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That
we
may
be
a
f
fured
of
our
eleEEion.
in
his feede
Chrifl. For
Abraham
could
not
bee
iuflified
by
beleeuing that
hee
fhould
haue a
fonne,but
by beleeuing in
the
Meffias
which fhould
come
out
of
his
loines,
by
whofe
righteoufneffe and obedience he fhould be faued.And
there-
Gat
;.16.
fore
the
Apoflle Ga1.3.16. Both appropriate
that
prothife
Cen.si.
i8.
made
vnto
Abraham,
Gen.22.18.
in
thyfeede
fhall
all thenst-
tiolis
of
the
earth
bee
bided, vnto the
promifed
feed
Iefus
Chrifl.
Looke
alto vpon
the
Prophet
Dastid.and
you
flail
fee,that
though
his
faith
was
often fhaken
with doubting,yet
in
it
felfc
it
remained certaine
:
like
a
tree shaken with the
winds,
which
is
not
ouerthrowne,but taketh
more
firme
and
deepe
Pfalm.:3.4.
roote
Pfalm.2
3
,4.
Though
1
wale
through
the
valley
of
the
fbadoli,
of
death,
I
will
feare
no
euill,
for thou
art
with
mee.
So
Pfahn.17.1.
=Pfalm.27
I.
TheLordismylightandmyfiluation
,trhom'hallI
feare
?
The
Lordis
the
frenvh
Of-my
life;
ofa-hom
'ball Ibe a-
fraide?
Neither
had
he
onely
this
affurance in himfelfe,
but
fheweth
that it
is
allo the fiate
ofall
the faithfull,Pfal.i
25.T.
Pfalm.12,5.
t.
They
that
troll
in
the
Lord(hall
bee
as
mount
Sion,-rhich
cannot
be
remoued,but remaineth
for
euer. So
Tobin
the tniddefl
of
his
aflli6tions
fheweth
his certaine affurance
and faith, faying,
Iob
t
;.t
S
Iob
13.1 Loe,though
heè
flay
rnee
yetirill
I
trui
in him:
And
and
t
9.2
5.z6
chap.
i
9.2
5.
I
am
fure that
my
redeemer
liueth,á;id
he
fhallfland
the
laa
on
the
earth. 26.
end
though
after
this
skin,
wormer
dei!roy
this
bodie,
yet
fballI
fee
God
in
my
fle/h,&c.
And
Paul
fpeaking not onelic
of
his
owne
affurance
of
Gods lone, and
euerlaaìng life,but
ofall
the
faithfull,fiith,that
he
is
perfwa-
Rom.8.38.
ded that
nothing
in
the
world
fliould
be
able-
to
feparate
vs from
Gods
loue
m
Chrtfi-,Rom, 8.3 8.
§.Seci.6.
And thus haue
I fhewed,that
faith
is a
certaine
affurance
That fzith
par-
ofGods
loue
and
fauour in Chrift.
Now
I will allo proue
titularly
per-
that
it
particularlie perfwadeth
vs
of
our owne
eleaion
and
faaderh
vs
of
life
euerlafling. For
firfl,
fach
a faith
is
begot
now
in our
ersrelcaiox.
hearts, by the preaching
ofthe
word,
as
was
begot
in
the
hearts
of
men,
by
our
Sauiour
Chrift himfelfe;
for
as
there
is
but
one
God,
fo
there
is
but
one true and iuflifying faith,
Pplef,,,S.
Pphef,4,5
:
but
by
that
faith they were particularly
perfvva-
f
ded
of
the
remiffion
of
their
fumes,
and
confequentlie
of
their