225 / 772
That
tav
may be
afured
®
f
otzr éleMòrta
97'
__---
-.-`
CHAP.
VII.
That
we may be
of
sred
ofoNr
ele6ion,prooued
by
diners
argu-
ments.
Nd
thus
haue I
(hewed by
plaine teflimonies
of
Scriptures,that
we may
infallibly
be
aführed
of
our
eleólion.
Now I
will
alfo
prooue the
fame
by ftrong arguments, drawne from the
farne
fountaine.
Firfl
therefore
we may
thus
reafon;
§eci.i.
1Jfi,Jec.7lxÌe
he G
on,
ell
ma-
riì
fe(llyPezreth
haï
we
are
lrtted.
Mark.r.t
f
i.Iohn
3.23.
Mark.t
6,t'6,
Io<<tí
6.63.
Whatfoeuer
is
manifeftly.
(hewed
vnto
vs
in
the
Gofpell,that
e
we
are
bound
to beleeue,and
of
that
we
may
be
affured
:
but
it
is
manifeftlie declared
in
the
Gofpell,
that
wee
are
ete6led
unto
euerlafling life
:
and
therefore
we
are
bound to
belecue
it,
and
may
be
affured
that
we
are
ele6ed.The
propoßtion
or
&a
part
of
this reafon
containeth two
branches
:
the
firft
is,
that
we are
bound
to beleeue whatfoeuer
the
Gofpell reuea-
leth;
the fecond,that
we may
be
affured
of
it;both
which
are
euident truths.
For
that
which Chrift
commandeth,thatwe
are
bound
to
performe
:
but
he
commandeth
vs
to
beleeue
the Gofpell,Mar.
r
.
i
S.Repent
and
beleeue
the
Gofpell:
So
this
is
his
commandement
that
we
beleeue,
&c.
i
.Ioh.3.23.
Thebreach
.ofwhich
conimandemét
is
punifhcd with euerlaíling death.
For
he
that
will
not
beleeue
jhall
bee
damned,
as
it
is
Mar.'
6.i6.
And
as
we are
bound to
beleeue
it,
fo
wee
may
alfo corne
to
be
affured
thereof;
Peeing
the Gofpell commandeth
vs
no-
thing,
which
it
doth
not
alfo
by the inward
and
ordinarie
cooperation
of
Gods
Spirit enable
vs
to performe. For
this
difference
is
betweene
the
commandements
of
the
Law and
the commandements
of
the Gofpell
:
the
Law
fheweth
vs
the duties which
we
fhould performe,
but
miniflers vnto
vs
no
power whereby wee may
be enabled to
performe
them;
but
the
Gofpell
being
afflhled
with
the operation
ofGods
Spirit,doth
command and
withall giueth
vs
abilitic to per-
forme the commandement,
for
the words
of
the
Gofpell
are
fp
-rit
and
It
fe, as
our Sauiour
fl;eaketh,Ioh.6.63.
and
with
the
preaching
thcrof
the Spirit inwardly
worketh,quickning
0
3
and