Arguments toproue thecertaintieófoarper,etterdnii Egg which neither the raine, nor floods,nor winds could ouer- throw, Matth.7.24.2 5. neitherfklll the gates of lbell oteercc:ne matt }ß.7.t him, chap.' 6,verf.t8. He is like the good ground is which z5, and the (cede falling is notflollenaway,nor choked vp, nor \'i- thereth for want ofroote,buthe receiueth the feed and!eepeth LOA.] ç. it, and grineth forthfruite with patience, as it is Luk.8.z 5, And contrariwife,it is a aloft vndoubted marke of an hypo- crite who neuer was indued with a true faith, when as his faith istemporarie, and hee falleth away, according to that 1.10113.19. I.Ioh,z.x9.Theywent outfromvs,but they were not ofvs;for if theyhadbeen of'vs,they' oildhauecontinued with vs, Tut this commeth wale that it might appeare that they are net all of -Vs. The fecond reafon may bee taken from the example of§.Sea.7. thofewhohaue grieuoufly fallen,and yet haue continued in The tcve'fih the hateofgrace, and haue been railed and reilored againe 'ojexam ter, by vnfained repentance : and thus did Dauid fall and that from ai S 1.10 r 1. moll grieuoufly,and yet was not depriued ofGods fpirit, as appeareth,Pfal.5x, xo,Y i . Thus did `Peter fall bydenying his Ivlailer, Noahby drunkenneffe, Lot by incefl, and yet they werenot depriuedofthofe graces which they had receiued, howfoeuer for the time they weremuch eclipfed andweak. ned; neither were they reie&edbyGod, but upon their true repentance were receïued into his former loue and fauour. The lafl reafonmaybe takenfrom the weakenes and ina- §,Seri.$. bilitieof the caufes which fhould hinder our perfeuerance Thelafi reafon, and make vs fall away. For there is nothing in the world fo taken from the powerfull, but it is altogether tooweake to worke this defe- anab:large of the u( ¿lion. For firfl, afflictions cannot depriue vs of grace, nor zLhcaich fhes ould hinder our perfeuerance, as it is Rom.S.3 5. for though they hinder our per- arc the firie trial, yet they do not burne vs,but refine vs from Rerace. our drofl`e, neither doe they hinder our faluation,but rather carafe unto vs a farre moll excellent and eternall tbairrht of ;lo- Cor. . t . rie, as it is z.Cor.4.i 7.Nor yet our flefh:for though it be ne- z uerfo firong, yet the fpirit ofGoddwelling in vs, will in the end mortifie and fubdue it. Not the world: for our Captaine ChriP bath ouercome it,not onely for himfelfe, but alto for his members,Ioh.i 6, 3 3. yeaand lice enableth vs alfo byhis 3 Y y holy
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