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That?ce
may
beaffured
of
our
eleEtion.
i.Pet,
t;
r3.
trufl which
we
haue
through
Iefus
Chrifl
mull
be
perfe5,that
.
is,
entire and
perpetuall, till
we
enioy
the thing
which
we hope
for,
i.Pet.i.13.
And
i
Pet.i.Yo.
he exhorteth
vs to
vfeall
dili_
gencè
that
we
may make
our
calling
and
eletïion
fure,which
if
we
could
not
doe,
he
fhould
perfwade
vs
to the undertaking
of
a
needletife
labour. Nay
he plainely
aiureth
vs,that
ifwe
doe
thefe things
(to
wits
f
ire
iovne
vertue
with
our
faith,
and
with
venue
knowledge,
and
with
knowledge temperance;and
ith
tetn-
perancepatience,
and
with patiencegodline
(Ìe,
and with
godlineffe
brotherly
kindneffe,andwith
brotherly
kindneffe
loue
)
we'ball
ne-
uer
fall
;
becaufe thefe are
effe6ls
and
undoubted
Eignes
of
our
ele6tion.
And
the Apotile
John
would
not
haue
it
a
mat
-
ter
doubtfull, whether
we are
ele6ted and (hall be
faued
or
no;
but
certainely
knowne and vndoubtedly beleeued
:
and
therefore he
aiureth
principally
at
this marke, and
propoun-
deth
this
as
the
chiefe
end
ofhis
epit}le,namely.to
Phew
how
we
might
know ordinarily, and
be
fully
affüred
that
we are
1:Ioh3r4.
beloued
ofGod,eleeied,
and fhall.befaued.
So
i.Ioh.3.14
We
know
that
we
are tran/lated from
death
to
life,
b:
caP.
fe
loue
the
brethren.
And therefore
in
the latter
end
of
his epifile
he
faith,that
he
had written it
to this
end,that
Nbc
might
know
and,r
3.
that
*e
haue
eternal
life
,chap
.
s.i3.Seeina then
the Scriptures
doe commend vnto
vs
a
f
}edfaf}
and
Allred
faith, whereby
we particularly
are affured and perfwaded
of
our
ele
&ion
and faluation, notwithflanding
our
finnes
and
vnworthi-
neffe
:
therefore
let not the
tempter
perfvvade vs
to
cafi
away
this certaine
perfwvaflon,and
to
waucr in
doubting;but
let
vs
E.Tim,t
r
z.
fay
with
the
Apof
le
Paul,
Z.Tim.
z .
r
2.
Though
l
am
vnwor-
thie,yet
I
know
whom
I
haw
beleeued,
and
I
am
pe
;rwaded
that
he
it
able to
kreepe
that
which
J
base
committed
to
him.
E
se
But:againf}
that
which hath been
faid
the tempter
obie61-
,An obierìtion
eth,that
the
promifes
of
the Gofpell
are
generali and
indefi-
grounded
upon
nit,
and therefore
no
man can
gather out
of
them
any
cer-
the
indefinite
taire
affurance
of
his
particular
eleaion.
I
anfwere
that
this
nefJ'
ofGods
confequence isfalfe
:
for
out
of
a
generali and indeñnit
pro
-
fwe
ee
d.s
an.
pofition,
we may
truely and
by
the lawes
of
reafon
gather
and inferre
a
particular
co
lode
°ali
men
áhe
not
reafonable
creae-
For example,if
Ithus
cot
tc
re