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That
trite
'C'hrifíútnsought to
be
oeffüred
of
Gals
7¢3
to
redeeme
vs
out
of
the
hands
of
our fpirituall
enemies
:
and to
the end
we
should be made
partakers
of
Chrifi
and
all
his benefits, he
hath
gi:uen vs
his
word,and
made
his
cp-
uenatat:with
vs,that
in
Chriff he
will
be
our
God,
and
we
his
people,he our father,atxl we
his 'children
:
-Md
lefl.yet
there
fhould
be any place
left
to doubting,
hee
hath
added to
his
word,
his
Sacraments, which
like'feales may
afhure
vs
of
his
loue and
fauour.
What
iniurie therefore (hall
wee
offer
unto
God,ifnot.withf
}anding
all
this
we
doubt
of
his;good
will,
of
which he hath affuredvs
byfos
many pledges,
tofiit!ndnies
and
feales
?
We
know
that
a kind
friend will take
it
molt
vnkindlie, ifafrer
hee
hath
heaped
vpona
man
innumerable
benefits,
and
fhewed
all teflimonies
oftrue loue,
hee
not
-
wtthflanding doubt
ofhissgood
will,
and
fufpeei his
friends
fhip
:
and
fo
furelie
the
Lord,vt
ill.take;it ill
at our
hands, and
thinke
himfelfe much
abufed,.ifafter
he
bath:beftowwed
ftichi
infinite benefits,
euen his
dearelie beloued
fonne
to
die
for
vs,we now
fufpe&
his
good
will, and grow
jealous
of
his
loue
;
ifwe.doubt ofhis
Ioue,who
is
loue
it
felfe,
as
theApo-
flle.fpeaketh,
i.Iohn
4:8,
But
againf
this which I haue
fiid,there
are
two obieetions,
4.Sec7.5,.
the
fira
is
made by
the
worldling,
the
other by
Satan.
The
That carnali
worldly
man will
fay,
that
the
Lord hath
made
him alto
par-
men
haue,no
taker ofall
thefe
benefits,and therefore there
is:nó,caufe
why
affurance
of
he fhould doubt
ofhis,loue nor
any.reafon
why
hee
fhould
tndc;hthe
be
cenfured or
condemnedforhis:fait
-.
I
atifvvere,
that he
is
buajthereof.
nDt
reprehended for his
per wafion
of
Gods loue, nor,
for
his
affurance
ofGods
promifes in
Chrifl;
but
for his
boafiing
ofthis
faith, perfwafion,and
affiirance,
whereas
there
is
no-
thing
in
him
in truth but
a
dead'carcafe
of
faith,carnàll
fecu-
ritie,and'vaine
prefinml
Lion
For
true faith, purifieth
the
hart,
Aas
15.}.
a;)d
workcth,by loue, Gal.5
6
itis
plentiful) in
good
workes,an4 provoke
to
p
t-
forme
:all-
goodduties.
to God
and
our
neighbours :.and
it
isimpoflible
that
wee
fhould
be truelie perfwaded
ofGods
loue,and
not
loue him
againe
:
it
cannot be
that
we,loue
Gòd,ifwe
:thew
no
ca
;e
in
glorifying
his
nam-e
by
letting
our
lightsfhine
before men,
nor
any
.defire
to
peráoii áliedeiYce
to his will. For
,as
our
Sauiour.