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That
we
may
¢eaffured
of
cur
eleSiion.
and flrengthening
vs
to
performe
that
which
it
enioyneth;
The
affümption
.or-
fecond
part
of
the
reafon
is
alto cleere;
namelie,
that
the Gofpell
ma,nifefleth
vnto
vs
our
ele
&lion;
for
what
elfe
is
the whole Gofpell
but
a
.declaration
ofGods
löue, and
of
bur
eleelion and redemption
in and
by
Iefus
Chrifl?
what
is
it
els
but
the ambaflàge whereby
God
recon-
cileth
vs
vnto
himfelfe
?-
what
elfe is
contained therein,
but
Gods
mercifull
ppromifes
oflife
and faluation,
made on
no
other.condition :but
on
the
condition offaith,which
we
need
not
feare
to
performer feeing
it
is
commanded
vs
of
God
?
and therefore though. we had
no other
reafon:
to beleeue,yet
Ivee
fhould
beleeue
in
obedience
to Gods
commandement,
feeing
he commandeth
nothing
which
is
notgood
in
it
felfe,
tending
to
his
owne
glorie and
our faluation
;
and
ifwe
-doe
beleeue,
though
our vnworthineffes bee neuer
fo
great,yea
though
our faith
bee
neuer
fo
weake and finalI,yet may wee
thereby
be allured
-of
our election and
faluation;
for this
is
Thhn
6:40.
Gods
will,that
l
horoeuer deleeueth in
hie
fonne/hallhaueeuer
and
3.O..
lá
ling
life,,a.s.i r
is
Iohn
640.So
Ioh.
6,-He -that beleeueth
òt
the
fonne
bath
euerlaftinn
life,
But
moll notable
is
that
place
a.Iohn..5.
io,
i,Ioh,5,io
He
that
beleeueth-v9thefanneofGod,hath the
trit-
nere
in
himf
lre
r
that
is,
they
neede
no-other
re.afons
to per-
fwade
thenyhat
the
telliinonywhich God
hath.giuen ofhis,
fonne (namelie,
that
whofoeuer béleeue
in
hinr
fhall
haue
euerlatliug life)is
true; for
they haue
a
full
and fuflûient
aflù-
rance
hereofby their faith.Whofocuer
therefore
can
be
affu-
red
that
they beleeue
in Iefus
Chrift
(as all
may
who
bring
fórtl, the
fruits
offai-th in
fanui
fication
and holines
oflife,or
at
lcafr defile
and endeuour to
ferue-
theLord
in
theduties
of
pietie
and,
righteoufiieffe) they may bee aflùred;nay
they
are
bound
by Gods
expreflè
commandement, vndoubtedlie to
beleeue
that
they
are eleeled
and fhall
bee fáued, becaufe
all
the
proniifes
ofthe-Gofpell
are
made
vnto them
without
any
other condition.
äSeFt.2;
Secondlie, whofoeuer
are
bound
to beleeue
that
Iefus
secondly,
e
Chrifl
is
their
Sartiour
and Fiedeemer,they
are alto
vndoub-
are
ared
that
tedlie to beleeue,and may
all()
bee
allured
oftheir
elee`
lion;
rve
artredee-
but
euery
Chriilian
is
bound by
Gods
expreffe
commande,
went_..