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obieE7ions
againfl the
afurance
ofeleEl
ion
anf
ered.'
no
more
then this followeth,
fome
men dreame
that
they
are
rich,
and
are
not
fo
indeede when they awake, therefore
no
roman
knoweth whether
he be
rich
or
no;
for
what
is
their
fecure
of
inion,
but
an idle
dreame
of
their
owne
braines,:
which
hath no
warrant out
of
Gods
word
?
where
as
faith
certainely and euidently perfwadeth,and like
a.candle Both
not
onely
manifef}
other.things,but
alfo
it
felfe
appeareth by
his
own
light.
So
that
as a
man
who
feeth and feeleth the
fire
and
the
heate
thereof, doth
certainely
know
that
hee feeth
and feeleth
it,
fo
he
that
beleeueth
in Chrif}'doth
know
that
hee bcleeueth indeede
:
yea
as
much
more. certaine
is
this
knowledge,
as
the knowledge
offaith
grounded
vpon
Gods
word
which.is
infallible,
is
more certaine
than
the
know-
ledge
of
the
fenfes,which
are
often deceiued:Furthermore
if
we
could
not
be
affured
that
we
haue
faith,then
to
what
put
-.
$.Cor.ì3.
f... pofe
ferues
the admonition
ofthe
Apof
}1e,2.Corin.i3.5:`
1y
your
felues
whether
you
are
in
the
faith,
examine
your
felues
know
you natyour
oibnefalues;
hay thatrfefiti
Chr`ifî
u
in
you
exceptye
be
reprobates
?
In
which
words the
Apof
}le
pláinely
irplieth,
that
we may
know
that-weehaue
a
true
and liuely
faith,
or
elfe
this triall and examination were
vaine;
nay he
plainelie faith
that
we may
know
that
Chrif} is
in
vs,
except
we be reprobates, and confequentlie
that
we haue faith
;
for
this
onelieis
the handwhereby
we
applie Chrif}.vntovs.and,
a.Cor.maS.
all
his
benefits,
Soi.Cor.ir.28.
the
Apof}le
willetk-vsto
exmine our
felues
before
we come
to
the
Lords
table,
that
fo
wee bee
not vnworthie
guef}s
;
in which examination
the
chiefe
thing
which
wee are to
refpe&,
is
whether
we haue
true
faith;
for this
is
the
mouth
of
the
foule,
whereby
:wee
feed upon the
bodie
and
blood
of
our
Sauiour
Chrif}
and
therefore
vnleffe
we can
knowwhether
we haue
faith
w
hen
we, are
trulie
it-wined
therewith,
this
admonition
ofthe
Apo
file were to no purpofe;
neither
can
wee haue
any
affurance
to
our owne
foul es,
that
,wee
ate,w,vorthie
guel
}s
ofthe
Lords
table,and confequentlie
weeref.
doubtfull whether
wee
re
ceiuc
the Sacrament
toour
fpirituall
good
and faluation,or
to
our
iudgement
and condemnation.
_Thirdlie
Wee are
a
Rot12.14,.73,
ftired
of
this
by Gods word
that
whatfseHeris
not
doge
of
farth
..