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mat
werldlings
dot
in
vaine ?regime
o
f
God
r
tóue.
130,
our
mindes
againa
euery one
of
them.The firíl
and
principat
caufe
of
our fáluation
is
Gods
eternall
loue
and
immutable:
hood
wil,wherewith
he
hath loued
-h
is
creatures frombefore:
the foundations
of
the world
were
laid
;
the
which
loue and,
good
will
inhimfelfe did
moue him
to
ele&
them to
falua-
tion,
whom-he
fo
louedwithout
any deferts
i
-n
themfelues
for how
could
they
deferue
any
thing-at Gods hand
.before
.
they were
?
or what
good
could the
Lord
forefee in
them,.
but
that.which-in
his eternall,counfaile
hee
purpofed
to
be
--
flow and
impart
vnto them?
Firíl
therefore
we
will
fpeake
of
thole temptations
which- ratant
temp
concerne the
loue
ofGod,towards
vs
which
are
of
two
forts
mho:
whereb,
the
firíl
leading
vs
to
vaine
prefumption
and carnali
fecuri-
ca
g
p
p
car»all
men
tie
;
the other,, to horror
and
defjeration.
For
if
Satan
fee- !bat
they
are
men
liuing
in
carnali fecuritie, frozen in
thedregges
oftheir
beloaed
of
God.
(tines,
fo-as
in
truth
there
is
no
ligne
that
they
are.beloued
ofGod;he
will
perfxade them
-that
they
are
highlyin
hisfa
cour
and loue,
and
therefore
though
they
runne.on
in
their
wicked
courfesi
yet they
lhall
be fatted...Doell
thou not
per
-
ceiue (will he
fay)
that
God
dearely
loueth
thee
?
Why,con_
fader
that
hee hath made
thee one
ofhis
chiefefl
creatures,:_
whereas otherwife
hee
would
hauemade
thee
a
toade
or
fer
fhpent
;
he
hath
al
fo
like
a
tender father
preferued and nouri
--
ed
thee
from
thyinfancie,and
which
is
more,
he
hath fent
his dearely
beloued
fonne
to diefor thce,and
heehath
made
choice
of
thee
amongfl
many others
to
be
a
member
of
his,-
Church,
where
thou
inioyefl the preach
ing;of
theGofpell,..,
and the
vie
of
the
Sacranients,
to
the
end
thou maifl
be
afiu
--
red
of
thy
faluationw
:ithout
all
queflion
or
doubting.
Neuer.:
therefore take
carcioible
thyfelfe
concerning-
thyfal--
uatiou,vfenot
fuck
firielr.es d precifenes
of
life,
but take
thy
pleaficre,and
follow
thofek
enghtes which-the
Lord hath-
bellowed
vpon thee
as
pledges
his
lout;
for
thou
art
not
now
aflaue
buta
fonne,and therefore maifl more
freelyfol-
low
thine.owne
defre;and
vfe
thy
libertie:
call away
all fer
-
uile
fearer
which
maketh thee take fuch
gaines
in
of
ng
all
meanes whereby
thou
maifl be allured
offaluation
;
for
thou
ártaffi
red
of
the
principall,namely
of
Gods
loue, and there
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