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sagainfltheafiranceofoureleaioneusfrvered.
27i
,ofvnbeleéfe
which
is
in
the part vnregenerate,
and
is
oppo-
fed unto faith,
as
appearcth Rom.4..2o. and confequently,
.though faith be
affaulted
with
doubting, yet
in
it
owne na-
Rom,
4.2,o.
turn
it
may
and
doth
remaine certaine and
affured.
Fourthly,they
obieó'
that
it
is
rafh
prefumption,and proud
§.Seti.6.
boldneffe
for
any
man
to
fearéh
into the
myfierie
ofGods
fe-
That it
is
no
cret
counfailes, or
to take vpon him peremptorilie
to deter-
prefiimptiox
to
mine
that
bee
is
one
whom
God
hath ele6led.
For
who
bath
labour
for
the
knell ne
the
mindeofthe
Lord?
asitis
i.Cor.i.i6.Ianfwerthat
ofjìrrance.of
our
elution.
it
is
true
indeede,
whofoeuer pricth
into Gods hidden coon-
z.Cor.z,
s6.
failes
and fecret
decree
of
predeff
ination,
is
proud and pre
-
fitmptious,
and
(hall
in
the
end receiue
the punifhment
of
both,being
giuen
ouerofGod
to
fall
into
many errors,
and
in
the
end
vtter
defperation
:
and therefore
it
is venie
dan`
e-
rous,yeapernicious to our
foules,
ifwe
labour after the
affu-
rance
of
our
ele
&i-on
by
vfing there meanes, and
iudge
of
Gods
decree,
according to the conceit
of
our owne reafon
and
doubtfull
fpeculations. But
yet
though
the will
of
God
be
in
it
felfe
fecret
and
not to
be fearched into; this
muff
not
hinder
vs
from
looking
into
his
will
reuealed,
though
we
can
gather no certaintie
of
our
elec`uion
by fearching into
his
fecret
decree,yet this
is
no
impediment why
we may
not ga-
ther it out
ofhis
word,where
he
hath
reuealed
his decree
and
the
execution
thereof: though
wee can
haue
no
affurance
by
pur owne
fpeculations,
yet
we may
attaine vnto it by the te-
flimonie
ofGods
fpirit,*hich
rritnefeth
to
our
fiirits
that
wee Rom
8.'6%
are
the
cons
of
God, which
alto
fearcheth all
thing,
etaen
the
deepe
things
of
God,and
is
-i,uen
vnto vs
that
we
afro
miaht
know
the
x.Cor.a to.
t
t.
thing
which God
bath
gisten
vs,as the
Apofale
teach
vs,i .Cor,
Z.to.t
2.
and therefore it
is
no pride
or
prefitmption
to bec
certaine
and
allured
of
that
which
the
Lord
bath
reuealed
his word,
to this
end
that
wee
nìightbee
certainelyallured
thereof. But it may bce
demanded how this certainty
can
bee
gathered
out
of
the Scriptures?
1
anfwere,
that
if
wee
would attaine
vnto
it,
we
muff
not
feèke
it
in
the law,wbere
the
promu
es
of
life
and faluation
are
made vpon
the
conditi-
on
ofour
owne works
and
worthineffe,which condition
we
n
neuer
performe?and
therefore
can netter
be
allured
ofthe
promife
t