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148'That
our
vnivorthrnes
fhuldnot
make
vs
doubt ofGods
loue.
loue
ofGod,
which
by
his loue
is
wrought
in
vs,
will
make
the
heauiefl and
moll tedious burthen
feeme
light
and mo
--
mentanie,which
it
(hall
pleafe
our heauenly father to
lay
vp--
on
vs:and
all()
becaufe
we
know
that all
things
(euen miferies,
aflii6tions,perfecutions,
yea
death.it
felfe)
worke
together
for
the
bawd
vnto
them
that
loue_
God.As
it
is
Rom.8.28.
10,
CHAP.
II.
That
our
fnnes and
vnworthmesJhauld
not
make
vs
doubt
of
Gods loue.
4n(wereto
Satans
temp-
cations groun-
ded
vpou
our
wirertbides.
seing
therefore
that
our
doubting
and
diflru-
ding ofGods
loue towards
vs,is
both
incurious
vnto
God
and pernicious
vnto
our
felues
;
let
vs
in no
cafe
admit
of
Satans
temptations
whereby
hee
laboureth to
perfwade
vs
that the
Lord hateth
vs.
But forafinuch
as
there
is
no perfwafió
with-
out knowledge
and faith,
neither
can we
know
and beleeue
that
we
are
in
Gods
fauor,
vnleffe
we haue force
ground and
warrant out
ofGods
word,
whereupon we
may
calf
our
wa
uering mindes, and
confirme our
fainting
faith
againíl the
boyflerous
blafis
of
Satans
temptations
:
therefore
let
vs
examine
Satans reafons,
whereby
hee
goeth about to
per
-
fwade
vs
that
we
are
not
beloued
ofGod,
by the
touchflone
of
Gods
word;
and
waigh
his
obie&ions in the
fcoles
of
the
fancluarie,to
fee
ifthey
be
ofany waight
or fitbflance,or
clfe
but
frothier light,and
ofno
found conlequence.
Firft
therefore
whereas
Satan
obieéleth
that
wee are
mi-
ferable
finners,vnworthie
altogether
ofGods
loue,and
moil
worthie
ofhis
wrath
and heauie
difpleafure;
that
God
is
in-
finitelie iu(l, and
therefore cannot nor
will
not
loue
vs
being
Motoriouflie
wicked
:
wee
are
to
anfwere,
that
indeed
we are
in our
felues
vnworthie the leall
drain
ofGods
loue, by
rea
--
fon
of
our
originall'
corruption,
and a6
Mall
tranfgreflìon;
and therefore
ifour
affurance
ofGods
faùour, had
no
other
foundation
but
our owne deferts, we had
great
reafon
not
ouelie
to doubt, but
aifo
vttetlie
to
dcfpaire
of
Gods
lone
towards