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we

*ay

k

of

ared

that

our

repentance is vnfarncd.

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yet

fo

it

be true and

vnfained

it

is

a

certaine fruite

of

a

!ludic

faith,

and bee

that

beleeueth

is

made

partaker

of

Chrift

and

all his

benefits.

Laffly,

Satan

will obie&t,that

many

IA

ho haue more

bit-

Sefi,

terly

forrowed then wee, and

haue

(hewed more notable

T

hat

,;;e

fignes

of

exceeding repentance,

haue

notwithfcanding

been

not

to

bedif-

reiedfed and

condemned.

To

which

we are

to anfivere,

that

eooraged

st:

though

fuch

haue

fhevved

more forrow,yet

they

haue had

no

abaom,

re-

true repentance,

in

that their

forrow

hath

bin

deffitute

of

jhevvedmort

fai.th,and

not

fo

much for

any

hatred

of

finne

or

loue

of

God,

oratvvard

or

vnwillingne% to

difpleal

-c-

him,

as

for

horror

of

confci-

fignet

of

for

-

ence and defperate

feare

of

eternall condemnation.

And-

row

then we.

therefore,though notwithffanding

fuch

forrow, they haue

been condemned, yet

wee may

be

affured

that

vpon

our true

repentance, whereby on the one

fide,

wee-

Tooke

vpon our

f

nnes,and

are

grieued forth-cm,

and

one

the other

fide

be-

hold Gods

merciful].

and

gracious

countenance,

Iefus

Chrift

by

a

liuelie

faith,we

(hall

haue the

pardon

of

our

fins

and

be made partakers

of

eternall

faluation. For

the promi-

fes

ofthe

Gofpell

are

not

made

to.:thofe

who

afili&

them

-

felues

with

a

defperate

forrow,

without

any

hope

or delire

ofGods

mercie

in-

Chrift

Iefus,

but

vnto

thofe

who turne

vnto him

by

vnfained repentance,

which

is

ioyned

with

a

true faith and

affurance

of the remifl

on

of

our

finnes and

<-

cuerlaffing

life.

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CHAP.

XLII.

Horn

we

may

proue

aaainft

Satans

tentations

that

wee

haue

true

faith.

Nd

fo

much for

anfwering thofe tentations

of

.Seíá.'r.

Satan, whereby he

laboureth to prooue

that

we

Hovv

Salta

haue no

repentance, or

at

leaf(

a falfe

and

infuf-

tempteth

the

ficient

repentance, and confequently

that

the

zveahe¿hri-

fweete

and

ratiaus

romifes.oftheGof

ell

doe

not belong

bath

g

P

P

g

chat

he

bath

unto

vs.

Now

wee

are

to produce and

anfwere fuch

tentati-

no

true

faith.

oxis

as

bee alleageth and

fuggefteth

into

the

mimics

of

thole

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