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s

Temptations

oppugning

our

fanEizifacation,an

f

°ered.

589

ted lignes and infeparable

fruits

thereof, which

wee

may

difcerne in

our

felues

(as

hath

been alreadie plainelie pro -

ued)

though

wee

newer

haue

any fpcciall

reuelation. And

therefore

without

any fuch particular

reuelation

\vee

may

attains vnto

the certaine

affurance

that

tvee are

iuCtified

in

Gods

fight.

Thirdly,that

which the

Gofpell affureth

vs

of, wee

n

cede

not

to

make any

doubt thereof,or

once

call

it

into queflion

:

but

the Gofpell

affureth vs,

that

whofoeuer beleeueth in

Chrift

Iefus,and

truelyrepent

them

of

their

finnes,

fhali

bee

made partakers

of

all

the gracious

promifcs

oflife and

falua-

tion

therein contained

;

So

Iohn

3.16.

God fo

loud

the

Iohn3.16.

world

that

he

hathgiuen

his

onely

begotten

fonne,that

Zbhofoeuer

beleeueth

inhim

fhould

not

peril,

but

haue euerlafling

life.

And

chap.5.24. Verely,verely,

I

fay

vnto

you,

hPtlhatheareth

my

John

5,24.

vord,andbeleeueth him

that

Pent me,

hath

euerlalling

life,

and

fhar7

not

come

into

condemnation,

but

bath

paffea

from

death to

life.

And

Matth.

s

1.2

8.

Come

vnto

mec

all

jee

that

labour

and

Matti"

r

s

á.

are

laden,

and

I

will

eafe you.

And therefore whofoeuer

be-

leeue in

Iefus

Chrifl, approving their

faith

to the world and

their

owne

coufciences,

to

bee

true and

vnfained

by the

fruit thereof,

vnfained repentance,

he may

allure himfelfe

of

all

the

gratious

promises

of

the Gofpell,

and

confequent-

ly

of

the

remiffìon

of

his firmes,

and

his iuffification

for

the

merits and

righteouf

reffë

ofiefus

Chria.

Lafllie, the

Lord

bath

not

onelie after

a

generali manner

propounded

thefe

promises

vnto vs, and left

vs

to our

owne

libertie to

beleeue or

not

to beleeue them,

but

hee

hath

bound

vs

to the

performance

of

this dutie

by

his

expreffe

commandement,

Mark.

x.

r

5.

Repent

and

beleeue

the

Go

tell.

Mai.Irohk.

n

3

a,

t

.a

fo

3.

And

1.Ioh.3.23.

This

is his commandement

that

tee

beleeue

in

his

fonneIefus Chrifl,

that

is,

that

we

doe

not

onely

after a

generallmanner

beleeue

that

he

is

the

Sauiour

of

mankind,

but

that

we

beleeue

that

he

is

our Sauiour,

who bath redee-

med,iuflified,and wil

aloffperfealy

faue

vs,and

ref}

whollie

vpon

him

âlone for our

faluation.

And

hee

that

thus

belee-

ueth, needethno

other arguments to

affure

him

that

he

is

iufkified

and

alai'

be failed;

he

bath

the

witneffe

in

him-