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o
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That
we
may
be
a
f
tred
of
our
ele¿lron.
vSre
haue boldnefl'e and entrance
with
confidence
(not by
ex
traordinarie reuelations,
but) by
faith in
Chrif}
:
which
full
afuûrance,boldneffeand confidence we could
not
haue,if
we
were notaffured
of
Gods
lone and
our
eleo`}ion,
butremai-
ned
doubtfuIl
whether
we were
beloued
of
God
and
ele-.
fed
or no.
To
thefe
names
and propertiesoffaith,we
mayadde force
plaine
tef}imonies
of
Scriptures,
which
cleerely
Phew
that
faith.
is
not
a
doubtfull
hope
,
but
a
certaine perfwafion.
t.I0h.3.14.
I
.Iohn 3.14. The
Apofile
fai
ch,that
we
know
that
we
are
tran
-.
flared
from
death
toltfe
(not byreuelation
but)
becar'
eloue
the
brethren;
he
doth not
fay
that
we
know
that
we fhall
be;
but
that
we
are
tranflated from death to life, to note the
cer
-'
tainty
oîthis
knowledge
and perfwafìon.
Itom.S.2.
the
A-
-Rom.
53.
pofllefaith,
that.
by
Christ
n-eh
tue
acceffethrouçh
faith
unto
Gods trrace,
Veherein
reef
and
and
rejo;ce
vnder
hope,
or,
as
the
word
fignifieth,
glory
and triumph vith
ioy
fo
that
we
doe
not
wauer
and flogger,.
but
(land
firmely
through
faith
;
we
doenot
feare
and
rnncroufly
hope,
buteuen
glory
and
tai--
umphe
in
our
reioycing: layingwith the Apofile,Rom.8.
z
3
Rom.8.3 4.34.
mho
¡hall
lay any
thin
to
thecharge
of
Gods
chofen
?it
is God that-
35.38-
iuThifieth.
34,
who(hall
condemne
?
it
is
Christ
chick
is
dead:
yea;orratherwhich
is
rifen
againe,n<ho
isalfo
at
the
ri
J
hand
of
God,and
mað
request alto
for
vs.
35.
who (hall
c'h
feparate
vs
from
the
loue
of
Chris`t,&c.
So,that though
our
firm
es
be
ma:-
nifold,our
vnworthineffe
great,and
our faith wcake; yet
ifit
be
true,
it
may alto be certaine in the aflùrance
of
Gods
loue
and our
elegy
}ion
:
becaufe
it
is
not
grounded
on our
worthi-
neffe,but
vpon
Gods
free iuf
}ifying and
accepting
of
vs, as
Hebr.6.18.
righteous
in
Chrif},and vpon Chrifis death,refurree-lion,and
interceflion for
vs
unto
God
his
father;
which
is
a
moll
fine
foundation
that
cannot
faile.
Iu
deede
if
our
faith and the
anchor
ofour
hope,did
pitch,ref
},and
fallen
it
felfe,vpon
the
light
and
hollow
fonds
of
our
owtne
merits
and worthineffe;
the (urging
\\'aues
and
boyf}crous
blaf
}s
of
Satans
temptati-
ons,would
difanchor
and
toffe
vs
too
and
fro, till at length
we fhould
make
fhipwracke
ofour
faith,agair_f
}the
rocks
of
defpaire:
but
feeing we take
hold.and
ref}
vpor.
the
firme and
Pure
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