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That
we
may
beatt
redofouxeleEliov.
1.07
before him
?But the
Apoflie
faith,
that
by faith
we haue
this
boldnefié and confidence,and therefore
it
followeth
that
we
may
be
affured
that
we haue
faith
and
repentance,and there-
by
may
certainly
be perfwaded
of
Gods
loue and
of
our par
ticular
elee1ion,__
.Fourthly,that
we
may certainly be
affixed
ofour
it
maybe
proued by
an
argument
drawne from
the doelrine
the
fourth
ar.;
and
vfe
of
the Sacraments;
for the
Lord hath
added to the
Qument,drawn
couenant
of
grace,
his Sacraments
as
feales,
not to
confirme
from
the
do-
Gods
promifes
in
themfelues,.which.are
fo
vndoubtedlie
éírinea;rdvft
true
thatthey
neede
no
confirmation,
but
to
flrengthen our
of
the
sacra
faith in
this
full
alfurance
that
they
belong
particularly
vnro
menu,
..
vs.
For whereas
in
the
word the
promifes
ofgrace
and falua-
tion
are
generally propounded to
all
beleeuers;
in
the
vfe
of
the
Sacraments,
they
are
particularlie applied
to
eúery
wor-
thie receiver;
to the end that
all
doubting being
remooued,:
they
may
certainlie_
bee
affured
that
all
the
promifes
of
the
Gofpel
doe
belong
particularly-vnto
themfeluesNovv
ifthe
Lord
would
haue
vs
doubt
ofour
eleetion and
fàluati:on,
and
if
this
doubting
were
a
verne of
faith,,
asthe
Papifls
teach,.
then
Purely
there
were
no vfe:ofthe
Sacraments;for
the word
is fiifficient
tobeget
that
generali faith
which
is
mixt
with
doubting;
and
the
Sacraments
which
doe
further
affure
vs
and
applie
vhto
vs
Gods
promifes,
would
be
rather hurtfull
than profitable,becaufethey
take away
doubting,
which
is
a
vertue
oftheir
faith.But
we
are
otherwife
infirued
by
Gods
truth,
namely,
that
the
Lord
would
not
haue
vs
doubt
ofhis
promifes
:
and.
therefore
hee
hath not
only written
his cone
-
nant,bùt
alfo
hath
confirmed
it
by
his feale,
and
bath therby
particularly,
appliedit to the
vfe
and benefit
of
euery
one
-
who
receiueth
it
by
the hand
ofa
liúely
faith,
that
there may
be
no
place
left
to doubting.
And hence
it
is
that
the
Sacra
-
anent
ofCircumcifion
iscailed
the,
e
1e
ofthé righteous
;efJe
of
R0'114.11.
faith,Rom.4.i
i
,
becaufe
thereby
as
by
a
Peale
Abraham was
confirmed
in
the
truth
of
Gods.procnifes, and affared
that':
the
righteoutheffe
offaith,th3at
is,the
righteoufnes ofChrif
+,
who
was
the
promifed feede,did
belong vhto
him. And an-
f
i'terable
to
this
Sacrament
is
$aptifine,,
Wherein
Chrifl<and
all..