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gor.
Matth,'.a
f,
700
06ieElton! taken
froM
tèflimonie.r
of
Scripture,anfwered,
true faith
is a
particular
perfwafon,this
only
a
general notion
or opinion
;
that apprchendeth
and applieth peculiarly
all
the
promifes
oflife
and faluation
to the beleeuer, but
this
is
deflitute
of
this apprehenfion and
application
:
that
is
con
-
flant
and
permanent,
but
this
as
it
is
grounded
vpon
worldly
and
carnali
refpeóìs;
fo
when they
faile
(as
they
doe in the
time
of
tentation)then
this faith
alto
faileth.
Now
our Sauiour
Chrift
in this
place fpeaketh
not
of
this
true iuflifying
faith,
of
which only
the
dueflion
of
perfeue-
rance
is
vnderflood,but
ofthe
other
temporarie
faith
of
hy_
pocrites,as
may appeare
in the
text
it
felfe;
forfiri
it
is
laid
that
fuch
haue no
rootes,but
only beare
the
leaues
ofan
out-
ward
profeffion,
which in the
day
of
tentation,
when
the
funne offaffli6tion arifeth,vvithereth and dieth;whereas they
who
haue
a
true
faith,
haue for the
roote thereofa
certaine
perfwafion
of
Gods
loue,
and fauour in
Chrifl,the
remiffion
of
their
fins,and eternali
life
and happines;from
which
roote
f
ring not
only the faire greene
leaues
ofan
outward
profef.
lion, but
alfa
the
ripe fruits
ofholines
and
righteoufies.
Se-
condly,it
is
laid,
that
they beleeue for
a
time only,and in
the
time
of
tentation
goe away;whereas they who
trulybeleeue,
are
like
unto meant
Sion,which
cannot
be
moued,6Ht
,
andeth
fa
f
for
euer,as
it
is
Pfalm,
i
25.z
.
they
are
built
vpon
the rocke
Iefus
Chrifl,
to
that though
the
winds
of
afflió
ion,
and
floods ofperfecutiAn
blow
and
beate againfl them, yet they
(hall
not
fall,becaufe they
are
grounded
vpon
this rocke,
as
it
is
Matth.
7.25. Latlly, they
receiuing the
feede
of
the
word,bring forth
only
a
blade,which
is
but
a
fhew
ofgodli-
nef
%,which continueth
not,
but
by
and
by
is
feorched and
wincercth;but they who
are
indued
with
a
true
faith,like
the
good ground,
receiuing
the
fcede
of
the word id
an
honefl
and
good heart,
keepe
it,
and
bring forth fruite with pati-
ence. Seeing
therefore
this place
alleaged,
is
not to
be
vn-
dcrflood
of
true
iul+ifying
faith,
but
of
the
faith
ofhypo-
crites,which
is
nothing
elfe
but
a
fhadow
or vaine opinion
offaith,
and
the
falling away
ofthe
calling
of
an
outward
profefiion;
therefore it maketh
nothing
againfl the
perfeue-
rance
of
thofe who
are
truely faithfull.
The