r 84, neorder ofthemites applying thepromifes ofGod inChrifl,wherbya manBoth afl'uredly fet down thathis finnes are forgiven him andthat he is reconciled untoGod. eafons. 1.Aparticular Almanacofthe fauor ofGod,isofthe nature offaith.Eph. 3.12. By whopswe hrtue 6oldneffe,andentrancewithconfadence,byfaith iss hirte.Rom. 4; 20.1Ve.ther dialhe doubt oftheproanifèofCledthrough vr6clee f,6ut wasftrég, thenedtnthefaith;( grtueglarp vntoGod.2l.BeingfWlteaffitredtbat he wineh hadprosattfed,was gipobletodoit.fIe'v. ic. a2. Let vs drawee rwithettruehart :naftrasace 9f f :th. ILParticular doubriI'g is reprehended.Mat 4:5 t.® them ofbrtle faa h;U. by P`idfi thou dotr6i ?Lax 1 2.29, [fangye net inftn4 cnce.Ii t1hat whicha man praieth for togod,that mufì he afluredly beleeue to receiue. t. I 1.24. But the f,ithtul]. in their prayers make requefi foradoption,inflificati- tion, and life etern all : And therefore they muff certainely beleeue that they fhall receiue thefe benefites. IV. Rom. 5. I. weking therefore iuftifted,wee havepeace with God But there can be nopeace , where there is not aparticu- lar aflälranceofGods fauour. V. that which the fpirit ofGod doth teffifievn- tovsparticularlie, that muff alto bee beleeued particularlie: Butthe fpirit of God doth giuea particular teflivaonieofthe adoption ofthe faithfull. Rom. 8. 16. Calar. 4.6. This therefore is in like fort tobe beleeued. Whereas they fay, that no manhathaparticular affurance,but byefpeciall reuelation , aswas that whichAbraham , and Paule had it is falfe, For the faith of thefe two is fetdovrne in Scripture,as anexample whichwee thoulde all folio ëe. For this caufeAbraham is called theFather ofthefgithfull: And Pattie teffifieth the verie fame ofhimfelfe r. Tim. i. 16. For this caufe(faith he) was l receic:ed to mercie, that lefus Chrifllhanldefrff etreon me all long. ftsíring, veto the exampleofthemwhich"hallin time tocome beleene in himun- toeternalllifc. Againc, whereas they fay, that wee haue a morall affurance, but not the ar`furance offaith,it is apopifh deuife. For, Rom. S. 16.7hefJ iris efadoption(vq.wpivpeî)togetherbearethwitneffe toocrrfp r:ts.Wherewefeetwo witneflès ofour adoption ; our ownefpirit,and the fpirit ofGod. Our fpirite doth teffifiemorallyofour adoption, by fanaification,and the flukes thereof: and thereforealto the fpirit ofGodwitneffethafteranother manes, namelyby the certaintie faith, declaringandapplying thepromifes ofGod. Obied J. Weare commanded toworke our faluationwith feare & trernr. tiling. AV This feare is.not in regard ofGods mercie forgiuingour fins, but:: in refpedi: ofvs andour nature,which iseuerprone toHideaway, and flarting from God. Obiec`t. II. In refpeEof Gods tnercie, wemutt hope for faluation : but in refpe&& ofourvnworthinefle, wemuff doubt. A. I. Wemay not at alllaw- fully doubt ofGods mercy, becaufe doubtfulneffe isnot of the nature offaith,. but rather anatural"corruption. II. Ifvve.conflder ourowne vnworth incfíe, itis out ofall doubt,that we muabe out ofall hope,anddefpaireofour falua Lion. Q6ica. III. Therebe manyfinales enitnowneunto vs , and fo.aifo vncer- tame
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