LIohn Ptiom.tó,17. EpheC t.t4, s.Cor.x.sx, Ephof.4.3 o. 4.Sec7. s. The tenth rea- foa, taken from Gods continu- e aide. t,Cor.to.13. z.Pct.z.9. s.Tim. t tz. :g.Sta.6. The eleaaub rea/on, ta!¿eA freer :bend- :we o ffiitli, 688 Arguments toprone theocrtaintie ()fourperfeuerance. fint e with fullconfent ofwill,mttch-leflfe fall away.For who, foeuer is borne ofGod finneth not, namely,after this man. ner,neither can euer their fpirituall enemiesfinally preuaile again& them ; for he that is begotten of God keepeth himfelfe, and the wicked one toucheth himnot, as it is, I.Ioh.S;r8, See condlie, the fpirit ofGodwitnefheth toour fpirits that wee are the formes ofGod, and confequentlyheiresof his 'Idng.. dome; as it is Rom.' 6.17. andhis teßcimonie is true and in- fallible. It alto is the carnefi ofour inheritance, and a pledge to affurevs that Godwill make good his promifes vnto vs, Eph.i.I4. 2.Cor.i.22. and thereby alto we arefialed t'ntó theday ofredemption, Ephef.4.3o. And therefore feeiug the Lord bath confirmed our affurance by the tefnnonie of his fpirit,by this earnell, pledge and feale,weneedenot to feare our falling away,or to doubt ofourperfeuerance.But ofthis I haue alreadic writtenat large in treating ofthe , certaintie ofour elec`lion. The tenth reafonmaybe taken from Godscontinuall aid in all trials and temptations ; for ifhee be alwaies readie to ílrength.enand fupport vs, wee can neuer finallie bee ouer-. throwne, b ut thoughwee fall, petwe flail not fall away but fhall be railed vpagaine in defpiteof all our enemies. For God isfaithfirll, andwill notfitfer vs to bee tempted aboue or polder, but will trueagoodaffue with the temptation, that we may be able to beare it, as it is, r .Cor.io. i 3. And he knoweth tode- litter thegodlyortt oftemptation,as the Apoflle fpeaketh,2.Pet. 2.9. And therefore be our weakneffe newerfo great, yet let vs not feareour finalifalling away,but knowing whomwee haue beleeued, let vs perfwade our felues of our perfeue- rance, knowing that l:ee is bible to l ¿eepe that which wee haue committedvetohim, as it is 2. Tim.ii 2. And thefe are the reafons drawne fr6Cods nature inhim- fell;e andhis a,(,lions towards vs,wherbywe mayvndoubted- ly beaffured ofour perfeuerance. The fecund fort ofargu- mentsmay bee taken from our felues; and firftfrom the na- ture oftrue faith wherewith wee are endued, which is not temporariebut,confal:t and permanent. For he that hath a true and liuelyfaith,islike thehoule buildedvpon therocker -which
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