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tote
tu,._-
gainfi
the
afsritnceofa
*relecráfnaizf
°eyed.
273
bath ordainedthe
miniflerie
of
the
word,
and the
vfe
of
the
Sacraments,wh.ich he
maketh
effem.ual1
by the
inward
opera-
tion ofhis
fpiri,t,
for
the begetting
and confirming
of
our
faith
and
furring
vs
vp
to
repentance;
which
being wrought
in
vs,
we may
as
certainely
bee
perfwaded,that the generall
promífes
belong
vnto
vs,
as
if
they
.were
made
vnto
vs
parti-
cularly
and
by
name.
Sixtly,they
obie61.-
that
we
cannot bee
affured
of
the
fuffi-
§.Sec
.8.
ciencie
ofour
faith and
repentance, and
therefore
wee
can
That
our
ajru-
h
aúe
no
certaine
affurance
of
our ele6tion and
faluation.I an-
ranee
of
ended,
-
fw
ere
;
this reafonwere
good
if
our
ele
&ion
and faluatioh n
d
not
t
vont
he
depended
vpon
the
worthineffe or meafure
ofour
faith .and
fhftìencieof
repentance
;
but
Peeing
they depend
not
thereupon,
but
vp-
our
faith and
on Gods
free
mercie,and the
worthineffe
and
fufficiencie
of
repentance.
.Chrias
merits and obedience, therefore
though
our faith
be
;never
fo
weake,and
ourrepentauce
but
infinall
meafure,
yet
fo
they be
true
and vnfained,
not
diffcmbled
and hypocrit
call,we
may
certainely be
affured
ofour
election and faluati-
on,
for
a
weake faith
Both applie
Chrifi
and
all
his
benefits
veto
vs
as
well
as
a
flrong,
though
not
in
fo
flrong
andper-
fef
a.
manner, as (hall
appeare
hereafter.
But yet
\vemuflnot
content
our
fclues
with
a
final'.
and
weake meafure,but-la-
bour to grow
vp
from
faith to faith,
till
wee
become
per-fe4ì
men
in
Chrifl.
Seuenthly,they obie&
that though there
were
no
caufe
of
4.Se17.9.
doubting,fo long
as
we
looke
vponGods
mercy
41id
truth
in
The
fight
ofour
his
_protnifes,and
Chrifls obedience and
merits,
yet
at
leafi
árnperfeaions
there
is
caufe
of
doubting
when wee
looke vpon our
fe-lues,
no
e
ld
by
and
find
our
great:indifpofitiontoáperformethe cóndition
of
do
ubt of
our
faith and
repentance,
which
God
requireth ofall who
(hall
cleëtion.
be partakers
öfhis
promifes,and our manifold imperfeótioils
and
great
vnworthines
of
the
leaf}
ofGcds
mercies
.And thus
there
iuggler.s
play fafi
and loofe, making their faith
like vn-
to
the
tgni.r.
f
<atuùs,
or going
fire,
which interchangeablie
fometimes fhineth cleerely, and fometimes
vanifheth and
ieaueth
behind it
nothing
but
blacke darkenef
e.
But let
vs
confiantly
oppofe our
felueS
againft
fuck
inconflancie,and;in
no
wife
admit
of
Such
mutable varietie in
our faith, which
7I
maketh