IgO °Tbe order ofthe.eastfee They went outfromv.t, but they were not ofvs : fir i f theyhad Berneofv.e,they wouldblue continuedwith vs.Rom.5. i. Being there f ore inflefled ruehiauepeace with God. Now,how could thisbe true ifhe that was before,iu(fified,.could am nywait quitefall from gracesand fo perifh. 1I. The elea haue after their very grievousfallings fromGod foorthwithrepented them-of their Cnnes, as wemay fee in theexampleof Dauid, Peter, &c. the which argueth that they had notquite fallen from grace, and loft thespirit ofGod. l:i .lfgracebe once utterly loff,tlien.the ingraffingoftbat partiy ntoChrit1 is quite abolifhed:ther. lore forfuchasrepent, theremutt needes fucceedeafecondnew ingraffng in. toChria: and thenitwillalfofollowe, that theymutt ofneceffitiebee bapti- Zedanew,which is ábfurd to think. But for all this, we denie not but gracemay inpart ,. and for a time bee loft, to the endthat the faithful may therby acknowledge and know their weaknes, andfor itlxhumb1c&but that thereisanytotalor[mal fallingfromgrace, wee utterlydense. The XV. erreur. Itispofbletofulfil the lawin this life. TheConfutation. The Laweis euangelically fulhlléd, by beleeuing in Çhrifi; but not legally, bydoing the works thereof. .Reafon. They whichare camail cannot poifrhlie fulfill the lawofGod:; but the mot :regenerate,fo longas they flue' in this life, are earnall in part. Rom. 7. 14.Iam, faithPauleofhimfelfe ,carnall,andfolde vnder Prou . zo.Wha canfay,Mine-heart ispure,!ampurefromfn?Ecle. 7.7 bareas noaiefo tuft vpenearth,which dothgáod,and janneth not. Pfal. i 3o. If tbmLord,obferruewhat isdone aa i e Lord yPbofha11 abidea? Wee ..are dayly taught to pray vu oGod, Forgissevs ourfit:ts. Exception. lndeeç1e ifthe iuflice ofthe faithful' beabfolutely confidered, it is imperfe& butas God cloth exal it ofour frailtie, it is perfecf..Anfirer. This is but the - fanfieof forne doting Ie- fuite. For this fentenceoftheLaw isfimple,eternall,and immooueable , tur- fedismerleone that conttinueth not inalthingswhich arewritten in this book to doe them. Neither maywe imagine ,that Godwill not thereforeexact the full accompli Chingofthelawe ,becaufewee are,fraile. For weeare creaturesand debters : nowweknowe that thedebt dothnot decreafe ,by reafonofthedeb- ters pouertie. Obiec7. The faithful are laid tobeperfe& in this life. Anfirer.There is atwo fold perfecion,the one incomplete;the which isan endeuour or care to obey God in theof feruatiori ofall his precepts; the other is tearrnedcomplete, this -is thatiuffice which the law requireth;namely,a perfeaand abfolute iufiicc,ac- cordiÈ-.g to that meafure whichManperformed toGod inhis innocencie. In the firff fenfe thefaithful are aid tó beperfe trot in thislatter. the
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