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4o6 ThefecondBooke ofDiuinitie, CHAP 7. Another kindof confidence there is , which is but a confequence and a fruit of Faith w hereof wee (hall fpeake hereafter. Touching the fubiea or perlons to whom it is appro_ priate, Faith is the proper andpeculiar gift of Gods E. lea, which onely differenceth them from the refs of the World ; for all other graces, bee they neuer fo bright, or fhining , are common with the Reprobate ; but Faith, with the fruits thereof, is proper to the godly. Where- vpon, Trt.I..z. it is called, The Faith ofGodsElea . for onely they , andof them all and euery one , are in their time, by verrueofGods Covenant, brought to beleeue, Mx6.3 7. Emery one that the Fathergisethmee, eomnoeth vnto mee. Elfe, in what better café arewee now, then when the couenant of Works did hold vs, feting it is as impoffible of our felues and by our owne firength, tó repent,.and beleeue the Gofpell, (which is the cóndi- tion of the Couenant of Grace) as it was to fulfill ti,e Law ? Wherefore we mull vndcrfland, that God, to fpeake properly, do:h not require the fame , as a mutuall refei- pulationof our part as it was in the former Couenant, where nothing is impofed v<hich mans nature could not weild : But here it is rather a declaration ofhis pleafure, what he would haue vs doe, and whereuntohe will en- able vs : not a condition to endanger the Couenant,but an affura:nce thathe will giue vs firength tokeepeit. So as the whole Couenant properly and in truth rifethof his part, and Iyeth vpon him : Like his other Couenant q Itr.31.3I,3.6. q (brought to confirme this) w it the Sunn Moone, and. Starres, u<horn (othervrife unable of them'felues) r rer.32.3ç. he maketh to runne their courfe : But hoW/foeucr r ail EKeeb36.2.(,27 come fromhis onely grace and vertue, yet to vs that are z Gor,S,iq,13, not flo,:kes and fones , but endued with a reafonable Tonic, vnderf anding, will, and ocher faculties, this Co. ueuant is wont to bee expreifed, fometimes by words con-

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