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Òbietionr tgainf
the
certainty
of
our
eZeEiiors
an,
livered.
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the
more
incited thereby to
ferue
the
Lord
in-holine1fe
and
newneffe
of
life
:
for like
louing
children,
the
more
they
are
allured ofthe-loue
of
their
heauenly
father,and
fecured
of
his
tnercie and bountiful) benefits,
the
more they loue him a-
caine, the
more they
loue'him,the
more zealous they
are
of
his
glorie,and
the
greater their
zeale
is,
the,greater.
is
their
care
inmaking
the
light
of
their godlie and
Chrif+ian
hues
to
íhine before men,
that
their
heauenly
father
may
bee glo-
rified.
So
that
it
is
not
the
fault
of
this
precious
fee
d,but
the
barrenneffe
ofthe
ground
which maketh
it
fruitlefl'e,or
elfe
for good wheate,fendeth
.tares,cockle
and
darnel)
;
it
is
not
any
defect
or
ill
dïfpofition
in
this fweet finelling flower,
but
the
venemous nature
ofthcfe
ípiders
which turne honie
into
poyfon
:
andtherefore
the
feede muff
be
call
vpoathe
earth,
though
there be
f
+ones
with
the
good ground
which wil
ne-
wer
bring foorth
fruit;
the
flowers
offweete confolation
mua
not
be pulled
vp
by the rootes
and
cat+
away: for though
the
fpider
gathereth
poyfon,
yet
the
profitable
Bee
will
gather
honie
out
of
them. Secondly,when wee teach the
certainty
ofele6hon,
wee
doe
not
teach
that
men
muf+
gather
it
Out
of
Gods
fecretcounfaile,
but
from
their
owne
fanduification,
by
which they may bee
affured
that
they
are iti(+ified,callel
and
eleed
:
and therefore whofoeuer
are
not
fantified but
continue
in their.finnes
without
repentance,
can
haue
no
af-
furance
by
our do&rine
that
they
are'ele
&ed
or
(hall bee
fa-
ued;
nay
contrariwife,
we
teach
out
ofGods word,that
who
-
foeuerliue
in
thefefh fh4lldie.Rom.8.z
3.
that
they which
per
forme
the
lulu
thereof
íhall
neuer inherit the
kingdome
of
Goda
Ga1.5.r9.2o.2T.that
none
who continue
in
theirvnrighte-
oufne% and
vncicanneffe (hall
enter
hito
the heauenly
Tern
-
falem,
t
.Cor.6.9.
t
o.
Reu.21.27
;
but
(hall haue
their
porti-
on
in
the lake
which
burneth with
fire
and brimflone
;
as
it
is
verf.8.
Now
what ftronger bridle
to
curbe
in
ourvnru.iie
flefh,whenit
is
readie
to
runr,e
into
finne,
than to
be
aflurcd
that
if
wee
liuein
finne,and
fulfill
our carnal' lulls,
wee are
in
the
fate of
condemnation
?
what
fharper
fpurre
to
pricke vs
forward when
we
are
readie
to faint,or
flacks our pacc.in
the
Chriftian
race
of
holineffe
and
righteoufneífe,than to confi-
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