The 17i411 ofadoption. öRom. ç. ;.; Againe; faith is faid tomake toreioyce i s tribulation°, tocaufethegodly to lsue , p z Tm,4.8. theLords appearingPondcaen tofigh in themlelues,forthat timeq. Who can de, gRom.x.z;. fire theft things, that hathnot receiued the sarneftofthatinheritancer whichGod ttìplr.a.r4. hach prepared forhischofen 2 Lailly, two ipeechesof Pautr are worthy the no- ting : one, in thathe faith,that iullibcationby Faithmakesvstorsieyce, andeven fRomç.s... roboafl'adder thehope of the glory ofGod{. Nowwhat anidle thing is it, to boad of that, whereofaman bathno affurance 2 Salompmreafon, why a man mould t Pro.zia, notboafloftomorrow, is,becaufe hecannot tell whata day maybringfortht:lhew- ing therein, what a folly k is tobt,afi ofuncertainties. Pealsother remarkeabla fpeech is, that hecalleth thehope d a Chriílian, a hope whichdothapt makeafna- uRom.s.ç. shed.: now it muli needs makeajamed,if it Ihould bleed in a man the expedati- onofthat,which in the end hefàilethtoobtafne. Aman hath great esule to be confounded in himfelfs,and tohangdownshishead for flame, ifhe mallpro feiltto expert fuchorfush a mans inheritance,and giveout, that he fookesfor it, and yetat all when itcommeth to the pointof cuioying,mallbe put betide it. Therefore I conclude thispoint as I began it, that for aChrillian to know him- felfetobeea Chriflfan, and the child, of God by gracc,'and an heire with le - Sus Chrdl, is no matter ofimpolfibility, but athingrather, which the electof Cod all ofthem infume degrees may comevnto. .. Now this Dodrine touching affurance ofa mansowne faluation, is tobede. leeredand reeeiued not without Come caution. Forwe doe not teach Leh a re- !blued certainty, as is never intermixed withany doubting. Nay, wre fay, that there is noman foallured ofhis eleftigny but that at lometimes he doubts there. of, efpecially in the timeof temptation t according as wee may fee in Dauids ex- Pîa. ;razes. Pid in betwixt faithád oubting,apeares by theft his ípeches. Will theLordabfenthimlelfeforager 2 Is bio messycleanegone l bath heeAter vphit tender mercies indafplrafare x ? Whyart thou call downsmyfonle, andunquiet within zPGfra;,9 meY? Butthis'aeeteach andmatntafne, that to the chIdren of God, fooner or Y PLa1.4z, ç. later; faithgets theviaoryagainll doubting,and affurancepreuailes againll flag. gering. Andalbeif perhaps mien thevery lailconfidi whichform one Chrihi- anhath, bee foexceedingflrarpe and violent, (Sathan hauingthen alwaiesthe iReu.u:xz: grearefl swath,when he hath themortell two =.) thatthe duemay teemto others byreafon of force paffronateand perplexed fpeecbes,andfadge(fures, tobe ra- theragafnfl,then with him: yet certaineit is, (the continuedgoodneffeofGod ,Phil,,.6, conlidered, who is alwaies wontto performsgood things wherehee cloth begin n them) that in the very vpmotof all, there is in eetly tèlr,a certaine fecretpledge OfGodsvnehangeable f auour (as itwerean arme reached out to a man ready to bee drowned) whichgetteth the hand aganit all difcouragements, making a man fay to himfelfe as Dauiddid, when thegrille was turn now readytooiirer- bPfl.qz.ç. whelme him,[willyetgiue him thanks, he re my prefent help,andmy God: andwith cIob.t;,x ç. Ipb, Loe, though heflay me, yet will I orufi inhim t. Thus muchfor the electingof this doctirine, let vs nowcome to the vfe, . 7heVIP. like kThis Church Dodrine of Rome, which teach th that no manican pretended a by the ter- taintsof faith, fach ascannotbee millaken, that heehash attained the f,uour of dConc.Trid. God'a,that he is of the nurnberofthe predellinate and (hall certainlypedeuer Sot6.cop.9. to the end f This Dodrine is diredly againll the Scripture,as appeareth by Ibid.<an.tç, fCan thatwhichhathbeene faid, and is indeedamol def erateandcomfortleifedo- ,xG. arias, holding thefouls continually in firfpence, and affording no certainexie QLurh,in4r. fora perplexed confciercetorellvpon. And therefore I am of his mind t,whsa Gen, faid , that if there were no other trrone in the popes Dodrine, befides this, bywhich it reached),thatwee mull bee waueringand doubt!ull of the remiffion of finnes,of thegraceof God, andofourowne faluation : yet thisone cauwere l
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