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the certainty
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diligence. Lafilie,
call
to
ininde
the
manifold
examples
which thou hail
both
read and
feene,
of
-fuch as
haue
been
ofgreater
gifts
and graces,
and, made
a
much
fairer
Phew
then
thou,of
holinefl'e
towards
God
and
righteoufneffe
towards
men
whio
notwithflanding
haue
finally fallen
away
andbecome reprobates, and therefore why maiíl
not
thou
be
one
of
this number
?
Seeing then the
cafe
thus
ílandeth,
doe
not
fooli(hly flatter thy
felfe
with
a
vaine
hope,
that be-
caufe
thou
art
ele1ed,
called, iuflified, and fan6lified,
there-
.fore
thou (halt be faued;
for
though now thou art
ele6led,
yet
hereafter
thou
maiíi
become
a
reprobate
;
though to
day
thou
art
a
child
of
God,
and in his
fauour,yet
to mor-
row thou
maiefi
through thy
fnnes,
bee a childe
ofthe di-
uell,and in
Gods
di'fpleafure
be reieCled;
though
now
thou
art
a
member
of
Chriíi, thou
inaiefi
become
a
limme
of
Sa-
tan
;
and though now thou
art indued with the
fpiritof
God,-and with
all
the
graces and gifts
thereof, yet by
thy
finne
thou
maiefi
eafily
lofe
both
it
and
them;
and bee
whollie and
finallie
giuen ouer
to
runne on
in
thy former
wickedneffe
unto
eternall death and condemnation.
And thus
doth
Satan perfwade
the
Chriflian
`than
to
.Sep
.2.
doubt
of
his perfeuerance.
The which
tentations,
if
wee
The
generaN
would withfiand,
itbehooueth
vs
not toground
the certain-
meanes
ea
tie
ofour
perfeuerance
vpon our owne refolution,
flrength
`g=Q
áthe
and
graces
which we haue receiued, for
thefe
are
altogether
gal
fi
ebe
¡or-
infidficient
to
vphold
vs
againft
the
aífaults
ofour
fpirituall
mer tempta.
enemies,
who
are farre
more
ílrong
then
wee; but
whollie
Pion.
diflrufling
in'
our owne
abilitie,
let
vs refs
and
rely
wholly
vpon
the
Lord
:
for
as
it
is
he
'done
Who
bath bellowed vp-
on
vs
all
the
gifts
and graces which
we haue
receiued,
fo
allo haue wee our
growth
-and
perfeuerance in
them from
him
onely.
Audio
wee
may
be
affured
of
our perfeuerance,
notwithftanding
our ownc
weakeneffe
and inconflancie,for
it
is
God which
fablipeth
vs
in Chri/tz,
as
it
is,
a.Cor.i.2t. iChr..zr
Though in refpea òfany thing
that
is
in
vs
we
might
euerie
houre
fall
Away,-
yet
we are
Pure
to
continue
in
ehofe
graces
which
we
"hauereceiued, manger
the
malice and
power
of
all
our
enemies, for
wee fland
not
in
our owne (lrength bùr
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