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.-