236 / 772
.A
o3
7hat
lie
may
ee
affured
of
our
election,
all
the
gracious promifes
of
life
and
faluation made
in
him,
arc
particularly
applied
to
the partie
baptized
;
and therfore
the
Apofile faith,-that
all
that
are
baptized into Chrifl
haue
'Gallath.3.27.
put
on
Chrifl,Gal.3.27.where the
Apoflle compareth
Chriíl
to
a
garment,`
\hick
by
the hand
of
faith
is
put on by euery
particularbeleeuer.
So
in the
adminiflration
of
the Lords
Supper,the
bread and
wine
is
particularlie deliuered vnto
all
the communicants,to
fignifie
unto
them,that.euery
one
who
firetcheth forth
the hand
of
faith
doth
receiue
Chrifl and
all
his benefits,whereby
his foule
is
nourifhed
vnto
euerla
-.
fling
life.
Whofoeuer
therfore hath faith,he
maybe
affured
that
he
receiueth
Chrifl;andwhofoeuer receiueth Chrifl, he
may
be
affured
of
his
election and
faluation
;
for
to as
many
as
Iohn
r.x
.
receiue him,
to
them
hegiueth
power to be
the
fonnes
of
God :
and
who
are
thofe
?
euen thole
that
beleeue in
his
name,
as
it
is
Iob.
Iohn
6.54
47.
LT
2.
And
who
roeuer
eates his
fiefl)
and
drinkes his blood
hall
eternalllife,as
our Sauiour
faith,Ioh.6.54. Now
if
we
would
know how
we feede
vpon
him,it
is
by
the
mouth
of
faith,as
he
expoundeth himfelfe,verf.47.
4.Se8.8.
Fiftly,whatfoeuer weare bound to
pray
for; that
we may
The fifth argu-
be
allured
of,náy
we
ought
fledfaflly
to
beleeue
that
we
fhal
ment
taken
receiue
it
:and
this
is
euident,I.Ioh.5.i4.
This
is
the affurance
from
prayer,
that
wee
haue
in him,
that
if
wee
aske
any
thing according
to
his
1.1°11.5.14.1S'.
will
he
heareth
vs.
15.
And
i
f
we
know
that
he
heareth
vs
what
-
focuer
we
aske,wee
knot
that
wee
haue the petitions
that
we
haue
defred
of
him.And
the
Apofile
lames
would
haue
vs
to
aske
i,
Ivlatth.6.is.
faith
without
wauering,that
is,not doubting
to
receiue
that
we
aske.
But wee
are
taught
to
pray
for
the
remiflìon
ofour
fins:
and therefore
wee
are
certainly
to
beleeue
that
our
finnes are
remitted,and
confequentlie
that
we
are
iufliñed, called, ele-
Rom,S.
;o.
¿ed,and
(hall
be
faued
;
for
whom he
didprebfitinate,thern
alfa
he
called,and
whom
he
called,them
alfo he
íuf
ifted,
and
whom
hee
ittftified,them
al(s
heglorií
ed,
as
it
is
Rom.8.3
o,
Sixtly,whatfoeuer we
profeffe in
the Articles
ofour
faith,
The fìxth
argu-
that
we
fhould beleeue,and
of
that
we may
and
ought
parti-
nnent
taken
cularlie
to
be allured:
but
cuery man profeffeth
that
he belee-
from
the
eon-
ueth the
retaiflion offinnes and
life euerlaflinc,
that
is,
that
Mon
ofour
the Lord
Both
not
onelie forgiue finne, and graunteth vnto
faith,
Tome