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Con
folations
for
fuch
as
doe
notfcele
theirfaith.
111116.e.
thou
mua
call
to thy remembrance the
times
paff, in
which
thou hail
by
faith
apprehended
Gods
loue,mercy,and good-
neffe
towards thee, and
brought
forth
the
fruits
of
thy faith
in
the workes ofholineffe, appertaining to
Godsferuice
and
the workes
of
ChriUian
righteoufneffe,
belonging to
our
brethren
:
for wee may
affure
our feiues,that
ifeuer
wee
haue
truely
difcerned thefe graces
ofGods
fpirit
by the
fruits
of
fanólification
in vs,
they
are
not
taken
from vs,
for
the
gifts
Roma
I.29
and calling
ofGod
are
without
repentance,
as
it
is
Rom.
i
T.
29.,
And
where
he
bath begunne
a
good
worke,there
he
wil
finial
it
and
bring
it
to
perfe6lion
:
as
the
Apo!ile fpeaketh
áhil.i,6,
Phil.r.6.
Wee know that
the
woman
being
with child,fee-
leth
no
life
nor motion
ofthe
child
diuers
months
together,
after
the
time
of
her
conception,
and
after
that
(he
bath felt
it
f+irre
and moue
oftentimes,there
is
an
intermiffîon
where-
in the
feeleth
not
the
motion
thrreofa
good
fpace
together,
and
yet
notwithflanding
becaufe in former times fhe
bath
felt
it,
the
is
perfwaded
that
aliue child
is
in
her, and com-
fortably hopeth to
haue happie
trauaile. And thus it fareth
with Gods
children oftentimes, after
that by
the
feed
of
the
word,
faith
is
begotten
and conceiued
in
them, they
fede
no
life,
motion,
nor vndoubted
fignes
thcreofa
long while,
and
after
that they
haue
the
remiffion
oftheir
firmes
and are
reconciled veto
God,
they haue
not
the
feeling and
fence
of
pardon
and
reconciliation
diuers
tnoneths,
yea
fometimes
many
ycares
together,
which
the Lord
in
his
wit
dome
and
mercy
doth,that
he
may mooue them hereby vnto more fe-
rious repentance,
and
carnally
to hunger
after
a
greater
meafure
of
faith,
carefully vfing the meanes
ordained
for
this
purpofe;
and
that
they may more
efleeme
and bee
more
thankfull
for his
inualuable
benefits after
that
they
haue
full
affurance
ofthemn.
And
after
they
haue
a
feeling
of
faith
and
other frirituall
graces by
their motions
an-d
fruitg,
oft
-
times againe
they
are
depriued
of
it,either
becaufe they haue
wounded their
confeiences
by falling into
forne
knowne
finne,
or
for
that
it pleafeth the
Lord
to
cxercife
their faith,
and manifeti
his
power
in
their
weakencffe,
moouing
them
hereby to
denie themfelues, and
to
reti
wholly
upon
him,
yeelding
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