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Temptatioiet
oppugning
our
ìae/Jificatron,anfwvered.
587
take
vpon
him
tobe
his
furetie, and
not
onelie difcharge all
his
debts,but íhould
beflow vponhim great
femmes
of
mo-
nk
and
much
treafure, this man whatfoeuer
bee
was
before
time in
himfelfe,
may
now
be efteemed rich and
out
ofdebt.
So
if
we
(as
wee are farre
indebted to
the iuilice
ofGod
and
exceeding
beggerly,
yea ftarke
naked
of
allrighteoufneífe)'
Mould be reputed
as
we are
thus
in
our
felues
righteous
and
'nothing indebted,it
were
but
a
me-ere
mockerie;
but
feeing
our Lord
and Sauiour
Iefus
Chriíf hath taken
vpon hint
to
be
our furetie,
who
is
himfelfe al- fufficient, and
feeing hee
hath perfe6ly
and
fullie anfwered
all
our
debts,wherein we
were ingaged to
Gods
iuílice;and
not
onely
fo,buc alfo
hath
communicated
and
beífowed
vpon
vs
the
infinite rich
trea-
fures
of
his
righteoufnes
and
obedience, gluing
vnto
vs
full
lntereíf
and.poffèßïon
hereof, otttwardlie by
his
hand
-wri.
ting
of
the Gofpell,
and his Sacraments
as
feales
annexed
thereunto,
and inwardlie by the
venue
and
cooperation
of
his fpirit applying them vnto
vs
:
and
Iaífly,
feeing
wee al-
fo
haue
receiued the
full affurance
of
all
this,
heauenlie
and
fpirituall rich
treafure
by
the hand
of faith, wee
are
in
truth
.
quite out
of
debt,and
exceeding
rich
with
his
righteoufneife
which
is
now
become_
ours,and
.therefore
are.fo.reputed.
and
eífecrnedín
the
1ght
ofGod.
-____-___,
ea
CHAP.
I.I.
S
ow"
temptations
moo,tinc,
the
wake: Chrifria,z
;tó
doubt
of
his
iufhification,al
f
ere&
._ ..
.
Nd.
fo-
much for anfwering
Satans
terrrptaeï
ons, whereby
hee
laboureth
to perfwade
vs
to
reif_
vpon
a falte
..and.
imperfe6t.righteoufheffe
fòrour
iulhíkation. Note
wee
are
briefelyto
fpeakc
of
thole
hich,hee
fuggcacth
into the
mindes
of
Weak
Chritlians,
tattle
end
that
h...e
may
make
them
doubt
of
their
iuflificarion, that;fo
hee,might(if it
were
poífïble) make fruftrate this
worke
ofGod,
or
at
leaf-l-robbè
their_îoulesof
all
comfort
and peace ofcoiífciei
ce,
hicla
al'xz,:
e.;
That
our
iußi
flexion
is
plainer
rem-
;
led vnto
vs
in
the
vvord
of
God.