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'ioubting
a
fruite
ofvnbe-
leefe
oppofed
voto
faith.
Matth.14.31.
Luk.z
z.z9..
Rom.14.13
,
200
?hïtt
maAbeaffured
of
our
eleETion,
turcs are oppofed one againff the
other;
and
euen
in
refpe}
oftheir
fubie&
they
thus
far
difagree,that
though
they haue
their
fubfif+ence
in
the
fame
fubie
&,yet
not
in
the
fame
part;
that
is,
though
they
be
in the
fame
Iran,
yet
not
in the fame
part,
for
faith
is in
the regenerate and fpirituall
part,
doub-
ting
in
the vnregenerate
or flefhlypart.
Doubting
then
is
no vertue
of
faith,but
oppofed
thereun-
to
as
a
fruite
ofvnbeleefe
;
it
proceedeth
not
from
the fpirit
but
from the flefh,and
as a
fruite
ofthe
flefh
it
is
condemned
in
Gods word,
though
the
Papif+s
highlie
commend
it.
So
Mátth.14.3
I.
our Sauiour reprehendeth
Teter
for
his
doub-
ting
;
O thou
of
little
faith,
wherefore diddeit
thou doubt
?
And
Luk,
i
2.29.
hee
telleth
vs
that
we
muff
not
Eland
in
doubt,or
(ás
the
wordµ
fignifieth)
bee
not
like
vnto
meteors
which
are caried
about
in
the
aire
with
euerie
winde. And
the
Apofile
lames chap.
i.7.
compareth him
that
wauereth
or
doubteth,to
a
wane
ofthe
fea
toff
ofthe
wind and
carried
a-
way.And maul
is fo
farre
from commending
doubting
for
a
vertue,
that
hee
doth not
onely condemne
it
as a
finne
in
it
felfe,but
alto
as
acaufe which maketh
our
aefions which are
indifferent
or good
in
themfelues
to become
finnes. So
the
eating
of
this or
that
meate
is
a
thing
indifferent and lawful!
if
it
be recéiued
with prayer and
thankfgiuing,but yet the
A-
poftle telleth
vs,Rom.i4.23.that
he
who
doubteth
is cödemned
if
he
eate
;
and he
rendreth
this reafon,
becaufe
heeateth
not
of
faith,and
zrhatfoeuerisnot
of
faithisfznne. So
that by
this
hee
fhewth,thathe
who
doubteth,eateth not
offaith;
and
that
whatfoeuer
is
not
'done
of
faith
is
finne.
Seeing
therefore
doubting
is
oppofed vnto
faith, and
is in
it
felfe
not
onely
a
finne,
but
alfo
a
caufe
offinne;
let
vs
not
intertaine
it
though
it
bring
letters commendatorie from the Pope and
all
his
fhauclings;but labour to banifh
it
out
ofour
harts,and
flriue
after faith and
full affurance
ofour eleéion
and faluation in
Chriff
Tefus;
and
though
we find
our
great
vnworthineffe
of
the
leaf+
ofGods
mercies, and cannot
fee
any
reafon.iu our
felucs
why
we
fhould
beleeue
that
wee are
ele6fed
and
fhall
be faced, yet
let
vs
hope
againff
hope, and
beleeue
againfl
beleefe,for
it
is
not
a
thing
left to our
choice
but
inioyned
vs
by