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=.t S.
and 16.8.9.
2
ro
That:
e
may
6e
a
f
Bred
of
our eletl
:om
lies
faall
enter
into the
kngdame
or
hearten,
Reucl.2
1.27. And
therefore thofc who hue
in
the flesh, thofe
who
are
workers
ofiniquitie,
vnrighteous
and vncleane,in which ranke
are
at
thofe who
liue in
their
fins
without
repentance, fulfilling
the
kits
of
the flefh,and falling-continually
into
finne
with plea-
lure and
delight,are not bound
fiinplic
and abfolutely
to
be-
leeue,
fo
long
as
they
refolue
to
continue
in this (late, for
fa
íhouldtheybe boundto
beleeue
that
which
is falfe
and
re-
pugnant
to
Gods
word
;
but
they
are
bound
to
haue
a
true
faith,which
being wrought
in
their
hearts
wil
moue them
to
forfake
their
firms
by vufained repentance,
to hunger
after
righteoufhes, to endeuour to
fcrue
the Lord
in
holineffe
and
newneflè
of
life,
and
fo
beleeue
in
Chrif+ as
their
Sauiour
and Redeeemer,which fruits
if
our
faith bring not
foorth,we
cannot be
affured
that
we haue true
faith,or do
truly beleeue.
For
though
in
nature faith
be before
repentance,yet
in
our
fcnfe
and feeling
italwaies
followeth it
:
neither doth faith
euer foundly and
truly
perfwade
vs
of
Gds
loue,til
we haue
sorrowed
for
our
finnes,
and
at
leaf+
in
purpofe
ofheart
haue
forfaken
them.
So
that whofoeucrliueth
(fill
in his
fins
with
pleafure and
delight,
and
yet
beleeueth
that
he
is
eledcd
to
faluation, and
that
he
is
in
Gods fauour,and
(hall
continuing
in this
(late be made an heire
ofeternall
life,hc
is
not induct'
with
true faith,
but
with
fond pre(ïtmption and carnali
fecu-
rity,which
maketh him to beleeue
that
which
is
falle
and re-
pugnant
to
Gods word.
Though
then
all
men,euen carnall
worldlings
and reprobates
are
bound
to belceue,and
becaufe
they
doe
not,
are
4ubie61
to condemnation,
as
committing
a
great
and
fearefull finne
as
appcareth
loh.3
.
r.
8-
.and
i
6.8.9.
where
our Sauior
faith,
that the
holy
GhoflJhowld
rep
roue the
world
of
mn;ie,becuufe
they
beleeue
not
in him :
yct they
are
not
bound to
beleeue
continuing
in
their worldlineífe,and
refol-
ning
to
goo on in
their
finnes,
for
fuch a
faith
were
but
fond
prefumption
;
but
they
are
bound
fó
to
beleeue
as
that
thcir
faith
may
be
grounded
upon
Gods word,
which
it
can neuer
poffibly
be
if
it
be
fettered
front true repentance,and
for
want
of
this faithxhey are
condemned..
CHAP.,