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OkaMow
againfi
the
tertAintÿ
arartr
etet
Man
4nf
rered.
faith,vñleffè
they
bring forth
the finites
of
their
faith
in dy_
-ing
to
finne
and
rifingagaine to
newneffe
of
life,fcr
faith pu-
rifieth
the heart
and'
\'orketh by lone
:
and
therefore
fuch
as
hue in their
Armes
without
repentatite háuing no faith,
can
'haue
nó
certaintie
of
their
elc&ion,
thóugh
they
may delude
themfelúes
with
a
fond
perfwalon
which hath
no
other
ground
but
carnall
fecurity
and fond prefuniption.But hence
it
follovveth
not, that
becaufe
a
dead faith
affordeth no
true
certaintie, therfore
a
liuely
faith doth
it not
;
becaufe
apró-
phaneepicure
or
carnallWorldling; deceiueth
himfelfe
with
a
vaine
opinion, therefore' thofe
that
are
trueiy
conuerted,
mortified vnto
finne,
and
raifed
wp
to
newneffe
oflife,
can
haue no
certaintie
of
their
ele
&ion
and faluation. For what
fitnilitude
is
there
betweene
light
and
dárkenes,
*righteouf
nef%
and
vnrighteoufneffe,the children
ofGod
and
the
çhil-
deen
ofBeliall,the repentant andvnrepentánt, faith
and
no
faith?
§zSec`.IZ.
Laf}ly,
they obie&'that
if
wee
teach
this
do&rine
of
the
That
this
do-
certainty
of
eleètion,
men
«vii
abufe
it to nourifh
in
them
car-
arine
opened;
Hall
fecuritie
and
prefümption..To
which h
aüf«ere,
that
no
tieand
way
t
pre-
-wicked
men
abufe
the
whole;do
&nne
ofthc
Göfpell to
their
umption.
defhruion;
for when'
they
are
taught
that
God
is
moft bra
-
tious and
merciful!,
that
Chrifl hath
died
for
vs; and giuen
himfelfe
as
a
fitfficient
price
to
redeeme
vs
out
ofthe
power
of
finne, Satan,
death and damnation,
and
maketh intercef-
lion for
vs
to
God
his
father;
that
the Lord
is
flow
to
wrath
and
readie to
forgiue,
they take
òccafion
hereby
of
continu-
ing
in
their
finnes,
and deferring their repentance, till
God
take
them
away and
confume
them
In his
heanie difpleafure.
But
hence
it
followeth not
that
the Gofpell`tnufl
not
bee
taught,becaufe
carnali men abufe
it to their
itafl
condemna-
tion;for though to
thefe
it be the
fauour
ofdeath
vnto death,
yet to
thofe
who
are
faced
;it
is
the
fauour
of
life
vnto
life,
as
2.Cor.2,.i6.
it
is
2.Cor.z.r6.Though
it
be foolifhnes
to
thofc
that
perifh,
a.Çorii.
rßß
yet
it
is
the power
ofGod to
thofe who
are
ordained
to
fai
nation,
and
God
is no
leffe
glorified
in
the
one
by
£hewing
his mercie,than
in
the
other
by
(hewing
his iuflice.
Though
Noridlie
men
abufe
it to
carnali
fecuritie,yet
the
godlie are
the..