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ther
certaine
affurance
that the
contrarie
is
true
;
for he fpea-
truth.ta
dc-
keth
onely
lies,
or
ifat
anie time
hee
fpeake
the
truth
it
is
to
"jig'
this
ende
that
hee may deceiue vs.
For
example, he
telleth
the
fecure-carnall
man
that
hee
is
in
the
flare
of
grace, and
highly
in
Gods
fauour,
but
vnto the
humbled
(inner
he
faith,
that
he
is a
reprobate
and (hall
moa
certainely be
damned;
vnto the worldly
fecure
man he
faith,that God
is
moil mer-
ciful!,
then
the
which
nothing
can
bee more true,
but doth
not
fpeake
this
in his
confcience,
becaufe bee
would
haue
him to
tall
thereof,
but
to
lull him
afleepe
with
this
f
veete
fyren
Fong
to
his eternal!
perdition. On
the
other
fide,
when
hee hath
to
deale
with the brufed heart
and
contrite
fpirit,
hee telleth him
ofnothing but ofGods
exa&iuflice, to the
end
that
hee may
plunge him
into
utter.
defperation
:
In
a
word,
whatfoeuer
hee
fpeaketh in the confcience
ofman,itis
either
falfe
in
it
felfe,
or
if
true
in
theft,
yet
falfe in
hypothefi,
if
true
in
the
generali,
yet
falfe
in
the particular
applica-
tion.
As
what
can
bee more true then
that
God
is
iuf+
?
and what more
falfe
then that
hee will
exercife
his iuffice
in
punishing,
repentant and humbled
tanners
?
what
can
bee
more true then
that God
is
mot+
merciful!? and
what more
falle
then
that
he
wil
thew
this
-his
mercyin
fauing
thofe
who
Hue
and
die in
their
fins
without
repentance
?and
yet it
is
mot+
vfuall
with
Satanto
affirme
both
the
one and the
other,
ly-
ing
in
both,becaufe hee
doth
mifapply them. And
there
-
fore feeing Satan
doth
neuer
fpeake
the
truth,
or
elfc
doth
falfly
apply
it
in
refpe&
ofour
eflate,let
vs
acquaint our
felues
with
his
falfe
language;and
fo
by hearing
his lies
wee may
bec the better
affured
of
the
truth
;
for
.example,
when hee
telleth
vs
that
our
finnes are
vnpardonable,
that
it
is
now
too
late
to
turne
vnto the
Lord, that
wee
arc
reprobates
and
damned
wretches, we
knowing that
our
malicious enemie
by
his lyes
doth continually
feeek
our
deflru6`
+ion, are con
-
trariwife to
affure
our felues
that Gods
mercy and
Chritles
merits
farce
exceed
our
finnes,that now
is
the
acceptable
time and
day
of
faluation,
if
we
turne
vetoGod,and
hea-
ring
his voice
not
harden our
harts,that
we
are
in
the
flare
of
faluation,
the
veffels
of
tnercy,and
belóued
children
ofGod.
ki h
aftly.