237 / 772
4.
That
we
may
beaffuredofourcl
Mon;
tog
'fotrte.the fruition
ofeuerlafling
lift,
for
this;
the
dittels
be-
leeue
as
well
as
we,but
alto
that
he
doth
particularly forgiue
me my
finnes,and
that
he will make me
an
heire
of
eternall
happineffe
:
for
this
is
the
nature
offaith,to
afire
vs
certain
-
Iie
and
particularlie
of
that
which we beleeue,
as
we.haue
(hewed; and
therefore
we
ought
particularly to be
affured
of-
the
remiffion
ofour
finnes,and
that
wee
fhall
attaine unto e-
uerlafling life,and confequently
that
wee are
eleóìed,feeing
none
enioy
it
but
Gods
chofen. But
it
maybe obieeled,that
ifeuerie
one bee
bound
to beleeue
as an
article
ofhis
faith
that
his
fins
are
forgiuen,and
that
hee
is
an
heire
ofeuerla-
..
fling life,then
force are
bound to
beleeue
that
which
is
falfe,
for
thofe
who
liue and die
in
their
fins
without repentance,
fhall neuer obtaine either the
one or
the other.
I
anfwere,
that
wee are
not bound
to beleeue,
being
deflitute
ofa
true
and
a
liuelie
faith,
for
this were rather fondlie to
prefittnc,
than
furely
to
bee perfwaded
ofthe
promifes
of
the
Gofpell,
but
wee are
frfl
bound to
haue
a
true
liuelie and
iuflifyiná
faith,and
fo
to
beleeue and
applie
vino
our
felues
the
pronti-
fes
ofthe
Gofpell;
but
thofe
that
liuc in
their
finnes
without
repentance, they
arc
altogether
deflitute
of
true
faith,which
whcrefoeuer
it
is
purifieth
the
heart,
and worketh by loue,
moouing the beleeuer to endeuour and
flrine
to
mortifie his
corruptions, and
to
rife
from
the death offinne
to
newneife
of
life
:
and
therefore
well may
they
fecurelie
prefume,but
it
is
impotfible
that
they
fhould truly
belecue,becaufe
they
are
vtterlie
deflitute
ofa
liuelie
faith,and
where the
caufe is
not
the
effe6I
cannot
follow
:and
confequently for their infideli-
tie
they
arc
fubieÌ
to
eternall plagues and punifhmenrs,
be-
caufe
they doe
not that
which they
are
bound
to
perforate.
Neithermull
we
think
that
cuery
kind offaith,or rather
eue-
rie fond perfwafion
offaith
is
enioyned
vs,
but
fuch a
faith
as
is
grounded
vpon
Gods
word; but
the
word
ofGod
doth
teach vs,that
rrho'euer
lime
in
thefleJh
cannot plus
fe
God,and
if
11°111-8A13'
the lime
after
the
f
efh
we
fhalldie,Rom.8.8.
i
3.
That
the
vnr'{h-
L'
C°"6.9.
teams
fhall not
inherit
the
hingdome
o
f
Cl
od,
i
.Cor.6.9.That
the
workers
ofiniquitiefliafiliereieb
ledofChrif, Matth.8.23.
And
Mar.7.23.
that
no
vncleane thing,stor
tvhatfoeuer rrorketh abomination
and
Reuel. 2t.27.
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