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A.
That
we may be
afitred
of
our
elation.
2o3-
lure anchor-
hold
,Chriít Iefus
his merits and righteoufneffe.r
'well
may the tempefls
of
Satans
temptations
(hake
vs,
but
they
(hall ncuer
remoue
vs
from our
firme
hold
and certaine
affura.nce
which
we
haue
in
Chria
;
becaufe wee
apprehend
him;nay
rather,
are
apprehended
or
taken hold
of
6y
him,
as
the
Apolile fpeaketh,
Phil.3,
z
2.
Al
n no
Stan
(no not
thewhole
power ofhell)is
able to plucke
vs
out
o
f
his hands,
as.
our
Saui-
our fpeaketh,
Iohn
zo28.For
though
they be
mightie
to de-
ftroy, yet-Chrír
is
almightie
to
fuse,
as
it
is
Efa.63.
z .
and
ther-
fore
let
vs
not
fuffer
our
foules
to be
racked betweene hope
and
feare
;
but let varruîrperfet1ie
on
thegracc
that
is
brought
f
unto vs
by
the reuelation
of
leftu Chriß,
as
the
Apofile
exhor-
teth,t.Pet,i.i3.
La(llie,
that
we may
bee
mof}
certaine
of
this certainty-of
faith,we
wil adde
to
there
tefhinonies,fome
examples
ofbe-
leeuers
mentioned
in Gods word.
And
firfi
let
vs
confider
the faith
of
Abraham:which
was
not
wauering and doubt
-
full,butmopt
certaine &
affured;for
aboue hope
he
beleeued
vnder hope, and
hee was
not
weake
in
faith, neither did
he-
doubt
of
the
promife
of
God
.
through
vnbelee.fe,
but
was
flrengthened
iu
thefaith,
and gaue
glorievnto God,
being.
fullie affured
that
hee
which
had promifed was able
toper-
forme
it;
and therfore
it
was
imputed vnto him for
righte-
oufneffe
;
as
the
Apoflle
fetteth
it downe, Rom.4.
i
8.19.2x.,
21.22.
Now,
Abraham was
noroniy
a
bare
beleeuer,but
the.
father
of
the faithfull; neither
was
his faith
propounded
vnto
vs as
a.
wonder.
.to
admire
at, but
as
an
example for
all
his
.
fonnes
to
imitate..And
therefore
it
is
faid,verf:23.
That
this
is not
written
for
him
onely
that
his
faith.was
imputed
to
him
for
righteonfneffe.
24.
Batt
aifo
for
vs
to wham
it
¡ball
be
imputed
for
ri7hteorrfheffe,wineb 6eleeue
in him,
who
hath
rail
d
vp
Iefu
our.
Lord
from
the
dead.
But
it
may be
obie6ted,
that
Abraham is,
not
raid
here
to
beleeue thus certainelie
his ovine
ele6-tion
or
faluation, but that
he
fhould
haue
a
fonne,and.become
a
fa-
ther
of
many nations_:
I
anf
though
this
were
the next
and immediate
obied
ofhis faith,yet
this
wasnot
the chicle
and
principall
;
but
the promife
of
bleffedneffe
and happi
-,
ueffe,ijvhich
was
made
to him and
al
the nations
of
the
earth,.,
in
Phil.;,
r2:
lohn
ro,iS.
Ela
63.r.
i,
Pet.
i.
r3.
g.Seci. 5:
The
certaintie
of
faith,proo-
uedbytheex-
amples
o
fbe-
leeners.
Rom,4.18:19:
20,21,22,2k,