Arguments toproue thecertarntieofour rfiuerance. 685 beplucked from Chrifl, but to ceafe to bee a member or fheepe ofChrifl, and to lofe their nature : and what it is to be a fheepe ofChri(i but to heare his word and to follow him? When as then our Saviour Chriflpromi th that none (üallplucke his fheepe from him, bee promifeth that none fhall be able to make them ceafe to bee his fheepe, nor de- priue them of their nature, which is the effentiall forme which maketh them tobee fheepe, rather then other who neither heare his word nor follow him. Whereas therefore theyafñrme,that thefe promifes doe affure vs to perfeuere, fo long as wecontinue and retaille the natureofthe fheepe and members of Chrifi, what is it but idlie to repeate the fame thing?namely,that Gods promifes doe affure vs to per- Tetiere, folong as wee doe perfeuere; thatwe (hall not be plucked fromChrifl, folongaswe rengaine with Chrifl;that we fhall continue themembers and fheepeofChrifl, fo long aswe continue tobe his fheepeandmembers; that wee (halt not lofe our faith, fo long as wee continue faithfull. And what is it to fay that the fheepe ofChrifl (hall fo long con-, tinue to bee his fheepe as they retaine their nature, but to grant alto that they may lofe their nature, andconfequent - lie ceafe tobeChrifls fheepe, and fo be plucked froth him, which isquite contrarie tohispromife ? CHAP. XV. Ofeight other reafens whichprooue the certainsse ofspurper f uerance. He fixt reafon to afiure vs ofour perfeuerance §.Seib h ÿ maybe taken from theinterceffionofChrifl for Thef ct reafin. vs to God the father. .For whatfoeuer Chrifl talunfrom himfelfemaketh requefl for in the behalfeofhis Cé fl ;inter_ . faithfull, that without doubt the father grant-. cth vnto him, for Godheareth himalwaies, loh.i 1.42. But Ioh he continually maketh requef} for them that their faith faile Guk . t=.; $o not, as appeareth, Luka2.32sHepraieth for them,ïoh. i7.9 Loh,/ that the father would keepe them in his ¡same *home hebad bps gigen
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