723 / 772
ObieElrons
taken
from
tef
imonies
Of
Script
ure,anfzvered.
697
fall,
yet he
rifeth
vp agarne, and notwithffandin
his
f
rll,he
/hall
not
be cafe
o
;
for
the
Lord
putt
eth vnder
his
hand,
as
bee
bath
promifed,
Pfalm.37.24.
Pfalm
37.24
The
like
place
vnto
this
is
that,Ezech.3
3.i
3.
and
ther-
Eztch.3
3.13.
fore wee may
fit
vnto it
the
like anfwere.
T__--_--
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----.,
CHAP.
XVII.
ObieEiions
again/i
thedoélrine
of
perfeserance,taken
from te-
flimonies
of
the
new
7ef
ament,anfwered,and
firfl
out
ofthe
go
f
ie1s.
He
fifth place
obie5edis,Matth.7.22.23.Many §.Stt1,y,
zr:ll
fay vnto
mein
that
day,
Lord
Lord, haue
wee
Mat.
7.
za.s3.
not
by
thy nacre
prophecred?
&c. From which
is
inferred,
that
if
thole who
haue receiued thefe.
excellent gifts
ofthe
fpirit,prophecy and
pow-
er
to worke
miracles may lofe
them
and
perifh,
then
thofe
likewife
who
haue receiued
other
gifts,as
faith,hope,chari-
tie,&c.
I
anfwere,it
followeth
not,
forasmuch
as
men may
haue
thefe
gifts, and yet
not
be
in
the eflate
ofgrace,
ele&ed
or
lowed
ofGod,as
our Sauicur
plainely
fheweth
in his
an-..
fwere
to them,
verf.2
3
.
Then
will
I
profe¡fe
unto
them
I
neuer
knew
you;
that
is,I
neuer
acknowledged
you for my feruants;
depart
from
me
yee
that work
iniqurtic,
that
is, ye
that
haue
gi-
uen
ouer your
felues
to
worke
wickedneffe. Secondly I
an-
fwere,this
place
is
impertinent to
the purpofe, for the
quelli-
on
is
not
ofall
gifts
ofthe
fpirit,but
only
of
fuch fan&lifying
graces
as
are neceffarie
to faluation,
in
which number
the
gifts
of
prophecie and
working
miracles
are
not,
feeing
the
wicked
may haue
them,
as
appeareth in
the
example
of
Ju-
das;
&
the
godly
may
want them,as
we
knowby
experience,
The
fxth
place
is
Match. 24.
is.
eAnd
becaufe iniquity
fhall
bee
rncreared,
the
loge
of
many
fhall
bee
cold.
Out
of 4.S0.2,
which
place they thus
reafon
:
They
whofe
charitie
may
waxe
cold,
may
lofe
:
grace, and
fo. fall
away
:
but
the e-
lea,who
haue
this
grace
ofloue
may.
haue
it
waxe cold,and
therefore the
ele& may
lofe it
and
fo
fall
away.
I
aniwere,
fir/}`:
.