767 / 772
,Rertfoni
alleagedagain
17
perfeuerance,anfwere/
741.
of
Ïefus
Chrift, againfl which the gates
of
hell can
neuer
pre-
uaile.
But they further
confirme
the
former propofitiortby
this
reafon:
Hee
that
Both an
a&
of
infidelitie, lofeth
the habite
of
faith
:
Hee
that hath
an
habite
of
faith may doe
an a&
of
in-
fidelitie
:
Thereforehe that dóth
an a&
of
infidelitie lofeth
the ha-
bite
offaith.
I
denie the
propofition: for
as
we fay,one (wallow
maketh
no fummer;one
or
two
particular
aas
cannot deílroy the ha
bit,
howfocucr they interrupt it
for
the
time.
One
cruell
aft
doth not
defiroy the
habit
of
clemency and
mercie,one fond
a
doth not ouerthrow
an
habit
ofwifdom,neither doth
one
a6
of
intemperancic extinguifh
the
habit
of
temperance
becaufe
the
habit doth
not
.depend vlion
the
a6,
hut
the-aáá
on the
habite.
The
fecond reafon
is
thus
concluded
:
Many baptifed
in
their
infancie,when they come
to
age.
.Seao2a
finne
grieuouflie, and
fo
are
damned
:
All baptifed in
their
infancie are
predeflinated vnto life,
and by
baptifmereceiue
faith and
are
iufiified:
Therefore
many
predeflinated
vntalife,
iuf1"rficd,
and
in-
dued
with faith, do
finne
grieuouflie and
are
damned
I
anfwere,
that
the
affumption
is
manifeflly
falle
;
for
as
our
Sauiour
faith,
many are
called,
but
few
chofen
;
that
is,
many there
are
who
are
outwardly
called
to be
mebers
ofthe
Church,
entred thereinto by
baptifine, made partakers
out=
wardly
ofthe
word
and facraments,
but
few
of
thefe
belong
either to Gods
eteruall
cleai
on
or
are effectually called
and:
chofen to be members
ofthe
Church
inuifible.
Neither doth
the outward recciuing
of
the
Sacraments ex
opere
operaro,by
the
deede
done, conferregrace,as
the
Papifts
falfcly affirme,
but
onely
to the
true
beleeuer, who
not
only receiueth the
outward
fignes,
but
aifo
the things thereby
fignified
by
a
huely andiuflifying
faith.
Thethird
reafon
is
thus concluded
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