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Arguments
to
preue the certaixtie
of
oasrperfeuerance.
68
t
Luke 16.17. But the
Lord
in his
word hath
affured
all
that
Luke
16./1.
beleeue,
that
hee
will vphold them
and preferue
them
unto
euerlaf}ing
life,
again'
},all
the
furie
oftheir
enemies
;
as
may
appeare
both
by his couenant which
he
bath
made
with his
Church
in
generali, and alto by particular
promifes made
to
all
the faithful!.
Concerning
the
fîrf},
the
Lord
maketh
this couenant
sviith
his
Church, Efa.59.21.
/will
(faith hee)
mare
this
my
couenant
with
them
;
my
fpirit that
is vpon
thee,and
El,.19.1
r.
my
words
which
I
haue
put
in thy
mouth, Jhall not
depart
out
of
thy
mouth,
or out
of
the mouth
of
thy
fecde,nor
out
of
the mouth
of
the
feede
of
thy feede,
fauh
the
Lord,from
henceforth
euen
for
euer.
If
therefore Gods
fpirit neuer
departeth
from
them,
and
they for euer
confeffe
and profeffehis
word
and
truth,
then
certainly they
can neuer
fall
away
nor
lofe
their
hea-
uenly inheritance.
For,
rf
the
fpirit
o
f
him
that
raifed
vp
Iefus Ron'.!0u.
from
the
dead
dwell
in
vs,heefhallalfo
quicken
our mortalibodies,
becaufe
hitfpirit
ei*elleth in
vs,
as
it
is
Rom.8.
i t
.And
as
many
Rom.8.1i.14.17
as
are
led
by
the
fpirit
of
God,they
are
th;
formes
of
God.
verf.
t 4.
And
t
f
ve
be
children,we
areal'o
heires,
&c.
v.
t
7.So
Ter.
3
2.3 8.
Ierem.
I
will bee
their
God,and
they
Ball
be my people.
Verf.39.
eflnd
39.40.
I
willgiue
them
ene
heart
and
one way,
that
they
may
feareme
for
eater,
for
the wealth
ofthem and
of
their
children
after
them.
40. And
/will
make
an euerla.ling cotenant
with
them,that
I
will
neuer
turne
away
from .them
to
doe
them good,
but
1
will
put
my
feare in
their hearts,
that
they
(hall
not
depart from
mne,C1/4.
If
therefore the Church and people
of
God
(hall
feare
him
for euer,
ifhis
couenant be euerlafling,ifhee will
neuer depart
from
them,
nor they from
him, then
certainelie
there
is
no
doubt
of
their
perfeuerance.
And
chap.3t.3t.32.
Ier.37.31.31.
The Lord
faith
that
hee
wal make,
a
new
couenant with his
Church,not
according
to
the couenant
which he
made
with
their
fathers.
33.
Tut
this [hall
be
the couenant
that
Iwill
make
*ith
the
houfe
of
Ifrael,after
thofe
dales
(faith
the Lord)
/wept
my
law
in
their
inrard
parts,
and write
it
en
their hearts,and
will
be
their
God,
and
they
'hall
be my people
,&c.
And
I
will
forgeue
their
iniquitie,
and
I
will
remember
their
finites
no
more.
In
which words the
Lord couenanteth,that
his law fhould euer
remaine
fo deeply:
ingrauen
in
their
hearts, that
nothing
{Mould