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Temporall

a

f

fliliions,no

truefgnes

of

Gods

hatred. t 57

And

therefore not trufling in our owne worthineffe,

nor

yet diarufling

in

Gods

mercie

and

free

loue in

regard

of

our

vnworthineflè,

let

vs

call offall

felfe-

conceit and opinion

of

our

ovine

righteoufneffe,

fo

that

wee may

put on

the

rightc

--

oufheflè

ofChrifl;

and

acknowledging our owne

weakneffe,

yea our

nothing,

let

vs

neuertheleffe

bee

ílrong

in the grace

which

is

in

Chrilft

Iefus,as

the

Apoflle

exhorteth,

2.Tim.2.r,

z.Tim,z.T.

In

his naine

let

vs

goe boldlie vnto the throne

ofgrace,

that.Hcb.4.i6,

we

may receiue

mercie,and

finde helpe in

time

ofneede

:for.

though

in

our

felues we are

the children

ofwrath,

vet

are

wee

Ephefi.6

reconciled

and

accepted

of

God,as his

6elossed

im

hisheft

beloued,as

it

is

Ephef.

t .6.

=.

--....

CHAP.

III..

Thar

temporaliaf

flic`l:Qns

are

rather

fgnes

of

Gods

lose,

than

ofhis hatred.

H

fecond

argument whereby

Satan feeketh

to

ea.yi

perfwade

vs

that we

are

out

of

the fauour

of

God, ficiions

is

taken from the manifold

affli

&ions

which

are

markes

rather

laid

vpon many

ofGods

children, whilell they remaine in

of

our

adop-

this

vale

ofmiferie.But

it

is

eafie

to

anfwere this obieólion

if

tion

than

of

we be

but

a

little

conuerfant

in

the

book

ofGod,for

there we

rr

reyroba-

may

learne that

afflielions

and

crolfes are

rather lignes

of

Gods

loue

than

ofhis

hatred;and

marks

rather

of

our ele&i-

on and

adoption,than ofreprobation

ad eternall

damnation.

For

the

Lord bath

forefhewed

vs

that

his

children

fhould

mourne when

the world

fhall reioyce

;

that they

fhould bee

hated and perfecured

for

his name

fake;

that

all

who

willliue

godly

in

Chrif

left's

ihall

fisTer

pert

cution

and

a

f

fli5ion,

2.Tim.

3.12.

That

they who will

be

conformable

to

him

in

glorie,

mull

alfo

be conformable

vnto

him

in his

fiifrings, Rom.8.

Rom.8.2p.;

29.That

this

'hart

and

momentanie

affliction,

fhall

caufe

vnto

yr

a

farre

mofi excellent

and

eternall

wei

#ht

o

fglorie,

2:Cor.4.

r.

7. z.Cor.4.r7.

That

ifìaefufer

with

Chrifr,weIhallalföreigne

with

him,2.Tim,

s,Tim,a.ia...

2-.12.

That

whom

the

Lord

loueth

he

chaseneth

:

and

/ceurgeth"

euery

fon

that

he

rcceiuethas

it

is

Heb,,i 2.6,That.thofe whom

Heb,iz.6,8,

he.-