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That
we
may
be
a<tired
of
our
eleElion.
yet not
Pure
to
vs
who
could
not
perfortne the condition;
and therefore
the
Lord
made
a
new couenant,
not
of
works
but of
grace,onely
on the
condition
of
faith
that
fo
the pro
-
mife
might
be
fure,not onely in it
felfe
and
on
Gods.behalfe,
.
but
alto
vnto
vs
who
are
Abrahams feedc,
that
is,true
belee-
Rom,4.t6.
uers,as
appeareth
Rom.4.i
6.And this
alto
notably appeareth
Heb.6.17. tS.
Heb.6.t
7.18.
where the
Apofile
faith,that
God;
illing
more
abcanelantlie
to
fhe:v
vnto
the
heires
of
promire
the flablenes
of
his
counfaile,6ound himfclfe
by
an oath,
i
8.
That
by
two
immutable
.
thins
wherein
it
isimpoffible
that
Godlhould
lie,wee
might haue
firono
con
folation,which
haue our
refuge
to
horafal
the
hope
that
is
,
fet
be
fore
vs,.
i9.Whi
ch
we
haue
a.4
an
anchor
of
the
föttle
both
lure
andfiedfall.
In
whichwords ÿ Apoílle plainly fheweth,
that
the Lord,hath
added
his
oath tö his promife,
not
to
the
end
that
in itfelfe
it
fhould
be confirmed,or
needed any
con-
firmation on
Gods part
(for
his
bare word
is
yea
and Arden,
_fo
infallible and fure,that
though
heauen
and
earth pap.
away
MattoS.rs
And
peril,yetnot
one
tot
or
title
of has
\ordihaí
-
.iletill
ail
thins
-be
fulfilled,).
but
to the
end
that
we
to whom
the
promifes are
made
,mightbe
affured
of
the
Liableneßc
ofhiscounfaile;and
:thereby
receiue
firong confolation,and
mightrell
our
foules
in
the tempeí
}s
of
temptations
vpon
firme
hope,
as
it
were
vpon
a
f}edfaíl
and
lure
anchor.
Now what
flabilitie,
what
firong
confolation.,
whát
fiedfaflneffe
ofhope,
if
wee
are
11111
.wncertaine
ofour
ele6uion,
.
fometimes
hoping,
as
when we
looke
vpon
Gods
mercie
and Chri[ls merits,andfometimes
doubting,
as
when
wee
looke
vpon our owne
fumes
and
vn-
worthineffe?
For
what
is
this
but to
be fhaken from
our
an-
schor
hold,and to
be toffed
vp
and downe
with the
waues
of
doubting,
till at lafi
wee
dath
a`
ainf}
the rockes
of
defpaire,
and
fo
make
fhipwracke
of
our
foules
?
4.Sea.4.
And
thus
you
fee
that
the couenant
of
grace was
there-
P
articular te-
fore made
with
vs,
that
Wee
might
be
affured
of
our
ele&ion,
ffimoniespro
and
that
the whole Gofpell
is
nothing
elfe
but
Gods
ambaf-
'in
this
pntxt*
fage,whereby
he.
certifieth
vs
of
his free
and
vndeferued
loue
in
lefts
Chrifi
:
but
let
vs
further
confider
of
fome
fpeciall
teflimonies whereby this
affurance
is
confirmed.Rom.S.
i.
it
m
St
is
faid,
that
being
iuflificd
by
faith,
wee
hate
peace towards
God
through