(S94Obi'eílions taken from Ceti »onesofScripture,4nf Bred thrufl out ofthecompanyofthe faithful.And therfore Daurd, becaufe he would haue Gods vengeance againfl thefewic- kedones plainlymanifefled,he del reth the Lord todifcouer thé,that allmight fenfiblie difcerne.thétobebut reprobates. ,ae5 The fecond place is Pfalm. sr.io. Create in me acleane Pfalcu.Si.to heart O God, and renew a' right fiirit within ?nee. From whichplace they thus reafon : They that may lofe clean neffe ofheart and Gods fpirit, mayalto fall away : but the, faithful' maylofeboth,as appeareth.by the prayerof`Dauid; 'auid loft not and therefore the faithfull may fall away. I anfwere,that this, cteanneffeof affumption is falle, neither can it be confirmed out of this heart andGods place. For firft it followeth not, thatbecaufe Dauid in his- fpirát., fenfeand feeling difcerned not his cleanneffe ofheart,, nor the fpirit ofGod, thattherefore hee was deflitute ofthem,, fecing the iudgeinent ofthe fenfe is often deceiued, as bet. fore I haue (hewed, the gifts and graces ofGodnot appear ring ingrieuous.tentations,or being for a time coueredwith our.corruptions.: Secondlie,Dateid.iri_praying for thefe,doth notprouethat he was deflituteof them, but rather that hee was indued with them in fome meafure: for vnleffe his hart hadbeen clenfed,he could not haue defiredcleanneffe; and ifhehad not been indued with Godsfpirit, he couldneuer haue made this,effe6uall prayerthat Godsfpirit might bee renewed. Thirdlie, this phrafe ofcreating dothnot prooue that he was vtterly depriuedofcleanneffe,ofhart,for itis im- properly vfed, as appearereth by the next phrafe ofrenew- ing,wheréby he expoundeth his meaning : but therefore he thus fpeaketh; that heemight inall humilitieconfeffe his great corruption, which made him thinke that alittle pur- gingwas not fucient, vnleffe the Lord, as it were created all anew. Fourthly, this is not fo much tobe vnderflood of the fpirit ofGod it.felfe once giuen,as ofthegifts ofthe fpi- _ rit,whichwerenot vtterlyloft, but fora time did liehidden, and in refpea of-their meafure and degree were impaired and diniinifhed through his grieuous fall,and thereforehee defire.th tohaue them renewed and increafed. Laflly,Dauid takethaway ÿ forceofthis obieationin the next verfe,where hç_dcfreth that the fpirit ofGod fhouldnot bee takenfrom him 4.10.z6.
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