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ObieE?ions
aping
the affurance
of
our.
eleEien ozn7rere2...
by
a
doubtfüll feare
of
our
elution,
but
a feare
to
finne, and
a
confci:oiiable;
care öf
auoiding
thole
things
which
are dif-
pleafingin Gods fight;
feare
is
oppofed.tó
carnali fe.
curitie
and hárdnëffe
of
heart,
as
appeareth
in
the
fame place
where
this
is
added,
But
he
that
hardneth
his
heart
fhall
fall
i
r_
to
euill:
as
though
he
fhould
fay,
that
man
is
bic fed
vvhich
feareth
theLord,
for this will
worke
in
hini
a
confcionáble
care
ofáuoiding
finne,
Which
is
odious
in
the
eyes
of
God,
and
of
imbracing
holineffe
and righteoufneffe, which
being
acceptable
unto
God,
hewill reward'
with
eternall bleffed.
neffe
;
but
he
that hardneth
his
heart
and
continneth
in
car
-
nall
fecuritie, runtìeth headlong
into
the euill
of
finne, and
confeqùently
the
euill
of
punif_-iment,
euen euerlafling
con.
,demnation.
Thirdly,
whereas
the Apoflle,
Roma
z.2o.
exhorteth.vs,:
not
to
be
hifh
rninded.but
feare;
he
cloth
'not
meane
that
we
fhould
doubt
ofour
elec`Ttion
and faluation,
but doth
hereby
beate
downe
our fpiritüall pride,
and
opinion
of
our owne
righteòufnefîe and holineffe, whereby we
are
ready
to
infult
ouer
the
Imes,
as
though
we were
chofen
and
preferred
be-
fore
them;-for fome excellencie
or
worthinefhe in
our
felues,
and
fo
derogate from
the
free
grace-
and goodneffe
of
God,
whereby
he
bath
chofen
vs
without
anyrefpe61
of
our
de-
-fens.
And that this
is
the meaning
of
thefe
words,
appea-
1
eth
in
the
eighteenth
verle, 'where he
vvilleth
the
Gentiles
not
to boatl
themfelues
againfl the
Iewes
who
were
the na-
turall
branches.
Neither
doth the
Apoflle
write
this
to the
faithfull'onely,
but
to the wholeChurch
of
the Gentiles,
in
which
were many hypocrites and
carnali
men, who
conten-
ting
themfelues
with
a
bare name
of
Chriftians,would infult
ouer the Iews,whom
God
had call
offfrom
being
his
Church
and
people;
whom he
warneth,
not to
be puft
vp
in
pride,
as
though
ih this
refpea
their
(late were
moll
fecure
and
out
of
all
danger; for
as
(faith he)
they
were call
off for their
infide-
litie,
euen when
they were
natural! branches,
fo
(hall you
much more
be
teieaed,who being
wilde branches were
graf.
ted
in
their
places
(that
is,called
to be
the members
ofthe
vi-
fible
Church)ifyou
continue in
the like
infideli;y,contenting
your