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Ptiom.tó,17.
EpheC
t.t4,
s.Cor.x.sx,
Ephof.4.3
o.
4.Sec7.
s.
The
tenth rea-
foa,
taken from
Gods
continu-
e
aide.
t,Cor.to.13.
z.Pct.z.9.
s.Tim.
t
t
z.
:g.Sta.6.
The
eleaaub
rea/on,
ta!¿eA
freer :bend-
:we
o
ffiitli,
688 Arguments
to
prone
theocrtaintie
()fourperfeuerance.
fint
e
with fullconfent
of
will,mttch-leflfe fall
away.For
who,
foeuer
is
borne
of
God
finneth
not,
namely,after
this
man.
ner,neither
can
euer
their
fpirituall enemies
finally preuaile
again& them
;
for
he
that
is
begotten
of
God keepeth himfelfe,
and
the
wicked
one
toucheth
him
not, as
it
is,
I.Ioh.S;r
8, See
condlie, the
fpirit
of
God
witnefheth
to
our
fpirits
that
wee
are
the
formes
ofGod,
and confequently
heires
of
his
'Id
ng..
dome;
as
it
is
Rom.'
6.17. and
his
teßcimonie
is
true and
in-
fallible.
It
alto
is
the carnefi
ofour
inheritance,
and
a
pledge
to
affure
vs
that
God
will make
good
his promifes vnto
vs,
Eph.i.I4.
2.Cor.i.22.
and thereby
alto
we
are
fialed
t'ntó
the
day ofredemption,
Ephef.4.3o.
And therefore feeiug the
Lord bath
confirmed our affurance
by the
tef
nnonie
of
his
fpirit,by
this
earnell,
pledge and feale,we
neede
not
to
feare
our falling away,or to doubt ofourperfeuerance.But
ofthis
I
haue alreadic
writtenat
large in
treating
of
the
,
certaintie
ofour
elec`
lion.
The tenth
reafon
may
be
taken from
Gods
continuall
aid
in
all
trials and
temptations
;
for
if
hee be alwaies readie
to
ílrength.en
and
fupport
vs,
wee
can
neuer
finallie
bee ouer
-.
throwne,
b ut
though
wee fall,
pet
we
flail
not
fall away
but
fhall be railed
vp
againe
in
defpite
of
all
our
enemies.
For
God is
faithfirll,
and
will
not
fitfer
vs
to
bee
tempted aboue
or
polder,
but
will
true
agoodaffue with
the temptation,
that
we
may
be
able
to
beare
it,
as
it
is,
r
.Cor.
i
o.
i
3.
And
he
knoweth to
de-
litter
the
godly
ortt
of
temptation,as
the Apoflle fpeaketh,2.Pet.
2.9.
And
therefore be our
weakneffe
newer
fo
great,
yet let
vs
not
feare
our
finali
falling away,
but knowing whom
wee
haue beleeued, let
vs
perfwade our
felues
of
our
perfeue-
rance,
knowing that
l:ee
is
bible
to
l
¿eepe
that
which
wee
haue
committed
veto
him, as
it
is
2.
Tim.ii
2.
And
thefe are
the reafons drawne fr6
Cods
nature
in
him
-
fell;e
and
his
a,(,lions
towards vs,wherby
we may
vndoubted-
ly
be
affured
of
our perfeuerance.
The
fecund fort
of
argu-
ments
may bee
taken from our
felues; and
firftfrom
the
na-
ture
of
true
faith
wherewith
wee
are
endued, which
is
not
temporarie
but
,conf
al:t
and permanent.
For
he
that
hath
a
true and
liuelyfaith,islike the
houle
builded
vpon
the
rocker
-which