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244:
ONTe
ions
again theaff
urancr
of
our
del
,
an
were
The Lórd
hath
Paid
this,he bath proinifed
it,and
ifthisbe not
enough
hee
hash
fworne it.
Becaufe
therefore the
promife
is
fure
and confirmed,
not according to
our merits
but
accor-
ding
to
his
mercie,_
let
no
man
profeffe
that with
feare,
of
which
he
cannot doubt.
Dokbting
pro-
But they
further
vrge,
that
humble
doubting
is
better than
ended;
from
refute tuous
affurance
;
I
anfwere,
firfi
that
their
doubting
gay
ie
and
arro-
p
full
ofpride,which
maketh
there
look for faluation
in
their
owne
i,vorthines,
rather than
in
Gods
free mercie
and
Chrifls.
merits
:
fecond_lie
that
our
faith and
certaine
affurance
is
full
ofhumilitie;
for wee
freely
confeffe
our owne vnworthines,
and
dare
not
offer
before the
feate
ofGods
iuftice and
righ-
teoúfncffe
that
is
in
vs,
as def
icing
in
whole
or in part
to be
iuflified
thereby;
nay
rather
we
pray
with
the
Prophet
Pfal.
Pfalca.r4
$.a
143.2..
nter
not
into
iudgement with thy
feruant,
forin
thy
fght
fhallnene
that
liuethbeiuJtified;
and
theugh
we
know
nothiu6y
oar
felues,
yet
doe
wee
plainelie
of
rme
with theApoflle,that
t.Cor.4.1.
we
are
not
herebyiuf
ified.
I
.Cor.4.4.
But this humilitie
cloth
not
abate
our
faith and certaineaffurance,
nay
rather
it
loth`
confirm- and
incteafe
it,
for
it
maketh
vs
to goe
áut
of
our
fclues,as
finding
no hope
of
faluation
wherupon.we
may
rat,'
and rnooueth
vs
to
feeke
for faluation
in
Chrifi,who
is
fuch a
Pure
ancorhold,
that
whofoeuer
pitch
the ancor
of
their hope
on him, (hall finde
it
fure
and fledfafl,
and
whofoeuer
build
their
faith on this
foundation and
corner (lone,
the power
of
hell
(hall
neuerpreuaileagainfl them.
Secondly,they'óbie&
tharwe
arevnworthy
ofGodsloue,
our
vnmorthi-
or
to
be
ele&ed, and
therefore
we
cannot
be
affured
thereof.
'Ili
no catire
I
anfwer
this
werettue
ifGods
ele6hon depended vpon
our
why
we
*aid
worthineffe and
deferts
but
feeing the
Lord
ref
e
teth not
doubt
()four
e-
g
P
1-6äo
?,
anything
in vs,
but
ele6ted
vs
freche
of
his
vndeferued grace
and
eneere
good
will; our
vnwórthinefle
in
our
felues
-may
wel
Eland
with
the
affurance
of
our
ele6lion
:
for thofe who
are
moll vnworthie
ngede
not_to
doubt
of
Gods
loue and
their ele6
ion and faluation,
fo
that
they whollie
relie vpon
Gods
mercy and Chrifis merits by
a
true
and lively
fáith;for-
aftnuch
as
they are
not
grounded
vpon
their worthines, and
tierefore:cannot be
oucrthrQwne
by their vnworthines.
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