759 / 772
Ob
nt etvinfi
perferterance taken
from
examplet,anf.
733
by
Peters
iuft
ae'cuí`ation
and
repïcofe,whereby
he
chargeth
him,
that
his
heart
was
not
vpright
in
the fight
of
God,
(though
he had made
a
plaufible
thew before
men)
that
he-
was
in the
gall ofbitternesfe, and
in
the
bond
of
iniquitic
;
and therfore when
he
was
at the
beU,he was
but
a
meere
pocrite
and
no truebeleeuer.
The
eight
example
alleaged
is
of
Judas; from
which they
g.Se.B.
thus
reafon
-:
The example
of
Judas
loft
his
faith,
fell from
grace, and became
a
repro-
Iud
x.
bate
But
Isaias
was
elected, and indued with iuftifying
faith
:
Therefore
fome ele&ed
and
indued
with iuftifying
faith,
may
fall from grace
and
become reprobates.
I
anfwere
to
thepropofition,that
ludas.could
not
lofe
that
which he
neuer
had,
nor
fall from
that
efiate
in
which
he
ne-
uer
was. Secondly,
the
affumption
is
to
be denied
as
being
vtterlyfalle,
and direétly,repugnant
to
the the holy
Scrip
-
tute;forbefore.thediuell
èntred,
into him,
moouing
him
to
betray
our.SauiourChrift, hee
was an
egregious hypocrite,
and
a
wicked
perfon, howfoeuer
then
firV
he
plainely
difco-
uered
his
wickedneffe, and
hypocrite;
for
although hefpake
in
thebehalfe.of the poure, yet it
wasbutinhypocrife, not
that_
he cared.for
the poore, but
becaufe'hewas
a
theefe
and
bare. the
.bagge,
with
that
which
,
was
giued
:
Iohn
i
z.
6.
Iohn
i
t.6,
He
followeth Chrift
not
for any
loue.vnto him or
his-
truth,
but
for
his owne gaine
and aduancement,. which
;
comming
farre
fhort ofhiscxpe&ation, which
was
to
be
fome
great
peere
ofan
earthly
.kingdome, the
fame
greedie
defire
of
gaine
inoued him
to
betray him
for
a
reward.
He
is
called
the child of-perdition,
Ioh.t
7.12.
whofe
des
}ru
&ion was
Iohn
foretold long
before
iin
the
Scriptures,
as
appeareth, Pfal.
PPfa(moo97.
109.verf.7.:to
the
20,
which
is
applied
vntohim,A
.i.20.loì
ova.
Yea our Sauiour
Chris}
himfelfe,
who belt knew
him,as
be-'
,
ing the
fearcher
of
the
heart.
and
reignes,
expreflie-calleth.
)=stn
a
diuell
:
Iohn
6.70.;
.parse not
1 chofen you tmelue,
and
one
of
you is
a
alittell?
Now
hee
fpake
of
-ludas
1
fchariot.
And
that
this-wicked
traitor,had
newer
any true
faith,what
Phew
and
profcffion
foeuer
J
e
made,it.may
eafdyappeare,verf 64.-
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