t 674 now rre wqybeaffïsredofour perfeueranee. arekept thepower of God throughfaith vetofaluatiott, as the Pct. r: Apofilefpea.keth, i Pet.1.4. Though we fhould emery day lofe euerlafting life and happineffe through.. negligence, or fell it away for the vanities of the world and pleafures offinne ifit were in our owniehands,yetall thas tit. fuflì cient todifinherit vsofour heauenly patrimonie,for itis not atourown difpofition,but ourlife is hidtbith rhrifi to God, as CQT3,3 itjs Co1.3.3. And therefore though in our felues we are as weakeasreedes, and as vnconfiant. and .changeable as the wind- andweather, yet are we tenne thQufand times. more litre toperfeuere in that grace whiscb`wehaue receiuedvnto euerlafling life, than e4dam in the flare ofinnocencie; for he floode byhis owne firength,which though it were great, yet it was finite,. butweby thealmightie powerofGod;'he by thevertue ofhisowne free will, which was mutable and fubie t toalteration, but weby thevwilloXod, which bc.. ir.g;immutab.e admitteth.ofnochange::, Bailer vs come, more fpeciallie to ípealçg'.of this mine The !fate ofthe controuerfiebetweene the true hriftianand the eremies of w1:9ueffie. his faluation,.thefiatewhereof f}a deth thus ; whether bee that is eled ed inGods, eternal! couilfalle, wud is effeeluallie called, that is, feuered from the wovld,giuen-toChrií ;.'and ingrafted intoChrifiby the fppirit ófGod and_a liuely faith, iufiified,fandificd,and indue_d with the fandiifying gifts and gracesofGods fpirit, may after all this fall away, lofe the fpirit of God and the graces thereof, and become as_pro- phane andwicked euer hewas beforehis conuerfion, lofe al fohis iufiif cation,be;cut offfrom the,bodie ofChrifi, and finally become a reprobate. This theenemies fir falt:atl- o : afivtne, but we denie as being a thing impcfiible, not itt regardofour owne ftrength;conflancie, or great meafttre of grace which wee haue receiued, butin rcfpei ofGods will andpower whovphpld.cth ys,Chrifis intcrcc.ffignwhopray- eth fçr vs,andGodsholy fpirit alwaies dwelling invs,wher- i y -we are fo firengthened and confirmed, that.all,the power ofhell cannotpreuaile againß: vs. Thisouraflfertion firfi . confirmeby vnfallible rea- :§ .4. fonsfand after .ardsanfwere the,contrarieobieions which arre_:
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