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bleat
i
onigainf
the
of
urance
o
f
ame
eleEiion
anfivered.
259'
the repentant whom
hee dearelie
loueth, and
fometime fpa-
reth
the
wicked
when they
but oumardlie
humble
them-
(clues
before
him;
therefore
the
Prophets
fpeake
doubtfully
and
exhort to repentance, referring the client
to Gods
wife
and
gracious
prouidence.
And thus
doubtfullie
doth
l)auid
fpeake in
this
refpe
&&
z.Sam.I 2.22.
Who
can
tell(faid
he)n-he.
z.Sam.
aa,aa
ther
God
will
haue
nner
cie on
me
that
the child
may
lime
?
and
anc1.0.I s.
chap.
i
6.
i
z.
It
stay
be
the
Lord
will
lool¿e
upon mine
afflicion;
and
yet
though
hee were
doubtfull whether
hee
fhould bee
freed
fi
om
thefe
temporall
crolfes, hee was
notwithílanding
certainely
perCwaded
of
his
ele9ion
and
f
iluation;
as
he pro
-
feífeth
Palma
6.
I.
Só
that
thefe
places
fpeaking
of
tern-
Pfalru.16.1i.
porarie
chaf}ifements,
make
nothing
againft
the
certain-tie
ofour
clec`tion.
And like vnto
thefe,is
that
which they alleage
to the
fame
y
where
`Peter
exhorteth
SimonAlagsu
to Aa.B.sz.
repent of
his
wtck,ednefe,
and
to
pray
unto
cod, that
if
peraduen-
ture
the
wicked
thought
of
his
heart
might
be
forgiuen
him.
To
which
I
anfwere,
fira, that
the originali word
deg,
which
is
tranflated,i
fperaduenture,
&
in our
Bibles,i
fit
be
pofble,fom-
times
an
fignifieth,that
truly.
and
in
this
fenfe
itmaketh
no-
thing
for
doubting.
Secondly,though
wee
vnderftand
it
as
a.
fpeech
of
doubting,
yet
it
maketh
not
for
their
purpofe;for
it
is
not
to
be referred vnto
God,
as
though it
were
doubtfull
whether
he
would forgiue the
finnes
of
the
Magician,if
bee
truely
repent and
call.vpon
him; for
he
hath
certainly allured
vs
by
his
gracious promife,
that
whofoeuer truely
repenteth
him
of
his
wicked waies,hewil
receiue him
to mercy,Ezech.
3
3.I
I
But
it
is
to
be referred
to
Simon
Map",
of
-whole
re-
Ezech.33.
=s:
pentance and liuely
faith Peter
might
well
doubt,
left
either
they would bee none
at
all, or
els
fained and
hypocritical',
feeing
his
heart
was
not right
in
the fight
ofGod,
but
in
the
gall
ofbitterneffe
and
bond ofiniquitie.
Laffly,
though
it
íhould
bee
a
doubtfull
fpeech
and
bee
referred
allo
to
Göd,
yet it maketh
nothing
againft the
certaintie
of
faith
;
for
the
Apoffle feeing
him in the gall
of
bitterneffe and
bond ofiniquitie,thought
it
not
fit
to
raife
him
vp
fuddenly,
by
applying vnto him
the
fweete promifes
of
the
Gofpell,
S
z
nor