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hat
:
is
not
arrcgancieor
prepJSatiai
to
be
ag'Fred
of
mur¡akation,
Galath
;.io.
lion
3.to.
itir:g,t.
261
Obiel'ronrágárni
the
r,/,%uranceofoureleElis
snf
of
falling
into
fin
againc,
and
fo
abufe
the mercie
and
good
nefie
ofGod,
vGng
it
as
an
argument to
mooue
vs
to goe on
in
f
nnc,
becaufe
the
Lord
vpon our repentance
is
alwaies
readie
to
receiuc
vs
to
merde.,
CHAP..
XI.I.
71.2e
reafont
alleaged
againfl the
affurance
of
our
falttat.ion,
anf
ercd.
Ndfo
much
concerning the
teflimonies
offcrip-
ture which
are alleagcd againfl the
certainties
effaith
:.now
let
vs
confider
their rtafons.Firff,
they
chive&
that it
is
proud arrogancie
and
he-
-°
reticall prefumption
for
a
mif
rable
finiter,
without
all
doubting
to
affure
himfeifthat
he
is
eleeled
and
shall be
iaued.To which
I
anfwer,
that ifwith.the
pharifaicai
papifis
and proud iufliciaries,
we did
build
our
affurance
vp-
on
our owne merits
and
worthines,it
were indeed
intollera-
ble arrogancie and
proud prefumption,
not
onelie
certainely
tobeleeue, but
euen
to doubt whether
we
are
eleaed
and
(hall be faued(for
where
as
doubting
is
there
is
forne
hope al-
fo)
whereas the fcriptures peremptorilie conclude.,that
they
who
Tooke
for
righteoufneJfeand fàlntation
by
the
law,are
under
the
curfe, Ga1.3
.
r
o
;
and that
by
the
worker
ofthela'r
fhall
no
fie,?,
beiu/lifiedin
Gods
fght,
Rom.3.20;
and
that
we
are iufii-
fiednotbyourdefrts,
in
whole
or in
part,
6itfrec1y
by
Gods
grace
through
redemption which
is
in
Christ
lefits, as
it
is,
verfe
24. But
Peeing
we
wholly
difclainte our
owne righteoufries,
and
humbly
acknowledging
our owne tniferie and
wretch-
edneffe,do
whollie
relie
our
felues
vpon
the
gracious prorni-
fes
of
God,and
the merits
of
Chrifl
Iefus,
Peeing
we become
nothing
in our
felues in
the worke
ofour
faluation
that
God
may be
al in
al,feeing
we cart
away
al
glorie from our
felues,
that
we may
wholie glorie
in the
Lord;
according to that
Ierern.9.24. Let
him
that
?lórieth,gloriein this ,t
hat
be
vnder-
flandeth and
kuoweth me
:This
is
not proud arrogancie
nor
he-
reticall prefumption,
but
Chriftian humilitie which giueth
all