434 Cr-7 d v.5. 4n ExpJtioat upon thcfirfi V E R.7,8. refpeft thinks it to haue to the Dotlrine of the Gófpell. it is oftwo forts; firfi, generali, whereby we bcleeue the DoOrine of the Gofpell in generali; fecondly, particular, I whereby we bcleeue ir,as true to vs. Of the Eft fort, yce may conceiue the faith of the Eunuch, being yet a No- cA &.8;7. uice : ? I bcleeue that Nits Cbrijt is the Sonne of God. Of rGalazzo, the fecend,. that of. Paul; Chrft hued' me, and game him- felfe for me, Both thefe haue their vfein C:hriffian Warfare; one laying the ground of Comfort : the other applying it to our felues. Temptations yeefhail fee aflaulting in both kinds;the Deuil labouring to make vs Infidels in the ge. ncrall,that he may make vs incredulous in the particular. Example. In Cyprians daies,he flirted vp Nouatus to broachthis Herefe, That pardon of. Climes purchafed -by Chrift;°be- longed not to any denying Chrift through feare ofperfe- cut'on,though afterwards repenting r a dangerous and difcomfortable Ground ; the Minds gifting credence to that error, and perfifling therein; the Confcicnceguiltie; of that finne, apprehends. nothing but horror and alto= nifliment. Not much vnlikearethofe we haue experience of at this day : Thoughts of Ached= and Blafphemie' cannot ¡land with grace;no,not though abhorred,mour- ned for, ¡Irian again((. A falfe conclufion; giue.way in hac generali, all comfort in thy particular failes thee. AI Omillions of knownc duties cannot fland with fan- raChron.r$.7. Oification. A falle conclufion,except it be mollified. Of Af.t is is fail, He remoued not the high places, f yet Inns his ' heart upright with the Lord all his dayes. There be other infirmities, befide.'s that of ignorance, out of which fuch millions may proceed. Thus in the generalitie, wee fee how Faith is oppugned; withall, how neceffarie Faith, and the rightinformation thereof in the general]; is for comfort. Like thinks we of the particular: for let general' grounds beneuer fo firmely belecued, except with like firsncnel.3-a Faith can aflume, the Confcience is all -our as comfortleire. Enery
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