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Hew
wemay be
erf
ared that
the
haue
a
true
fa<th.
51
-deth
inhimfelfe,
he may
be
affured
that
hee
bath
a
true,li
ue-
ly
and
iuftifying
faith,notwithftandittg
all
the tentations
of
Satan.
If
therefore
having
heard
the Gofpell,wee
haue
at-
tained
vnto
force meafure
ofknowledge
of
the
chiefe
prin-
ciples
thereof;
if
we haue
given our
alfent
vnto
this
truth
in
which
our
vnderftandingsare
informed
;
ifhereby
wee
haue
attained vnto
this affurance,that
our
finnes are
pardonable,
and
haue concciued
force
hope
in
confederation
of
Gods
infinite mercie and Chrifls merits,
that
wee (hall be
forgiuen
and pardoned
;
ifwe
haue
an
hungting
delre
after grace and
mercie, and highly
cfieeme
the
merits and righteoufneffe
of
Iefus
Chrift,
Io
that
wee
with nothing
more then
to
bee
made partakers
of
them
;
if
by this delire wee haue
been
mooned to
flee
vnto the throne
ofgrace,
and there
humbly
acknowledging
our
finnes, have earneftlie
deíred
pardon
and
forgiueneffe
:
laf}ly,
if
at any time we haue difcerned in
our
felues
a
perfwafión
of
Gods loue,
and
of
the pardon
and
reinifïion
ofour
finnes,and
that
we
haue, or doe
ref}
vp-
on
the
alone merits
and
obedience
of
Chrift
Iefus
for
our
iuftification
and
faluation,then
may wee
be
affured
that
we
are
indued with
a
true..iufcifying
faith.
The
fecond
argument
to prooue
that
wee haue
a
true and
§.Se11.7.
a
liuelie
faith,is the tellimonie
of
Gods
fpirit
:
for
as
the
A-
The
fecond
ar-
poflle fpeaketh
:
Rom.8.
i
5. Wee
haue the
fpirit
of
adoption,
grtment
to
whereby
wee
crie abba
father.
t
6.
end
the
fame fpirit
bestreth
hn
e
f
iirr[7
v@
witnefewith
our
fpirit
that
we
are
the
children:
o
f
Cod:
and verf,
the
to
fi'monie
26.
Lizvif
the
f
irit
alto
helpeth
our
infirmities
:
for.txee
know
of
Gods
fpirit.
not
what
to
pray
as
we
of.tçht,but
the,Ípirit
it
felfe
snarl
eth
request
Kom.8.15.26.
for
vs
with
f
{hes which.
cannot
be
exprefed,
&arc.
Whofoeuer
therefore
haue
this
tef}imonie
in
their hearts
and confciences
that
they
are
the
children
of
God
;
whofoeuer at any time
feele
or
haue felt
the fpirit
ofGod
powerful'in
them,in pow-
ring out their
foules in
hartie
prayer
with
fighes and
groves
which cannot
bee
exprefed, they
maybee
assured
that
they
have
receiued
the
fpirit
ofadoption,and
confeciuently are in
dued
with
true faith
;
for the fpirit and
the fruites thereof
(a-
Galaih.5.s®
mongfl
which,
faith
is
one
of
the chiefe)
are
neuer féuered.
M'oreouer,the
Apoftle
faith,
a.Cor.z.sz,
that
wee
haue not
"C°"°12.
receimed
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