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Ofour
iufitification.
word
and adminif}ration
ofthe
Sacraments
not
onely to
be-
get
faith
where
it
is
not,
but
to
nourifh
and
increafe
it
where
it
is
weak
and
feeble:
and therfore
though
our
faith
be
neuer
fo
make
and
Gnall,let
not
Satan perfwade
vs
that
therefore
it
fhailbee ouerthrowne
and
turned?
into
infidelitie
:
for
the
Lord hath
affured
vs
both
by
his
gratious
promifes in his
word,and
alfo
by
the performance
thereofin
his
works
from
the beginning to
this
day,that
where
he
hath
giuen
the
leaf}
meafure
offtith,or
any
other
fanaifying
grace, there
he
will
allo increafe,f}rengthen and confirme it; and where
hee
hath
begun
any
good worke,
there
hee will finifh
and
perfe&
it,
notwithf landing
our
fraile
weaknefle,
and
the forcible vio-
lence
of
all
our fpirituall
enemies.
§.Sec`i.r.
Ofthé
efficient
taufe
of
our
iuflification.
Rom.8,
3
a.
Efs.4;.tq.
Ezech.t6.8.
.i-
CHAP.
XLVIII.
Of
our
iu
îhfication.
Nd
fo
much
concerning
thofe
tentations ofSatan,
which he fuggefleth
to
the end
that
he
may
fru-
firate our
effeo`tuallyçalling.Thenext fubordinate
caufc
and
means
ofour
faluation
is
our iuflificati-
on,for
whom(oeuer
the
Lord
effe5lually
calleth thofe
al
fo
he zufli-
fieth,
as
it
is
Rom.8.3 o.
In
fpeaking
whereof
I
will
firfl Phew
what it
is,
and afterwards anfwerc
fuch
tentations
ofSa
tan,
as he
fiiggefteth
into
our
nindes,to
the
end
that
hee may
in-
fringe
the
doctrine ofiuflification, and
make
it
vaine
and vn-
profitable vnto
vs.
For
the
firf
},i
uf}ification
is
an
adtion
or work
ofthe
whole
Trinitie,the
Father,Son
and holy
Ghof
},wherby
God grati-
oufly and freely
imputing unto
euery
faithfull man
the righ-
teoufneffe and
obedience
of
Chrif}
the
mediator,doth
accept
ofhirn,
and
pronounce
him
to
be
iu
fl
and
righteous,for
the
glorie
of
his name
and faluation
ofthe
beleeuer.
The
efficient caufe
of
our
iuf}ification
is
God
alone,as
ap-
peareth by
manifef}
tefiimonies.Efa
43.25.I,euen
lam
he
that
putteth
away
thine iniquitiesfor
my
o9one
fake,and
wil
not remem-
ber
thy
linnet.
So
Ezech, i 6,8. the Lord
thus fpeakcth to
his
Church