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That
Gods
fpi-
rit
trftifrctb
that
we
are
the
tönnes of
God.
P,om.2
45'
.16,
ái
2
7"
at
ÿ
óds
f
j;irit
affureth
vs
of
cur el
&6tio
r.
confequentlie whatfoeuer this
al-
knowing
true and faithfull
witneffe
teíiifieth,
wee
are
vndoubtedlie to
beleeue
as
being
molt
lure and certaine.
If=
Angell
fent from heauen
fhould°
affare
vs
from
God
that
wee are
eleed,
euen
the
Papifis
themfelues
could
not
denie,
but that
wee
might
bee allured
thereofby
fuch a
reuelation
without
any
manner.
of
doub-
ting
:
but
the
tef }imonie
ofGods
Spirit
witnef1ìng
to
our
fpi-
rits
that
we
are
the
fonnes
ofGod,
is
fo
much more certaine
and
without
exception than
the teílimonie
of
Angels,as
the
Spirit
ofGod
better knoweth
the..
counfels
ofGod
than
An
-.
gels,
as
it
excelleth
them
in
truth
and
faith,
as
the
tef}imo-.
nie which
is
imprinted,
in
the
heart
is
more
firme
then
that
which
is
fpoken
in
the eare, which may
eafilie
be
forgotten.
And therföre
if
by their doeirine we
might
be
affured
of
our
ele
&ion
by
the
extraordinarie reuelation
ofan Angell; then
much more
certainely may
wee
bee
affured
hereof
by the
or-
dinarie
teiliinonie
ofGods
Spirit
which
he.witneffeth
in
the
hearts
and consciences
of
the
faithfull.
The propofition
being manifea,let
vs
prooue
the
affump-
tion;
which containeth
two
branches;
firfithat
the
fpirit
of
God
te(lifieth
to our fpirits,that
we
are
the
fonnes
of God;
and
fecondlie
Both fullie
affure
vs
of
this
teflimonie
that
it
is
tnaf}
vndoubted
true
;
both
which
are
manifefi by.
Gods
word.
Fir('
that Gods
Spirit
giueth this teflimonie
in
the
hearts
of
the faithfull,it
is
euidentRom.8.i
5.16.
For
ye
haue
not
receiued
the
fpirit
o
fbondaáe
to
feare
again
,
but
ye
haue
re-
reiued the
fpirit
ofadoptionlvherebÿ
irecrre
abba
father:
the
fame
fpirit
bearer
hwitne
/feunt&
our
fp:rit, that
ive
are
the children
of
God.
So
Ga1.4.6.
Becaufeye
are
fonnes ,God
bathfeet
forth
the
fpirit
o
f
his
fon
into
your
hearts
which
crieth
abba
father.
Which
places
doe
fo
euidently proue this
point,
that
there
needs
no
more
reafons or
allegations;
for
fiat
he excluded'
the
fpirit
of
bondage,
which
like
the Papif
}s
faith
caufethvs to
feare
and
doubt
of
our
eleo`
lion
and
faluation;
and
then
bee tel-
leth
vs
that
wee haue receiued
the
fpirit
of
adoption,
which
beareth
witneffevntQ our fpirit
that
wee
are
the children
of
God.
Scondly,bccäufe
We
Are
exceeding weakc and
the
graces
r.