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Òbiè7ions
agaihf
the
stfurance
of
our
elegton
nfrered.
exa&
obedience
as
can
be
found
in
no
man
liuing;for
he
that
Iam.a.io.
bEit
once
breaketh
but
one
commandement,
is
guiltie
of
all,
as
it
is
Iam.2.I
O.
And therefore
it behoued
the Apofile
and
all
others, not to
feeke for iuflification in themfelues
and
their
ovine righteoufiicfl'e,but
in
the
righteoulheffe
and
obe.
dience
ofChrift,which
wee may
boldly
prefènt before
Gods
exact
iudgement
feate,
and there bee
accepted
as
righteous,
And
of
this
iut}ification
the Apofile
fpeaketh,
not doubt-
fullie or
tirnoroufly,but boldly and certainly,Rom.5.i.Being
Rom.I.t.a,
iuflifiad
by
faith,
tree
haue
peace
towards
God
through
our
Lord
lefuu Chrifl.
z.Tsy
lìjhom
alfo
we
haue accefe
through
faith
veto
his
grace
u-herein
me
f
and,and
reioyce
vnder
the
hope ?film,
glory
of
Cod.So
Roni,8.3
3.
who
ß,a11
lay
any
thing
to
the
charge
of
Rom8.3
3
Clods
cho
fen
?
it
is
God
that
iuTl
ifieth.
3
4.
Who
fhall
condemne?
it
is Chrifl
who is
dead,
yea rather:which
is
rifen
againe,&c.
4.
Sea. 8.
Moreouer, they
óbie6
thefe places
to
moue
vs
to doubt
of
loci
z.
q,
our
e1eó
ion and
faluation.loel.2.14.who
lnoweth
if
he
will
re-
Amos
5.115,
turne
and
repent
;
and Amos
5.i
5.
It
maybe
that
the Lord
God
ofbofis
willbe
merciful
veto
the
remnant
oflorph.And Ion.3.9.
Tonas.3,9.
Who
can
t
ell
if
God
will
turne and
repentaand
turne
away
from
his
_fearce
wrath
that
wee
perifli
not
?
To
which I anfwere,that the
Prophets
in thefe places doe
not
fpeake
ofthe eleáion
or
e-
ternal
fah
ation ofthofe that
truly
repent,but
oftheir
deliue-
ryfrorn outward
affliEtions,and
temporary calamities
threat-
ned
againfl them for their
Tnnes:
which
fometirnes
the
Lord
doth
infli& on his
children after
their
true repentance,either
for
their
chaflifement,
that
they may thereby hate
fin
for
the
time to
come,when they
feele
the fmart
ofit;
or
elfe
for their
trial!
:
and
fometitnes alto
the Lord
after hee
hash
threatned
them
againfl the wicked, doth
noty
ithf}anding
hold backe
his hand,and
as
it
were put
vp
hisfxord of
iuflice
againe
in-
to
the fcabberd, which hee had drawne
out
to punifh their
fnnes,
vpon
their outward humiliation
and famed repen-
tance,that
bee
may
thew hereby how highly
hee efleetneth
the
true repentance
of
his
children,as appeereth
in
the
exam
-
z.
iag.
x29.
pleof
the
Nineuites
,andofAhab,i.King.2t.29.
And there-
fore feeing
the Lord keepcth no certaine
courfe
in
thefe tem-
porarie
chaflifetnents,
but
fometime
infliéeth
them vpon
the