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Arguments
to prone
the
certaintie
of
our
perjuerance.
Rom.2.I
t.
fhould
blot
it
our,and that
they
fhould
continuaIIy
meditate
z.Cor.;.:.
and
delight
themfelues
therein
;
for
thus this
phrafe
of
'writing in the
heart
is
vfually
taken
in
the
Scriptures.
So
likewife
he a(fureth
them
of
the perpetual! pardon
of
their
finnes,
fo
that
their
finnes
fhould neuer
make
frufirate
that
Hof,
:.c9.:®.
couenant
hich
he
had
made
with them.
So
Hof.z.
r9.
And
I
will
marrie
thee
vnto
mee
for
euer,
yea,
I
will
marry
thee
vnt
o
me
in
righteoufieeffè
and
in judgement,
and
in
mercy
and
com-
paJon.
20.
I1v,ll
marrie
thee
unto
me
in
faith
fulneffe,and thou
¡halt
know
the
Lord.
Iftherefore the
Church
ofGod(hallbe
married vnto him
for euer
in
righteoufieffe
and
faithfulnes,
and
in mercie and compaffion,
then
can
neither their
faith
and righteoufneffe towards
God,nor
his
mercie and com-
paílion
towards themfaile,but both (hall
continue vino
the
end.
Seeing
then the couenant
which
is
betweene
God
and
vs
doth
affure
vs
of
the
continuance
of
his
loue and mercy,
and
of
our perfeuerance in
his
feare
and
holy obedience,
we
neede
not
to doubt either
of
the
ceafing
of
his
loue, or our
falling
away. For
though
the mountaines remooue,and the
hales
fall
downe, yet
fhall
not
his inercie
depart
from
his
children,neither
(hall the couenant
of
his
peace
fall
away.
As
the Lord
himfelfe
protefleth,Efa.54.io.
Efa.v4.1o.
And
thus haue I
proued
the certainty
ofour
perfeuerance,
4.Sell.3.
by
the
couenant
of
grace which
God
hath
made
with
his
An
obieclion
Church;for
whatfoeuer the
Lord
promifeth to the whole
bo.
taken
from
our
dy
ofthe
Church,
that
he
alto roinil th
to
suer
particular
!v
eredQe,
an
member thereof,
feeing the whole
containeth all
his parts
:
fo
that
whatfoeuer
belongeth to the
whole bodie,
that
alto
belongeth
to
all
the members. But
it
may
be obie
&
&ed,that
howfoeuer this couenant on Gods
part
is
firme
and
eter-
nall,yet
by our fault and
tranfgrefi'ìon
it
may
be made
voide
and frufirate.
I
anfwere,that
fo
likewife the couenant made
with
the
Ifraelites was
firme
on
Gods
part,
but
made
fru-
firate
by
their
fumes;
but
the
Lord hath
made
a
new
coue-
nant with
bs;not
ofworkes
but
of
grace,vpon the condition
of
faith and repentance which
being
cbferued
on
our
parr,
ourfinnes and
vnworthineffe
cannot
make
it
frufirate
and
of
none
effeé;
as
before
I
haue
fhcwed more at large.
Secondlie,