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perfcuerancetakenfromexampleranf
filch
like
whomwe vtterly
denie
to.haue.euer
had
faith,iu.
fliftcatiou,or
any
other
fatting grace
;
fo
that
their
apoflafie
from
their
former
profeffion,was
not
a
falling from faith
which they neuer
had,
but,
onelya
dete6ion
and
difcouerie
ofthem,,
whereby
was
made
uianifef+
what
they
in
truth.
were,namely,that
what
Phew
foeuer they had
formerly made
yet they
were neuer
in the hate
ofgrace,nor
yet indued
with.
a.true
iuf+ifying
faith,
Butxhat wee
may defcend
vnto
particulars
;
firfl
they
al-
leage
the
,
example
of
euill
Angels, which,howfoeuer
they,
were
Gods moil
excellentcreatures,
and indued.plentifullie.
with
many
fingular
gifts and
graces, yet they
perfeuered
not-
ion
this
ef+ate,
but
lof+
their
graces, and made a
fearefull
apo-
flafie from
God.But
if
we
would
fee
what
force
this,and
the..
ref+
of
the
examples
produeed,haue
to
the
.prefent
purpofe,
we
eafily
difcerne
it,
if
we difpofe
the
example
which
is-
their
argument, whereby they
conclude
their queflion,
to-
gether
With
the queflion
it
felfe
in
a
fyllogifine
after
this
manner
:
.
Tbae ampleof
:
The
Angels
fell
from grace
loll their
iufhifeation,
and
ah
h¢cis.
faith,and
became cal
+awaies
But
the
Angels were men in
the hate
of
grace,.
iuf+ifted,
and indued with
true
faith
.
And therefore
certainemen
being
in
the hate
of
grace,iu-
flif
ed,and indued
with
true
faith,
may fall from
grace,
lofe
;
their
iuflihication,and
faith,
and become
caflawaies.
Whereby
the iinpertinencie
of
this allegatjon
to
the
con-
cluding
of
this quei
+ion
plainely appeareth. For
ñrf+
the
Angels
are
not..men,
of
whótn,alone the
quef+ion is
pro-
.
pounded;
they
were
not
in
the hate ofgrace,as the queflion
vilderliandeth it,
that
is,
the grace
of
redemption,
but
of
creation, onely;
they
were
not
iuf+ified
by.Chrifis imputed
ri
ghteouf
effe,
but
flood
iu(l
in their
owrie
inherent
righte-
o
:ftieffe;
they
had
no iuflifying
faith,
feeing
there
was.neuer
any promife
made_
vnto them that
Chrif+
fhould be
giuerz as.
their
by whole
righteou1
effe
they Mould
be.iu-
ff.
d
Thefcránd
example is,
of,
our. ,frf+parents
which
is
alike.
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