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6$o Arguments
to
prow'thé
certainty
ofour
pert
uerance.
ued,and
perfcuere
in
the
meanes
which
are
infeparablie
ioy-
ned with
our
faluation. But
as
the Lord
in
refpe61
of
his
loue
is
roof}
willing,
fo in
refpeet
ofhis
power
hee
is
able,
continuallie to vphold
vs
in the Rate
of
grace,
and
to
fru-
flrate
and
defeate
all
the malice
and
might
of
all
our ene-
mies,vvho
labour
to
hinder our
faluation
;
for he
is
omnipotent
Efa.63.
T.
and
mightie
to
face,
as
it
is
Efa.63.t.And
though
through
our
frailetie and weakenefhewe
might
continuallie
bee
vandui-
fhed and drawne from
God,yet
now there
is
no
doubt
here
-
i.l'er.s.5
of,feeing we doe
not
iland
in
our owne
flrrength,but
arekept
by
the
po.'er
of God
through
faith
vntofaluation,
as
it
is,
i.Pet.
I.5.
though
in
our
felues wee arc
impotent
and feeble,
yet
.we areflro.ng
in
the
Lord,
andin
the
pay
;
-er
ofhis might, and
be-
Ephef.6.1o.s
r.
ing
armed with the armour
of
God,
we
arc
inabled
to
Hand
aXainflthe
afaults
ofthediuell,as
the Apoflle
fpeaketh
Ephef.
6. i
o.
i
I
.
Though
wee
are
of
little
force
in
regard
of
our
owne firength and
able
to doe
nothing, yet
are
Thee
able
to
Phi1.4
s
3.
doe'all
things through
the
helpe
of
Chr
f
which
/lrengtheneth
vs,
as
if
is,
Phil.4.I
3.
though
we be weake in
faith,
and vn-
able to fland,yet being the
feruants
of
God
wee/hall
be
ei
a-
Rom
s4.4.
blifhed ;
for
Godis able
to make
vs(land, Rom.14.4.In
a
word,
though
our fpirituall enemies
are
flronger than we,yet mall
Iob. so.
:8.29,
they
not
bee
able
to
plucke
vs
from
Chrifl:
For
the
father
which
gage vs
to
him
is
greater
than
all,
and
none
is able to take
vs
out
of
the
fathers
hand,
as
our Sauiour reafoneth, Iohn
i
o.
28.29. And thereforewhen
we
are
difcouraged
and
ready
to
faint,
inthe
fight
and
fenfe
ofour
owne
weaknèffe,
and
our
enemies
mightie power, let
vs
comfort our
(clues
in
the
Lord,faying with
the
Apoflle,
I
know
Ilohom
l
hake
beleeued,
a.Tim.
to
2.
and
lam
perfiraded
he is
able to
I
eepe
that
which
I
haue commit-
ted
to
him
againfl
that
day,
as
it
is
2.Tim.
r.I
2.
,.
Sea.2.
The
fifth
reafon
is
grounded
vpon
Gods
truth
and fideli-
The fifth rea-
tie,
which
is
fo
infallible,
that
whatfoeuer
hec
hath fpoken,
fan
grounded
promifed, or couenanted,
that
lie
will moll ccrtainely
per
-
nn Gods
truth
forme
:
for
God
is
a
faithfull
and
true
itnef, fe,
Apoc. i
.
5.
and
uant.
eoJE-
all
his prom
f
s
in
Chrifl
are
rea
and eAmen, 2.Cori nth.1.2 0.
poc.r.f.
So
that it
is
moreeafae
that
heauen
and
earth
/hould
page
away,
a.Cor.s.ao.
than
that
one
title
of
Gods
word
fhoatld
fall
vnaccomplilhed;
Luke