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O
f
the
meaner herby
we
may
be
ffured
of
our
eleEiion.
?'fie vfe
efthr
.gcr
argument
can
be imagined to
make
vs
flee
finnc, and
la-
fit
r
rmer
e.e-
bour
after mortification and
newneffeoflife;whatkeener.
knife
can
be
vfed
to
cut
in
funder
the
cords
ofvanitie,where-
in naturally
we
are
fettered and intangled
;what
(harper ípur
to
prick
vs
forward
in
the
courfe
of
godlineflè, than
to know
and
confider
that by
our fanelification and
holineffe
of
life,.
wee
are
certainly
affured
God
hath
ele&ed. vs,
to be
heires.
ofthe
vnfpeakable ioyes
of
his kin
gdome,
and
that by our
wicknedneffe and
profaneffe we
haue no
lefle
certaine.affu
ranee
that
we
thall
haue our
portion
for
euer in
the
lake
that
burneth with
fire
and
britn11one
?
for
if
wee liue
holly
like
true
Chriílians
on
earth,
wee fliall line happily
like
glorious
Angels
in
heauen
:
but
if
here
we
lie frozen
in
the dregges
of
our
fins,without
any
fenfe
offorrow
for thofcwhich
are paff,
or
at?y.defire.and
purpofe
ofheart to
forfake
them
in
the time
to
corn
we (hall be
thruft
from the
Lord
among(}
the wor-
kers
of
iniquitie,and
thewrath
ofGod
íhall purfue,ouertake
and
confumne
vs.
What
finne
therefore
can
be
fo
plcafant
to
our tafle,which this confideration will
not
make more
bitter
then wormwood? what dutie ofholineffe
and righteoufheffe
fo
difpleafant and
grieuous,which
this
will
not
make
fveete
and delightful)
?
l
Set.ij,
Now that
wee may
not
deceiue
our
felues
with
a
counter
-
Diuers
kifiels
of
feit
holineffe, in (lead
o
true
fanhification,
we are
to know
counterfeit
ho-
that
this
affurance
offaluation,doth not
proceed from euerie
linefe
which
kinde ofholineffe,but from
that
which
is
true and vnfained
:
//lie
ao
alp-
for there
is
an holineffe
ofthe
tongue,feueted
from the
holi-
Ilex
ce
eJ
our.
e=
neffe
of
the
heart,
in
Phew
but not
in
deede,
in rofeffion but.
decion..
p
not
inprali(c;
there
is
an
holineffein performing
outward
duties
of
Gods
feruice,
(-cuffed
from righteoufneffe
towards
our
brethren;
there
is
an
holines
in
leauing
force
or
the
mof}
dunes,
without
any
def.-ire
or purpofe
to
forfake
Tome
oneor
two
fins
by
which
we receiue
greatefi
pleafure or
profit;there
is
an holines'in
tithing mint
and cumtnin, which negle
ð
the waightie things
of
the
law,and
which maketh cleane
the
outfide
of
the platter
&
cup,
leauing the
infide full
of
rapine
and
exceffe;
and
outwardly
maketh
a
glorious golden
thew,
when
as
within
there
is
nothing
but
putrifaeìion
and
rotten
rtes.:
there
is
an holineffe
which
confifteth
in the
pharifaicall
ccnfuring