68 2 Arguments to prone the certaintie ofourperjuerance. Rom.2.I t. fhouldblot it our,and that they fhouldcontinuaIIy meditate z.Cor.;.:. and delight themfelues therein ; for thus this phrafe of 'writing in the heart is vfually taken in the Scriptures. So likewife he a(fureth themof the perpetual! pardon oftheir finnes, fo that their finnes fhould neuer make frufirate that Hof,:.c9.:®. couenant hich he hadmade with them. So Hof.z. r9. And Iwillmarrie thee vntomeeforeuer, yea, Iwill marry theevnto me in righteoufieeffè and in judgement, and in mercy andcom- paJon. 20. I1v,ll marrie thee untome in faithfulneffe,and thou ¡haltknow the Lord. Iftherefore the ChurchofGod(hallbe married vnto him for euer in righteoufieffe and faithfulnes, and in mercie and compaffion, then can neither their faith and righteoufneffe towards God,nor his mercie and com- paílion towards themfaile,but both (hall continue vino the end. Seeing then the couenant which is betweeneGod and vs doth affure vs ofthecontinuance of his loue and mercy, andofour perfeuerance in his feare andholy obedience, we neede not to doubt either ofthe ceafing of his loue, or our falling away. For though the mountaines remooue,and the hales fall downe, yet fhall not his inercie depart fromhis children,neither (hall the couenant ofhis peace fall away. As the Lord himfelfeprotefleth,Efa.54.io. Efa.v4.1o. And thus haue I proued the certaintyofour perfeuerance, 4.Sell.3. by the couenant of grace which God hath made with his An obieclion Church;forwhatfoeuer the Lordpromifeth to the wholebo. taken from our dy oftheChurch, that healto roinil th to suer particular !v eredQe, an member thereof, feeing the whole containeth all his parts : fo that whatfoeuer belongeth to the whole bodie, that alto belongeth to all the members. But it may be obie& &ed,that howfoeuer this couenant on Gods part is firme and eter- nall,yet by our fault and tranfgrefi'ìon it may be madevoide and frufirate. I anfwere,that fo likewife the couenant made with theIfraelites was firmeon Gods part, but made fru- firateby their fumes; but the Lord hath made a new coue- nant with bs;not ofworkesbut ofgrace,vpon the condition offaith and repentance whichbeing cbferued on our parr, ourfinnes andvnworthineffe cannot make it frufirate and ofnone effeé; asbefore Ihaue fhcwed more at large. Secondlie,
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