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fhotild
mot
mal,evrdosa4t
of
Gods!oue.ig.S
the
end
he
might
afcribe
the whole worke
ofour
faluation
to
Gods
grace and
goodwill.
who
bath
famed
VI
(faith
he)not
ac=
cording
to
omr
worber,bmt
according
to
his
own p,vrpo
je
and
grace.
So
Tit.;.S.,ATot
by
the
works
of
righteomfneffe
which
we
had
done,
Tit
3.1+
bait
according
t
o
his mercie
he
f
imed
w,by
the
wafhing
of
t
he ne\
birth-,andrenuin7
of
the
holy
Ghof.
Seeing therefore Gods, loue
is
not
ggrounded
vpon
our
owne worthi
neffe;feeing
he
ele6}eth,redeetneth,calleth,
iu_-
ílifieth,
fan6lifieth, and
finally
faueth
vs
ofhis
meeremercie
and
free
goodwill,
without
any
refpe61
ofour
own merits
or
good
workes,lct
vs
not
reflraine
the
infinite
loue
of
God to
our
deferts,
nor
meafure
his vntneafurable
goodwill
by
the
íhort
ell
ofour
owne merits
;
but
as
the
Lord bath
freely
lo-
ued
vs, fo
lct
vs
acknowledge
his.free.and
vnderferued loue,
and
relie
wholly
thercupon
,notwithílandingour
vnworthi
--
ncife,feeing our worthineffe
is
no
caufe
of
his
loue,
but
it
is
his loue which
maketh
vs,and
will
furcly
make
vs
worthie
to
be
beloued,if
we
reí}
wholly vpô him
in Chrill
by
a
true
an&
lively faith. For
fo
much
as
we defpairein
refpe6}
of
our
own'
vnworthinefle,fo much would
wee afcribe
to
our
owne wor
--
thincffe;
and
looke
`h-ow
niuch
we attribute
veto
our felues
in
the worke
of
our faluation,
fo
much
wee,
detra
from-
Gods
free
mercie
and Chrifls
merit
:.and-
therefore let
vs
humbly acknowledge our own
e
vnworthineí%,andbecome
nothingin
our owuc
eyes,
that
wee-
may
whollyrelie
vpon
God:that
he
maybe
all iii
all.For wel-worthy
are we
to thiríl
ifweleaue. the fountaine oflii;ing
waters,,
and
dig vnto our
felues
broken
ceflernes
which
will
hold.no
water
;
well
w-or-
Tcre.z.z
.
thie
are
we
to
fall
into the guile
of
defpaire,ifwefprfake the
firme
pillar
of
our faluation
Gods
mercie and
ChriÍs
merit,
relying and
ref
}ingvpon
thebroken,
flaffe
of
our
ownerigh-
teoufne
e;
well
worthie
are
we
to be damned,
if'Vvee
envie
-
the
Lord the
praife
and
glorie
of
our
fàluatiön,defiring
ra-
ther to
afcribe
it vnto our
feines.
But
here the
tempter
wil
obie
&that God
is
i
tiff,
and
tiler-
4.Sea.7
tore
in his iuflicc
cannot loue,ele6t,
iuflifie
and
fate'
vs
who
are
vnworthìe
his
loue,
polluted with
fi'nne,and del
}ittrte
of
righte.oufiieífe.I anf`\-cre,that
God
doth not
loue,eleef,iufli
--
fie