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fie
inttgainfi
the
aff
urarrce
ofour
cleEtro
aanfirered. 263
all
glorie vnto
God,
leauing
nothing
to
our
felues
but the
comfort which
is
wrought
in
our
he.arts,by
the
affurance
we
haue
of
Gods
promifes.
Nay
the more vndoubtediy
we
trufl
in
Gods
promifes,
the greater
is
our
humilitic;
for the
more
wretched
we
are
in our ovine eies,
the more
wee
fee
our
im-
perfe&ions, yea our
nothing
in
Gods fight
;
and
hereby wee
are
mooed
to
got
out
of
our
felues,
to
feeke
for
faluation
onely
in
Gods
free
grace and
Chrit
}s
merits,
and
to
rea
in
them with
full
affurance,
as
being
in
themfelues al-fufficient
without
our worker and
wcrthines.
On
the
other
fide
the
more
we
doubt ofour
faluation,
in
refpci
of
ofir
vnworthi-
neffe,
the more
is
our pride and
arrogancie
;
for
wee
would
not
doubt
in
regard
ofour
vnworthineffe,
vnleffe
We
looked
for faluation by our worthit.
cffe,&
therfore we
come
fo
farre
fhort
in
faith and
hope,
as we
find
our
felues
fhort
in
merits.
And
whence
can
this proceed
but
from arrogancie
and pride,
which maketh
men to
looke
for faluation in thenifelues,
and
to doubt
ofGods
mercie
and
Chrifs
tñerits,vnleffe they
find
that
they haue deferued them by
their
owne werkes
and
worthinefe? Let
vs
therefore abhorre this
proud humilitie
of
the Papifls, which maketh them
doubt
ofGods
mercifull
promifes,anr_
confequently
of
his
truth;for
as
it
is
1.1011.5
.10. t,Iohn
tc
He
that
belceu,th
not
God
with
made
him
cclier;
and alto
of
the
fufficiencie
and
value
of
that
ineflirnable
price,which Chrifl
Iefus
bath giuen for our
redemption,
as
though it
were
im-
perfe& in
it
felfe,
vnleffe
it
be
citched
and patched
vp
with
cur
owne merits
andworthineflè
:
and
though
wee ate
mo11
abiea,
wretched,
and
in
a dcfperate
cafe
in refpe
?
ofour
felues,
yet let
vs
liaue
affured
trufi
and
confident boidneffe,
yea a
triumphant
boatling and glorying
in
refpc&
of
our
Sauiour Chrif},
as
the
Apofle
fpeaketh
:Ephef.3.i2. Rom.
Eplief:3.1z.
5.2.
Notable
is
the faying
of
eAufiire
to this purpofe,
Idea
Rem.
4.z.
prarnnie
non
de
operations
tua,
fed
de
Chri(ligratia,
prefurne,S
h
s
ä
de-
therefore
(faith lice)
not
of
thine
owns working,
but
of
pm;ia
tibi
Chrifis
grace, for
yee are
faced by
gr`)ace
faith
the
Apoftle;
peccata
rua
therefore
here
is
no
arrogancie
but
faith,
to
thew
Nii'h3t
ciwiffaiunt.
thou
haft receiued
;
it
is
not pride
but
dcuotion.
So
in
ano-
ther place,Hocdixit
dem,
hoc
pror9:ifìc,
frparten
efl,bxíur41442:- In
Efalas$S.
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