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The
miferable
ellate
oftbofe
who
Haue
not
fo
much
as
a
filets ofgodli-
nefe.
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13'4 O
f
the
means
trherby
we
maybe
of
sred
emir
ele
t
ion.
men
;
it
caufeth
vs
to
hate
as
well one
finite
as
another,
and
that
finne
moil
of
all
into
which
we
are
mofl
prone by
nature
to
fall,though it
bring
neuer fo
much
pleafure
and
profit
;
it
imbraceth
afflioled
godlinefJe
when
it
is
attended
with
Joffe,
pouertic
and fhame,
as
well
as
when
it
is
waited
vpon
with
gaine,pleafiure,and
the
praife
of
men
;
it
is
very charitable in
cenfuring
the faults
of
others,
but
moil
feuere
and
i}ri&
in
iudging
and
condemning
the
firmes
which
our
felues
haue
committed.
And therefore
id
our
fané}ificatien haue thefe
properties,We may
moil
certainly
be
affured
thereby that we
are.ele
&3ed
and
(hall
be
faued
;
but
if
thefe be
wanting, it
is
but
a
counterfeit
holines which affoordeth no
filch
affurance.
Now
if
this be true,w'hat
hope
can
they
haue
who
haue
not
fo
much
as a Phew
of
godlineffe?
how
defperate
is
their flate,
who
euen in
outward
apparance
Phew
nothing
but
wicked
-
neffe
and
prophaneneffe?
if
the
figge
tree which beareth
faire
greene
leaues
be
accurfed,w
hat
curfes,what
mifery and
wret-
chedneffe
are
they
to
beare and
fuffer,
who
haue
not
fo
much
as
leaues,that is,an
outward
profeflion ofgodlii.effe ?IfHerod
be
a
damned wretch
in
hell, who heard
John
the
Baptif} w'il-
lingly,and didmany
things
according
to
his
do6lrine,becaufe
he
nourifhcd
one finne
in
his bofomne;whatfeareful
condem-
nation
are
they
to
expe
&
},
who
contemn
and
negleé
Gods
word,not
thinking it worth
the hearing,and cannot
finde
in
their
harts
to
fubmit
themfelues
to the obedience
of
any
part
thereofneither
will be
brought
to
forfak
e
any one
fin
w
here-
wi th they
are
delighted,till
it
leaue them?
And yet
fuck
is
the
blind
ignorance,
carnal"
fecuritie, and
vaine
prefumption
of
fuch men,that they will
not flicke to bragge that
they
arc
Pure
ofGods
loue,
and
that
they
are elee}ed
to
faluation,
though
there be
no fhew
of
reafon
whereupon they
may
probably
ground their
foolifh perfwafion. But the
truth
is,that
whilefl
they continue
in
this damnable ef}ate,confolation
it
feire
can
not
giue vnto them
any
true
comfort,
for
without
fanaifica-
tion
there
is
no
hope
ofeleetion
or
faluation
:
and feeing
the
Lord
hash
eledled
vs
that
we
fhonldbe
holy,therefore with-
out
holineffe
there
is
no
affurance
that
we
are
ele&ed
:
feeing
he hath fworne
that
all
thofe whom
he
hath
redeemed andfa-
Afed,out
attic
hands
of
their
fpiritual enemies hell,death and
the