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ObieffionsaJaï::ftperfeuerance
taken
from
examples
,anf;
He
that committeth
any
hainous
firm
willingly
againlf
his
knowledge
and
confcience, he def}royeth,hisfaith.
But
Dauids,finne.was filch, Ergo.
I
anf
vere,
that
`Dauid
did
not
Panne
with
full
confent
of
wil!,but
in
part vnwillingly,
the fpirit
i}riuiaig
againfi the
flefh,and difallowing and diffwading from
that,vnto
which-
hee
was
violently carried
through
the vehement concupif-
cence
of
the
flefh
;
he
did
not
finne
rnaliciouflie,but
through
infirmitie, the
flefh
rebelling againfi the fpirit, and
leading
him
captiue
vnto
fanne;
and
therefore
his finne was
not
fo
powerfull to
feparate
him from
Godsloue,
asChrif
was
to
retaine
him
in his
fauour.
Againe,
thefe
finnes
ofinfirmitie
though
neuer
fo
hainous
in
themfelues,
& fearefully
aggra-
flared, in
that
they
are
committed againfi our knowledge
and
confcience,are
not
exempted from
Gods
mercie,
nor do
not
exclude
vs
from
hauing
our part
in
thofe gratious promi-
fes
ofpardon,and
forgiueneflè,
fo we
vnfainedly repent
of
them
and forfake
them;
and
confequently.they cannot de-
lroy
the faith
of
Gods
ele
&,feting
they
fail
haue the
ground
:of
their faith,Gods
mercy and
gratious
promifes
remaining,
whereby
it
is
renewed,
and repaired, when
as
it
is
fhaken
and battered with their
finnes, and the violence
of
tenta-
tion.
,
§ó$e11,5.
The
fifth
example
obit
&ed
againfi the certaintie
ofper-
Tkeexamp!eof
feuerance,
is
of
Salomon ;
from
whence they thus rea-
Sa1Omori.
fon
Salomon
lof+-his
faith,and
fell
from the üate
of
grace
:
Salomon
was ele& and
regenerate
:
Therefore
Tome
ele0
and regenerate,
may lofe
their
faith,
and
fall
from grace.
To
which
Ian,fw-er.e,bydenying
the propofition
as
falle:
ror howfoeuerSalomon
fell
gricuouflie,.yet
he did
not
fall
a-
way
from
grace,
nor
lot.}
his
faith, nor
was
euerreie6Ied
out
ofGods
fauour,-but
hued
and died
a
vefl`ell
ofgrace,
and in
the
Joue
ofGod,
as
may appeare
by
theft
reafons. Firfl,
be-
caufe
God
toned
him,
and
that
in
fuch fpeciall
manner,
that
he çanfed
Nathan
to
grue
him his,name
iedidiah
as-
a
figne
a4air,r2,24.
and Sacrament
of
his
loue,
as
wee
may
fee
:.Sam.i
a.24.*