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Raw
to
aifcerte
the
te/fimonie
of
Gods
S/firit
from
prefunsp.
217
ele
&ed,adopted
and (hall
bee
faued, from our owne
phanta-
How
tree may
fees
caufed
through
carnali fecuritie
and
vainc refum
tion,
difcer>re
tbete-
g
p
p
ßrmonie
of
And
to this end
we
are
to
know,
that
the preaching
of
the
Godsfp:rrt
Gofpell
is the
mini
ff
erie
or
the ÌPirit,
whereby
wee are
fealed
from
our
own:
and confirmed
in
the
aflurance
of
our
fal
uation,as appeareth
prefumrtion
_.Cor.3.6.
And
hence
it
is
that
the preachers
of
the
Gofpell
LoT
3
6.
are called
the
A1ìnif/
ers
by
whom
the
people
beleeue,
i .Cor.3.5.
And the
words
of
the
Gofpell
are
called
by
our Sauiour
Chrift
fpirit
and
/ifs',
becaufe
it
is
the minifterie
of
the fpirit
which quickneth
vs,as
it
is
Ioh.6.63.
And Ga1.3.2.the
Apo-
Iohn
6.63.
file faith
that
wee haue
receiued the fpirit by the
hearing
of
Gal.3.1.
faith, that
is,
the
do6Ìrine
offaith
preached
in
theminiftery
ofthe
Gofpell.
Iftherefore
the teftimonie
offaluation
in
the
mindes
ofthe
faithfull,
be conceiued by
the
preaching
ofthe
Gofpell
applied
vnto them by faith,then
is
it
moil certainly
the
teftimonie
of
Gods Spirit;
for
the inward teftimonie
of
Gods
fpirit
is
not
different from
the outward tefiimonie
of
the
word;
but
if
this perfwafîon be
not
grounded
vpon
Gods
word,as theirs
is
not
who
perfwade theinfelues
that they
are
eleaed,adopted,
and (hall bee faued,
notwithftanding
that
they
liue
in
their
finnes
without
repentance,making
no
con
-
fcience
of
their
waies,
nor indeauouring
to
ferue
the
Lord
in
holineffe and righteoufneffe
oflife;
then
is
it not the tefli-
,inonie
ofGods
Spirit,
but
a
prefumptuous phantafie,
and
a
fecure and carnal!
imagination
:
for
the
teftimonie
ofGods
Spirit
in
the
confcience,
is
the
fame
with
the teflimonie
ofthe
word,
and therefore
it
doth
not
beate
witneffe
nor
giue any affurance
that
they
are
fatted,
which
Gods word
pronounceth
to
bee
in
the
Gate
of
damnation
.
When
therefore
this
teftimonie
is
giuen in
a
faithful"
man, and
agreeable
to Gods
word
;
it
is
the
teftimonie
of
the
Spirit
which fealeth
vs
in
the
full aflurance
of
that
wee
beleeue
according to
that Ephefians1.r3. Where the
Apoftle
faith,
Ephef.r.r
/.
that
after
the faithfullhad
receiued the
word
oftruth,
eaten
the
Gofpeliof
their
faluation, and
beleeued
therein,
they were
pa-
ledwith the
holyririt
o
f
promt(. But thofewho
make
nocon-
fcience
of
hearing
the
Gofpell preached, and when
they
beare
it,
doe
not
beleeueit,
nor
apply
it to
themfelues
by
a
true