandingsare informed ; ifhereby wee haue attained vnto this affurance,that our finnes are pardonable, and haue concciued force hope in confederation of Gods infinite mercie and Chrifls merits, that wee (hall be forgiuen and pardoned ; ifwehaue anhungtingdelre after grace and mercie, and highly cfieeme the merits and righteoufneffe of Iefus Chrift, Io that wee with nothing more then to bee made partakers of them ; if by this delire wee haue been mooned toflee vnto the throne ofgrace, and there humbly acknowledging our finnes, have earneftlie deíred pardon andforgiueneffe : laf}ly, ifat any time we haue difcerned in our felues a perfwafión of Gods loue, and of the pardon and reinifïion ofour finnes,and that we haue, or doe ref}vp- on the alone merits and obedience ofChrift Iefus for our iuftification and faluation,then may wee beaffured that we are indued with a true..iufcifying faith. The fecondargument to prooue that wee hauea true and §.Se11.7. a liuelie faith,is the tellimonie ofGods fpirit : for as the A- The fecond ar- poflle fpeaketh : Rom.8. i 5. Wee haue the fpirit ofadoption, grtment to whereby weecrie abbafather. t 6. end thefame fpiritbestreth hn e f iirr[7 v@ witnefewithourfpirit that we are the children: o fCod: and verf, the tofi'monie 26. Lizvif the f iritalto helpeth our infirmities : for.txee know ofGodsfpirit. not what toprayas we of.tçht,but the,Ípirit it felfe snarleth request Kom.8.15.26. for vswith f {hes which.cannot be exprefed, &arc. Whofoeuer therefore haue this tef}imonie in their hearts and confciences that they are the children of God ; whofoeuer at any time feele or haue felt the fpirit ofGod powerful'in them,in pow- ring out their foules inhartie prayer with fighes and groves which cannot bee exprefed, theymaybee assured that they have receiued the fpirit ofadoption,and confeciuently are in duedwith true faith ; for the fpirit and the fruites thereof(a- Galaih.5.s® mongfl which, faith is oneof the chiefe) are neuer féuered. M'oreouer,the Apoftle faith, a.Cor.z.sz, that wee haue not "C°"°12. receimed '
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