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Of
the
meane:, whereby
we
may
be
á(f
"ured
of
our
eCeFtiosr.
z g..
CHAP.
IX.
Of
the
meaner
whereby
we
may bea/frsred
of
our
eleCtìon.
Nd
thus
haue
I
proued
that
thofe
whip
are coriuer-
ted
vnto God,iullified,
and
in force meafiire
fan-
The
f,(f
mca::
¿Iified, may
ordinarily
attaine vnto the
affurance
ofbeth
ibio
to
of
their
ele9ion
:
Now
I
will
Phew
the
nseanes
Ghoft.
and fignes.whereby wee maybee thus allured.
The
firfl
and
principali meanes
which
affureth
vs
ofour
eleolion,is
the
in-
ward
tefiimonie
ofGods
fpirit
which'crieth
in our
harts Ab-
Rom.8,1
s,16,
'
ba
father, and
witnefjeth
vnto our
grits
that
we
are
the children
of
God,
as
it
is
Kom.8.i
5.r-6.
Which
teflimonie
it
doter
not
giue by
extraordinarie reuelation,but
by
a
fecret
application
ofthe
promifes
ofthe
Go1pe11
vnto
vs
and by
an
inward co-
operation whereby
it
maketh the outward miniflerie
ofthe
word effe6uall
for the
begetting
of
faith in
vs,
whereby
as
with
an
hand
wee
doe appropriate the generall promifes
of
the word vino
our owne
(clues.
And
when the Miniflers vfe
reafons
to
perfwade
vs
ofGods
loue in
Chrifl,
jr
holy.Ghofl
openeth
our.
deafe cares, and
inlighteneth
our
blind
vnder.
flandings,and powerfully inclineth
our
wils,fo
that
we
may
attentiuelie heare, truely vnderfland,and be
fully affured
of
that truth which
is
delivered,
not
onely
in
refpea
of
the
whole
Churth,but
alto
in
refpea
of
our
felues
particularlie,.
fo
as
we can
fay,I
beleeue
that
thefe promifes
ofGod
are
true,
and
that they belong to
all
the faithfull,
and confequentlie
vnto
me
who do beleeue and amaffured
of
them,fceing they
are prornifed
on no
other condition.
But the tempter
will
obieì,
that
many
through
varnall
V
iuersdife.
prefumption doe perfwade themfelues;
that
all
the
promifes
be
teßrbmor
iex
ofthe
Gofpell doe
belong vnto them,
and therefore.we
may
the
/pint
eafilie
be
deceiued,
not being
able
to
difcerne
betweene
the
and
prefumv-
teflimonie
ofthe
fpirit and
prefumptuous
fecuritie.Ixnfwer,
tutus
ftcItritie,
that
thofe
who
are i'ndued
with
Gods fpirit;
may
eafilie
dif
ecrne
the teflimonie.ofthe
fpirit
from
the
carnall
language
of