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144 That
true Chri7iant
aught
to
be
of
ared
of
Gods
tomes
°Sauiour
faith,
He that
/meth
mekeepeth
my
Commandementse
and
he
that
loueth
me not,keeperh
not
my
words, as
it
is
Iohn
x4.
2
3.24.
Iftherefore
we
lice
in
our
finnes
without
repentance,
if
we
make no confcience
of
our
i.vaies,and
!hew
n°
zeale in
glorifying Gods
name
;
if
our faith be deflitute
of
the fruits
.
ofgood
workes, then
is
our
perfwafion
but
fond prefump-
tion;our
affurance,
carnall
fecuritie
;
our faith dead,and
like
a
cartate which
breatheth not,as
:wiles
fpeaketh,
chap.2.26.
Wee
doe
not
then reprehend
any
fo: being
perfwaded
of
Cods
loue,
gathering
his affurar
ee
out
of
Gods
manifold
mercies,and innumerable
benefit
,
1)eflov
red
on
his
Church:
nay,
contrariwife wee
a.fftrme,tha.t
notwirhftanding
all
our
finnes and vnworthineffe,wce
are
to.bee perfwaded
ofGods
louein
ChriEfl,
yea,
and to
beleeue attainfl belecfe, and
to
hope againfl hope,
when
as
there
is r:o
ground
orrer:Inn
of
either
in
our
felues
:
but
this
wee
maintaine,
that
whofoeuer
hath
this
affurance and
faith,
in
the
leafl
Inca-
Cure
bes2unne
in
him,doth
truly
loue
Godagaine;and earnef;y
lab
-
-ureth af-
ter
mortification.and
ne',vneffe
oflife;
and
whofoeuer
is
de-
flitute
ofGods
lone,
and
liueth
in his
finnes,
without
a
±-.y
forrow for
thofe
which
are
pall,
or purpofe
to
1e
ue
them
for
the time
to
come, hemay well
brag
ofhis
faith and aflù-
P
ranee
of
Gods
loue,
but
in eerie
truth
there
is as
yet
no-
thing
in
him
but
carnali fecuritie
and vaine,prefittnption.
4..St
.6.
Secondlie,the
tempter
wil
obieo`ó
that
the Lord
hath
gi.
That
eucry
uen
all
thefe
teflimonies
an
pledges
of
his
loue
vnto his
w
particular
Church,
and
that
it
therefore may
well bee
affured
thereof;
r,h
if
tanmay
but
as
for
particular men, they
notwithflanding
may
iuftly
afire
b:mfclfe
doubt
of
his loue, feeing they
haue no
fpeciall
reafons
to
ofGods
lone,
perfwade them
that theft
tet`limonies
and
pledges
were
gi-
uen
vnto them. But I
anfR'ere,that this
is a
fond
obie&tion.
For
what
is
the
Church,
but
the whole
companie
ofGods
faints
?
What
is
it but
a
bodie
confifling
ofmanie
members,
which
are
particular Chriftians?
how
therefore
can the
whole Church
be perfwaded
ofGods
loue,
ifall
the
feuerall
members
doubt
thereof?
How
can any
thing
belong
to the
whole,
which
belongeth not to
the particular
parts
?
as
though
a
whole
citie
could be
affured
of
the
.Princes
fauour,
and