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Comfortable
Perfeeruatiueragainf
del
er4tion..
God,and
by the fuite
fpirit
in mol}
carnal
manner,
follici.
ted and furthered, there
is
no
queflion
but
wee (hall
ob.
taille
ir.
CHAP.
XXXVI.
Other
reafon.rtoperfmadethe
trea.keCbri
lian
of
the
remiffi.
on
ofhisfs
»nes.
.
0
id
thefe
are
the
reafons
which
tiny
be drawne
from
euerie
of
the perfons
of
the
Trinitie,
to
affure vs
of
the
remiflion
of
our`
fnnes;
to
which
we may
ad diuers
others.:
Firf},
the
be-
leeuing
of
the
remifflon
of
our
linnes,
is an
Article
ofour
Creede, which
we
doe
daily
confeife
andpro
-.
feffe,
which
is
not
left vnto our choice
to
beleeue
or
not to
beleeue,but
as
we
confefhe
it
with the
mouth,fo we
are
bound
to
beleeue,
it
with
the
heart, ifwe
would be reckoned in
%the
number ofChriflians.
Why_
then
(hould
wee
doubt
of
that
which
we are
bound to performe;
and
ifwee
doe
not
wee
grieuouflie
(inne
through
infidelitie, which
is
more
dange-
rous and damnable then
al
our
other
whatfoeuer?
And
therefore
though
there
were,
no other
reafon
to
mooue
vs,
though
our
hainous: and manifold
;finnes-
fhould
make
it
feeme
vnto
vs
neuer
fo
incredible,
yet
let
vs
let
of
de
all
im-
pediments
and
breake
through the
violence
of
all
obie6ii-
ons, and beleeue in
obedience
to
Gods
commandements,
and
becaufe
it
is
our dutie,
the
performance
whereofis
very
acceptable
veto God,
and the negle&
whereof
is a
finne
moll
dangerous, and damnable.
Which that
wee_
may per
-
forme, let
vs
carefully
t
bferue
the
-
condition
of
the
coue_
rant
ofgracc,that
is,
let
vs
refl
and
relie.
vpon Chril}
Iefus
alone for
our faluation
by
alineIy faith, and
turne
vnto God
by
vnfaiued .repentance, and then there
is
no
place
left
to
doubting
of
that
which
in dutie we
are
bound to
beleeue.
Secondlie,
the.affTió
}ed
foule
labouring
vn
der'
finne
-may
receive
nofinall
affuranceby the
teflimonieofGods
faith-
full
mil-lifters
;
for
the
l
eyes
ofthe
kingdotne
ofheaucn.are
committed
--^--+1
I.That vvee
are
te
belecue
the
remifJion
oF
ourfinncs,
becaufe
it
is
an4rticle of
oarr
Creed.
5.S0.2
.
:.The
tefü-
ArroaieoJGods