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Thai
our
vnroorthines
Auld
not
make-tit-doubt
of
Gods
Iosie.I49
towards
vs.
but
the loue
of
God
is
not
grounded
vpon
our
'gods
touent
worthines
which
is
nothing, but
vpon
his
owne
good
will
our
round
and
plea:'ure,s
;'hick
is
infinit
as
himielfe
is
infinit;
and there-
fore
though
in
our
felues
we
are
moil
miferable and wretch
-
ed,yet
this
is
no reafon
why
we
fhculd difiruti
or
in
the leali
degree
doubt
of
Gods
loue,
feeing
itarifeth not frotnanie
thing
in
vs,butfrom
himfelfe
who
is
vnchangeable.
The
truth
hereof
manifetllie appeareth
by the
Scriptures,
where it
is
faid
that
the Lord bath loued
vs
not
for our
excel
-
lencie
and worthineffe,but
ofhis
free
grace
and louing kind
-
neíl'e. So
Hof. z4.5.
1
mill
heole
their
rebellion;
I
crtlllosre
them
140C
14.1.
.freely,ch'c.
And the Apotlle
John
telleth
vs
that
herein
Gods
loue appeareth,
in
that
when
we
lowed
not
him,he
fo
deerely
LIoh.4.io.
loued
vs,
that
he
fent
his forme
to
be
a
reconciliation
for
our
finnes;
i.Ioh.4.1o.
And
Paul faith,
that
hereby godfettetb
wit
his
louetosards vs,
feeing
that
whilefiwee were
yet fÇnners,
Rom.5.8.to.
Chrit
died
for v.r,and
when
we
were
enemies
God reconciled
vs
unto
himfel
fe
b;'
the
death
o
f
his
foi
ne
:
Rom.
5.8.
i
o.
If
there
-
fore the Lord loued
vs
when
we
were
enemies
vnto him
and
dead
in
our
francs
;
how
much more
will
he loue
vs
now
be-
ing
reconciled
in
Chrifl,
and
in
force meafure
purged from
our corruption,
and
quickned by
his
fpirit
to newne%
of
life?
If
when we
were
mofi vnworthie,he
freely
(hewed
fuch
exceeding fauour
towards
vs
:
how
much more
hauing
by
his
fpirit
and the
graces
thereofmade
vs
more
worthie,
will
he
continue
his
loue
vnto
vs
?
Jf
hee
hath hitherto loved
vs
not
for
any deferts
ofours, but ofhis
free
mercie, becaufe he
is
loue
it
felfe,
as
John
calleth
him,
i.Ioh.4.8.
and
the
God
!John
4.8,
of
grace,
as
Peter maketh
him,
i.Pet.5.1o.
why (hould
wee
!ncc51o
doubt
ofGods
loue
in
refpea
of
our vnworthineire,
feting
his
loue
bath
not
his
ground
vpon
our worthineffe,but vpon
his
ovine
nature which
is
immutable,
and
therefore whom
he
once
loueth,he
loueth
them
unto the end,though
in
them
-
felues
they
are
miferable and
wretched,Ioh.13.1.
Iohn
!
t
r.
But
as
the Scriptures (hew
that God
hath loued
vs
freelie
4SeóI.z.
from
all
eterni
tie
;
fo
alto doe
they
as
plainelìe declare,
that
God
hath
manifeíled
this
loue
in
the worke
ofour faluatyn
freely,and
without
any
refpe6
of
our worthines:
as
may ap-
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peare