' . confcien~e from dead workes. This is the fecond tefr!mony. 1 . Now foilowes the tdlimo.ny of our owne Spirits, wh~chgathers ~onclufions, f.ro.m, botn · thef~and f<mhthus: Seemg I have receiVed the ·Bloud, and feeing I am able topurifie myfelfe, , Iconclude, 1am in ~good cfiate,, lam partaker ~ of the Covenant:ifa.man co_uld argue thL~s true– Jy,it is[ay,d,whefoeve! Geleeves jballG~fdved,but I h~leevc, that is thetefiimony ofthe blood on– ly;but whena Man can fay, I doe labour to purifie my felfe I defire nothing in the world fo ·much, I do in good earnelt, this is the tefrimo– ·myofthewaterto thisfigne,and reflimony of 'rhebloud~which fl1ewes that it is trae, that it is a lively hope :.for he that hathalivelyhope, hee purifies bimfelfi, r John 3. Butfomemanmayfay, Thistefiimonyof a ·mans owne fpirit maydeceive him. · ,I anfvver,it cannot, becaufe though it be ca.l· led the tdtimony ofour owne fpirit, yet it is a .Spirit enlightned, a fpirit fanctif:ied with the fpiritofchrifl,and then that mle istrue,r Iolm 3.Ifour ow:ne heartscondemne tu-not-, thatis, if the heartofa man.enlightened,_ifthe heart of a man, with which the Holy Ghoftjoynes,ifthe heart of aman. f.1ndified doe not condemne 'him,if1:J~have the tefii.i.no~y ofthisfpirit, that, he fhallbe faved)he needs not doubt it, he hath' holdneffe towards Gnd,.then againe ,~e mutt confider, ~his worke is the tefl:imony ofthe (pirit, the wat.er,.and thebloud i ancl.thefe three I . . . agree 3,Thettfli· mony ofaur ovvnc fpirits. xIohn · ~·~~ 06jett. Anfw. The tdlima· nyofourfpi.. ritsenlight. nedcannot deceive. 1 John~· )
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