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That
the
weakef
faith
cannot
he
finally ouerthrornne.
56/
for whatfoeuer
good
worke hee
beginneth, that
will
he
alto
perfeóó
and
accomplifh,Phil.i.6.
Phil.r.6.
Thirdly,whofoeuer truelybeleeueth,he
is
truelie iuflified;
andwhofoeuer
is
ivaified,is
eleò}ed,called,
and
fhal
be
glori-
fied,for
thefe
infeparably
goe
together,Rom.8.3o.and
con-
Rom.8.3o.
fequently,he
that
hath true
faith,whereby
he
is
iuflified, can-
not
fall
away,feeing
his iuflification
is as
certaine
as
the eter-
nall decree
of
Gods
ele6iion.
Laflly,God both
can and will
frengthen
and confirme
all
g.se.4.
thofe who
are
weake
in
faith,till
they attaine
veto
the
end
of
,
odi
Goa
both
their
faith,euen the faluation
of
their
foules;and
therfore
it
is
can
and
vvii
impoflible
that
they
which
once
truly beleeue fhould
fall
a-
vpholdthe
away
and be
condemned. Concerning
Gods
power
no man
vvrakeff
be-
can make any queflion,feeing
it
is
omnipotent
&
almightie;
'eeuer*
and
for his wil he
hath
fully reucaled
it
both
by
his
word
and
workes,namely,that
he will
rot
take away
that
grace which
he
hath
once
given,
but
rather
increare
it
till
it
bee
perfected
and
acco:nplifhed.
Fer
the
frfl,the
Lord
faith
that
hee will
Ea.66,
i.
comfort
his
Church
&
people,
as
the
woman comforteth
her
Ldp.:
oi
red
to
child,Efa.66.I
3.
Now
we
know
that
the
mother
Both
not
a-
the
loue
ofa
bandon
her
child,nor
dcpriue
him
of that
comfort which
fhe
tender mother.
can giue him becaufe
he
is
tick
and
weaker,but rather
the
tic-
ker and
weaker he is,the more
is
her care
and diligence
in re-
leeuing him
in his ditlreffe
;
when
hee
is
not
able
to
digefl
firong
meatfne
prouideth
for
him comfortable
food
oflight
digeflion; when
he
is
fo
weak,
that
he
cannot go,fhe carieth
him
in
her armes,or otherwife fupporteth him;when
he
is
fo
ficke,that
he
falleth
downs to
the
ground
in
a
fwoune,
Thee
raifeth him vp,and neuer
refleth till the hath recouered
life
in
him:is this loue in
a
naturali
mother?
then
fiurely
much
more
(hall
we
find
in our heauenly
father
:
for
though
a
mother
may
Efa.49.
I
S
forget
the,
fruit
of
ber:xombe,yet
will
the
Lord
neuer
forget
vs,
as
he
hath
promi fed,
Efa.49.
t
5.
And therefore
the greater our
Weakeneffe
is
in
grace and the
more grieuous our
fickneffe
is
through
finne,
and
the noifome humors
ofour
corruptions,
the
more
carefullie will
hee
watch our
vs
with the
eie
of
his
prouidence, and fupport
vs
with
his
almightie power
in
our
greateft
weakeneffe,the more
tenderly will
he
pitie
vs,and in
0
o
louing