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That
doubting
o
fGods
hue
is
perniciont
to our felues;
our
Sauiours
blood
is
a
foueraigne
falue
to
cure all
other
fotes
cf
íînne;
yet this
it
cannot helpe,
becaufe
it
doth
refufe
the
cure,and
as
it
were
pulleth off
this
precious.plaifer when
it
is
laid on
it..
Se.B
But
as
this
dii}ruaing
and
doubting
of
Gods
loue
is
iniu-
outs
veto
him,
fo all()
it
is
pernicious vnto our
owrie foules.
o.cbcing of
fl
firfl
it tormenteth
our mindes,
and fetteth
our confcien-
Gods
loin,
per
>
>
núious
vnto
ces
vpon
the racke,
When
as
wee
haue no
other
affurance
of
qi
r
feluet.
Gods
loue,
but
only fofarre
foorth
as
wee
finde our
felues
worthie
ofit
:
for
fo
often
as
wee fall,
and the fight
of
our
finnes
commeth before
our
eyes,
hauing
no
other
ground
of
Gods
loue
but
our
owne
deferts, wee
doubt
and
flagger
like
a
!hip toffed
with the
billowes
of
the fea, and
in
the end
fnke
into
the
gulfeofdefpaire, being
ouer balanced
and too
heauily laden
with
the
vnfupportable
waight
ofour
finnes;
whereas
ifwee
were
throughly
perfwaded
ofGods
five
loue
and
goodwill,
grounded on
his
owne
good
pleafure,
and
not
'on
our
worthineffe,
if
wee
did
fall we
wouldbe
grieued
indeede
euen
at the
very
heart,
becaufe wee
had
difpleafed
our gracious
God
and
lousing
Father;
but
yet
our
fnnes
would
not
make
vs
defpaire
or
doubt
of
his
loue towards
vs,becaufe
it
is
not
grounded
on
our
worthineffe,
but
vpon
Cods
owne
free
mercie,grace,and goodwill.
rbat
we
can-
Secondly,
if
we
doubt
and diflrufl
of
Gods
loue
towards
not
lout
God,if
vs-we
!hall
neuer loue
him
from
.our
hearts
:
for
who
loueth
we
bane
no a
¡-
him
intirely,
of
whofe loue
hee.
is
not
erfwaded
?orwho
can
prance
ofbis
Y
p
iouesovvards
.
performe the duties
of
loue
to
fuch
an
one
as
hateth
and
ab-
vs..
horreth him?
Cos
amore
amen,
Loue is the whetf
}one
of
loue. And
if
this be true-amongfl
men,then
much more
be
14/044,
tweene
God
and
vs
:
for
the
lone
him
l
ecati
fe
he
loud
vs
firft,
as
the
Apof
le
faith,
r:Ioh.4
19.
As therefore the cold
(lone
can
ofit
felfe
call
foorth
no
heate,till it bee
firfl
warmed
by
the
Sunnebeames, and
then
it
refleheth
againefome
of
the
heate
Which
it
receiued
:
fo
no more
can
our
cold hearts
cafl
anybeanies of:heartie loue towards
God,
till
theybee war-
med
with
the
apprehenfion
ofhis
loue towards.vs, and then
they
begin to
returne
foine fparkes
of
loue
towards God,
after they
,are
inflamed
with
the beames
of
his loue
cleerely
íhining
e