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Arguments

to prone

the

certaintie

o

f

our

per

reueranke,

687

confecluently

no

leffe fafc

than

his

who now

raigneth

and

triumpheth

ouer

his.eneinies.:Whereofir

is

that they

are

íáiä

in

refpe61

of

the certaintie

of

their

aífurance,

to

haue al-

readie euerlafting life,

and to

haue

paífed

from death to life,

Iel'n t.14.

lohn

5,24,

I

Ioh:3.14

r

.Iohn

3.;4,

The

eight

reafon

may

bee

taken

from the fpirit

of

God

§.Sec7.3 .

dwelling

in;vs; for

fo

long

as

it

hath

his

abiding with

vs,we

The

eigit

reap,

muff needs

perfeuere

in

grace;neither

is

it

poflible we

íhotrld

f

n

taken (rem

fall,

away,

feein

g-

itis

the

fountaine and roote

from

.which

the

fptrit

of

all graces

flow and

ípring,andfeeing

it

continually fighteth

inGonsd

drrctitng

ágainfi; and-fubdueth the

flefh

and the -lufls thereof.

'But

after

we

haue

receiued

the

fpirit

ofGod,it

continually dwel-

lethand

abideth

with

vs

for

this is

that

fpirituall

water,

of

which,whofoeuertrinkethJkall

neuer

6e

'more

thrift,

but it

Iob.g.i4.

Pall

be

a

trell

-

efuvter

flir#igbíg

vp

into euerlaflinv

life,

as

it

and

7.

t9:

may

appeareby

comparing

1011.4.14.

with

chap.7.39.

So

Ioh.i4.16.

pray

the

father

and heefballgtue

you

another, lchn'14.tt';

Comfarter,

that

heemay abide withyou

for

ester.

17. Euen

the

"lira

:of'truth,

wham

the

*orld

cannot receiue,

becaufe:

it

feetói

tIob.z,

2

a

him

not,wetther-

hnowethh

:m; but

yce

know

óín2,

for

-

he dtbelleth

?bith

Jan

and

fkalib inyou.

And.

r.

Ioh

..3.9.:Whofoeuer.isbornerJoh.3

g,

of

q

od

finnethhat,

(that

is,

with

full confent

of

will) for

his

feede

r.emaineth

in him

;neither

can

he

fmne,

becau

fe

be is

borne

of

God.:

where

the

fpirit

is

called

the

feede

ofGod,becaufe

by

vertue

thereof

wee are

begotten

vnto

God.

If-therefore

by

vertue

ofthis

fpirit wee are

fo

preferued

that

wce cannot

finne

with

full

confent

of

will,

nor

haue

it raigning

in

,vs.

as

it

didbefore our

regeneration,.

-then'

certainly,

wee !hall,

bee

preferued

thereby

from falling away, and

notwith-

'landing

our:finnes

wee

flan

perfeuere

irt

grace

euerla

fling

life.

The

ninth

-

argument

may

be taken from

the

of

as

of

the

§

Se

t:4.,,

-

fpirit dwelling in vs;

for

firft

it teacheth

and

guideth

.r$

.it1G

n

.t¢

rec=

the

way.

oíGods

truth,

asappeareth

,.r.loh,2.zo.z7.Anti'asf

n

ake;1

from_

the

cfîís

of

many

.vs

are

led

by

the

fpirit

of

God,

ehey'are

the.

fonnes

of

God,

-the!

irÏt:

Rorn.8..i4

And

thofe

zfiatarefonnes.arc

ifoheires,euen-the

i.I!

h.z,to.

1'

d

>

?tres

of

God,

and

coheires with-

`ii,

,

verf,17.

Nether

is

it

Rosh

LI

1

.

offrble

that

thofe.

who

are

gu dad

with

The

fpirit

fhould,

finne