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Temptations appfgning
ouriuf
tt:fcatron,anfirered.
«
felfe, euen
the teflimonie
of
Cods
fpirit, crying
in his
heart
.Abba
father,and bearing
witnelfe
vnto
his spirit
that
hee
is
the
child
ofGod
:
and
not to:beleeue
this
is
to
make
God
a
lier,
becaufe wee
will
not
belceue
the record
that
he
hath
c.Iohn,
5.
to. :tbitne
¡fed
ofthat
his
fo,
ne,
as
the
Apoftle fpeaketh,-
a.Iohrt.s.
xo.
Yea
(as
before I haue (hewed at large)
hee
hath added
-vnto
the hand
-
writing
of
his
word,
which
containeth
alto
his
oath,for
our
better
confirmation,his
Sacraments;
where-
by
hee
particularly
conueieth
and
giueth
unto
euery
belee-
Ater,
as
it
were proper
poffe1iïon
of
Chriít
Iefus and
all
his
be-
_nefits,
toxhe end
that
there íhould
bee
noplace
left to
dot}b-
ting,nor
any neede
ofany
particular reueiation,
for
our
fur
-
theraffurance.
§.Sei1.2.
Secondly,
Satan will
fuggeft,
that
thofe
who
are iuflified
That vve are
are made
iuft,Oand
thofe
who
are
made
inf.}
doe
continual
-
made
iuft,not
lie the workes
of
righteoufneffe
;
but
thou,will
he
fay
to
the
by
Imp
wf
gut
humble
Gnner,
continueft
fill
in
thy
corruptions and
thy
ofrighte_
wickedtreffe cleaueth fall
to
thee,
and compaífeth thee a-
®ujrler.
_
bout;
and
in-flead
of
doing
the workes ofrighteoufnefíe,
thou
continual-lie
heapeft
,
vp
the
full
meafure
of
thy
finnes;
yea thy
bet}
aetions
are fo flamed
with
imperfed}ions
and
fo
full ofinfirmities,..that they
iuítlie prouoke
Gods wrath
againfl thee.
To
which we
muff
anfwere,
that
iàdeede whofoeuer
is
iuflified
is
made iufl,but
not
by
infufion
of
inherent
righte-.
oufneífe
into
our
felues,
but
by imputation
of
Chriíts
molt
perfe6trighteoufneffe,
asbeforel
haue
lhewed;
for
hereby
-
ouríinnes
are
pardoned, he hauing
taken them vpon him
-
'felfe,and
fatisfied
Cods
iuftice by
fuffering
thole punifh-
rnents
which
wee
had defeated
;
and
alto hee
hath
perfe&ly
fulfilled the law,
that
hee
might
make
vs
partakers
ofhis
aó}iue
obedience;
and
fo
imputing
both
vnto
vs,hath
made
vs
perfeè
}}y
iui
and
righteous
in
Gods
fight.
So
that
now the Lord doth
not
require obedience
to
his
law
at
our
hands, to the
end
that
wee
fhould
bee
iuflified
in
whole
or
in
part,
by
our owne righteoufneffe;
neither
arewe
to
this
hid
to
obferue
Gods
commandements, that
wee may
offer unto
God
our
workes
and inherent
righteoufiieffe,
.
defiring