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Arguments
to
proue
the
certarntie
of
our rfiuerance. 685
be
plucked from
Chrifl,
but
to
ceafe
to
bee
a
member or
fheepe
of
Chrifl,
and
to
lofe
their
nature
:
and
what it
is
to
be
a
fheepe
of
Chri(i
but
to
heare
his
word and
to
follow
him?
When
as
then our
Saviour
Chrifl
promi
th
that
none
(üallplucke
his
fheepe from
him,
bee
promifeth that none
fhall be able
to
make them
ceafe
to
bee his
fheepe, nor
de-
priue them
of
their nature,
which
is
the
effentiall
forme
which maketh
them to
bee fheepe, rather
then other who
neither
heare his
word nor
follow him. Whereas therefore
theyafñrme,that
thefe
promifes doe
affure
vs
to perfeuere,
fo
long
as
we
continue
and
retaille the nature
ofthe
fheepe
and members
of
Chrifi, what
is
it
but
idlie
to
repeate
the
fame
thing
?namely,
that
Gods
promifes doe
affure vs
to per-
Tetiere,
fo
long
as
wee
doe perfeuere;
that
we
(hall
not
be
plucked from
Chrifl,
folongas
we
rengaine
with Chrifl
;that
we fhall continue themembers and
fheepe
ofChrifl,
fo
long
aswe continue to
be his fheepe
and
members;
that
wee
(halt
not lofe
our faith,
fo
long
as
wee
continue faithfull.
And
what
is
it to
fay
that
the
fheepe
ofChrifl
(hall
fo
long
con-,
tinue
to
bee
his fheepe
as
they retaine their nature,
but
to
grant
alto
that
they
may
lofe
their nature,
and
confequent
-
lie
ceafe
to
be
Chrifls fheepe, and
fo
be plucked froth
him,
which
is
quite contrarie
to
his
promife
?
CHAP.
XV.
Of
eight
other reafens
which
prooue
the
certainsse
of
spur
per
f
uerance.
He
fixt
reafon
to
afiure
vs
of
our perfeuerance
§.Seib
h
ÿ
maybe
taken
from
theinterceffion
of
Chrifl for
Thef
ct
reafin.
vs
to
God
the father.
.For
whatfoeuer Chrifl
talunfrom
himfelfe
maketh requefl
for in
the behalfe
ofhis
Cé
fl ;inter_
.
faithfull,
that without doubt
the father
grant-.
cth vnto him,
for Godheareth
himalwaies,
loh.i
1.42. But
Ioh
he continually maketh
requef}
for
them
that
their faith
faile
Guk
.
t
=.;
$o
not,
as
appeareth,
Luka
2.3
2
sHepraieth for
them,ïoh.
i
7.9
Loh,/
that the father
would
keepe
them
in
his
¡same
*home
he
bad
bps
gig
en