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Morn
to di
fcerne
the te,insony
of
the
fpirit
from
prefunption.
true
2nd
liuely
faith,
nor
bring
foorth
any
fakes
thereofina
holy and Chriflian
life,
they
haue
neither
faith nor
Gods
fpi-
rit
:
and therefore
if
they
hate
any
perfvvafion
of
their
ele-
dtion and
faivation;it
is
not the teflimony
of
Gods fpirit,but
their owne
phantafic,
and
a
vaine opinion arifing from
car
-
nall
fecuritie and
prefumption.
;.Sec`a.6.
Secondlie, the teflimonie
ofGods
Spirit
may .hereby
bee
;4nother means
knowne:
firfl;
in that
it
throughly
perfw
adeth the faithful
of
to dilce,ne
the
:their
eleótion and faluation
;
iecondly,b
y
the manner
ofper-
teflimonteof
fwading
them;
thirdly,by the
effe
&s
ofthis
teflimonic and
the
fpirit,
perfwafion.For
the firft,thc fpirit
ofGod
doth
not
only giue
this bare teflimonic
that
wce
are ele6
ed,
adopted,
and shall
be
faued
:
but
all()
doth fulliepetfwade
vs
hereof,as
being
a
thing
moll
certaine:and
without
qucflion.So
i.Cor.2.I2.the
t.Cor.z.iz.
Apolfle
faith that
wee
haue
received
the
fpirit
of
God,
tat
twee
might
know
the things
that
are
',Time?'
to
vs
of
God.And
Fphef.
T.
Eph.i.i718.
17.18.Godsfpiritis
called
the
(
iritofry
'Ioa.eandrevelation,
which
cloth
inlghten
the
eies
of
o
:.r
vn
lerf
a
ding,
that
we
ar+
ht
k:uv
what the
Jupe
is
ofhic calling,
and trhat
the riches
of
his
glorioaas
inheritance
is in
the
Saints
;
and
lbhat
is
the
exceeding
greatneßè
ofhispo-ver,
particularly
towards
vs that
beleeme,ac-
cording
Ito
the
working
of
his
m
ghtie
power.So
the Apofll
e
Jahn
t.Iohn.
;.z4,
faitb,
hereby
zre
knoll:,
that
Chris
abideth
to
vs,
eisen by
the
rpirit
which
he
path
gikien
vs,
i.Ioh.3.24.So that
we
maybe
affured_
that
we haue
Gods
fpirit,
.&
therby
be
throughly
perfwaded
that
Chrifl dwelleth
in vs,and
consequently
that
we
are
ele-
and
4.13.
&ed
and (hall
bee faced. And
chap.4.I
3.
Mereby
know
ire
that
we
dLr
ell
in
him
and
he in vs.becau(2 he
bathgincn
vs
o
f
his
spirit.
And
the Apoflle
Paul
by ÿ fpirit
ofGod
was
fo fledfaflly
a;f-
fared
ofGods
loue,that
beeprofeffeth bee was
firmely per
-
ìotn.S,
0.39.
(waded
that nothing
could feparate him from
it,
Rom.8.3
8,
39.8o .that the fpirit
ofGod
throughlyperfwadeth
the
faith-
full
that
they
are elected and (hall bee faced
;
whereas
the
wicked
who-are
deflitute
ofGods
fpirit,may
`vel
haue a
fond
opinion and
a-foolifh
conceit,that
they
are
highlie
in
Gods
loue
and elected to faluation,
through
carnali fecuritie
and
wine
preftimption;
but
they
are
neuer
throughly
perfwaded
hereof;
for when
any
affli6tion
of
bodie
or
ininde is
infli6led
on