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That
fprit
aureth vt
ofeter
221
CHAP..
VIII.
7'he
laf
argurnentgrounded
upon
the
tef
isno-
'1Zie
o
f
Gods
f
irit.
Af}lie,whatfoeuer
the
Spirit
ofGod
doth
tef}ifie
in
4
Sea.
i
the heart and
confcicnce
ofa
man,
and
doth
fullie
affure
him
thereof,
that
he
is
to
beleeue,and
of
that
he
ought
vndoubtedly to be
affured,:
but
the Spirit
of
Cod
cloth
te(lifie
to
the faithful',
and
doth
fullie
affure
them
that
they
are
the
fonnes-ofGod by adoption
and
grace, and
con
-
fequentlic
that
they
are elc6}ed
;
for none
are
the
fonnes
of
God
but
thofe who
are predef}inate
to
be
adopted
through
Iefus
Chrif
},
as
it
is
Ephef.i.5.
and therefore the
faithful
are
Ephcf.
i.2.
to
beleeue, and
ought
vndoubtedlie to
be
affured
that
they
are the
Tonnes
ofGod
ele
&ed
to
euerlaf}ing
life.
The
prop--
fìtion ismanifef
};
for
what
more certaine
truth
can
be
ima-
gined,than that
which the Spirit
ofGod
witneffeth
veto our
spirits, and confirmeth
vino
vs,
feeing
all
the properties re-
quired in
a
truc
witnefle, doe
concurre in
him
in
the
highea
degree,
namelie
knowledge,
truth,
and faithfulneffe?
for
knowledge
hee
isinfinit and knowcth
all
things,euen the
e-
ternall councell,and
decree
ofGod
concerning
our
eleion,
asappeareth
i..Cor.z.to.
Thef
trit
fearcheth
all
thtn
-s
euen
t.tor.a.to,a
the
deepe
thtngs
of
God
;
and
this
fpirit
doe
wee
recesue
that
Wee
"nay
knoll,
the
things
that
are
piuen to
vs
of
God.As
it
is verf..
t
2.
What
fitter
w
itucffe
therefore
can
bee
imagined
in
this
re-
fpea
than
Gods Spirit,who
wholly and only
knolveth
al
his
secret counfailes
?
In
refpeél
of
truth
hee
is
moll true,
yea
truth
it
felfe,
and
in
regarde
hereof
hee
is
called the
fpirit
of
troth
which
leadeth
vs into
all truth.
lob.'
6.1
3
.
And there-
Iohn
fore
as
in refpeSt
of
his
knowledge
hee
cannot bee decei-
ued,fo
in
rcfpe&ofhis
truth
hee
cannot
deceiuejn.refpea
of
faithfiilneffe hee
is
moll
faithfull and
iu.if
in
alibis
waies,Pfal.
Pf3lm.r45
17.
145.17.
1.Cor.9.
efpcciallie
in
his
word;
for
his
to
itmonie r.Cor.t,9.
is
fore
as
it
is,
Pfal.
t 6.7. and
therefore
he
cannot lie,neither
Plalm.19.7.
will
hee conceale
the
truth
for any
tefpeCI
of
perfOns;
and
P
2
confequently